I don’t understand why tbh. Most Ubisoft games require an Ubisoft account, most ea games require an ea account. Hell if you wanna play remnant 2 crossplay you have to create an epic account
SuchExamination
Deserved tbh. If it wasn’t disclosed before release then a 100% deserved.
Those people knew exactly what the score was when they handed over their £50.
Thrimmar
What is so random about it? we knew it was going to require PSN account months ago. yes it sucks that many people wont be able to play the game but its sony’s descision and if these people want to play it just pirate it.
Mattacrator
I wouldn’t write a negative review for that reason, but I would take away 1 point, like 3rd party launchers and other games requiring an account for no reason
iamvqb
Eh the game isnt available for like 2/3 of the world? As i understand it any country where you can’t create a PSN account you can’t buy the game. It would receive a negative review from me if i can access the game steam page lmao. And with PSN account requirement, chances of it ever being in GOG store is basically 0. Which is sad cause GOG is going good work in providing games with no online bs.
The_Kurrgan_Shuffle
I understand the annoyance, but this was a known requirement before release
Also shows the continuing issue with a binary review system. I just want to know if the game is fun and playable.
I-Am-Baytor
PSN on single player only games = no sale. Yaaaargh.
Reaver_XIX
How is this “Review Bombed” when it is people reacting to an unpopular Sony policy? It is getting bad reviews and rightly so.
dregwriter
Mean while those who fly the black flag dont have to deal with that at all.
Hmmm, funny how that works.
Piltonbadger
It’s a single player game that requires a PSN account. I can understand why people are giving negative reviews regardless if they were warned it was a requirement or not.
I’m going to board my ship and play it instead. Not giving money to Sony.
Alert-Main7778
I think this whole thing gets blown out of proportion. I get why they’re doing it – they want to being PS5 services into the fold on PC like Xbox already does on PC. you have to log into your Xbox account to launch Xbox games…
Vexerino1337
I hate that Sony requires you to have a PSN account to play this game, but holy shit bro if ppl are complaining even though it’s written in a red box on top of the buy button, then yall are some dumb mfs. Vote with your wallets.
datNorseman
I don’t want this to be the state of modern pc gaming. That being said I’d much rather it require a psn account than some unholy 3rd party launcher. Thankfully I have a huge backlog of games to play in the meantime so I can wait on this one. Maybe by the time I actually want to play it Sony will have backtracked on this nonsense. Or maybe not who knows.
FeetYeastForB12
People seems to have a degree in illiteracy
kristianity77
If you can’t buy it then just pirate it. Morally it’s fine. If you have no legal way of obtaining it, then piracy is the only option left. Doing so just hits home to Sony of the amount of sales they have left on the table, possibly totalling hundreds of thousands if not millions. Don’t downvote, just vote in the way that hurts them the most
steamart360
Why do PC gamers need a PSN account anyway? It’s not like Sony has a launcher or anything like that… yet.
UntitledCritic
Sony is so weird with their PSN requirements. I live in a country with no PSN support so GoW:R isn’t available in my region but GoW 2018 is! Horizon games, Days Gone and Spiderman games are all here on my Steam Store but no Ghost of Tsushima! I decided to skip on all Playstation’s games to avoid later on having the games being forcible removed from my library (Helldivers 2 was available here for months before Sony decided to kick us out).
RowdyB666
Sigh…grabs peg leg, wakes up parrot… “Come on squarker, time to set sail”…
LordBacon69_69
Sony really be pushing hard for that PSN requirement,
I have so many launchers & accounts for different companies It’s getting ridiculous.
meltingpotato
At least they aren’t using online drms on their games so you can pirate them even if you can’t buy them. It would be extra shitty of them if they change the drm situation tho
Harklein-2nd
I’m no longer surprised with the PSN Account requirement. After their stint with Helldivers 2 and Ghost of Tsushima I pretty much expected all Sony games moving forward from that point on are region locked. I stopped supporting PlayStation Publishing LLC after the Helldivers 2 incident and especially when they region locked Ghost of Tsushima. I no longer care how “good” their future games will be. If it’s published by Sony and PlayStation Publishing LLC It’ll be a hard pass for me.
chrissage
Proper bunch of sad little whingers, nothing wrong with linking it to a PSN account. Keep bringing these games Sony, ignore those massive bellends.
NicoleMay316
This won’t gain the same traction as Helldivers.
It’s gonna just be accepted.
JamIsBetterThanJelly
Nice. It’s time this stops. If a game includes another account sign-up or launcher then steam should say that. I want to know before purchasing.
NotJustBibbit
I love when a singleplayer game requires an online connection
FlannOff
Why they need to harvest our data this way is beyond me. They’re sabotaging themselves on the PC market just to inflate the numbers on their dog digital platform
ConstructionCalm1667
Bunch of idiots. It takes not even 3 minutes to make an email and quick online id. Im enjoying the game so far. They should be glad there is no facial id, finger id, driver license phone number etc.
Hilppari
does not help that you cant buy it 2/3th of the world because for some reason sony wont support those countries
redstej
Wait, it requires you to be online and signed in to play the game?
That would be next level batshit crazy. Refuse to believe it.
WretchedMisteak
I’d simply not buy it just because of that requirement.
Sir_Bax
At this point I believe it were some investors who made them release on PC and Sony is trying hard to bring PC sales down so they can show investors that focusing on PS exclusivity is more viable for them.
FartAndShitCollector
It doesn’t matter if it was posted in plain language imo, it’s still a dumbass requirement.
Especially when this game is cracked already. It’s so easy to pirate it, not that I condone that.
gfy_expert
gog or gfy
ImStupidPhobic
What did they expect? The Helldivers 2 and Ghost of Tsushima thing were big news regarding the PSN controversy. Did they expect an anti-consumer company like Sony to randomly drop the policy and be lenient lol?
pc0999
Rightly so!
Why in the hell do we need a PSN accout to play on PC…
keskese_saum86
Sonboys never learn.
MechaStarmer
I personally don’t care about the requirements but clearly a number of people do, and it prevents customers from buying the game in 100+ countries.
Can someone ELI5 why Sony is doing this with all their games? How does it make them more money than selling the game in all the other countries?
-idkwhattocallmyself
I get why PC gamers are upset. Sure it’s just another login, but that’d sort of the point isn’t it? PC gamers basically have 10 logins at this point for all the stupid services trying to eat up our data, and it’s starting to get frustrating. I don’t know if PSN does this, but what grinds my gears about these services is having to re-login 6 months later, but the key is refreshed so it doesnt just auto login. Then you forget the password you used so you gotta refresh the thing, then you gotta go through that entire process to just login again. It’s such a small issue but my God does it annoy the hell out of me. Really makes it hard to just buy these games.
DamianKilsby
GTA VI will require a Rockstar account, is rhat gonna get review bombed?
Though of course Rockstar isn’t making it unavailable in certain regions.
exZodiark
every game on steam that forces me to have a second launcher and account deserves this fate
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“Random” lol
I don’t understand why tbh. Most Ubisoft games require an Ubisoft account, most ea games require an ea account. Hell if you wanna play remnant 2 crossplay you have to create an epic account
Deserved tbh. If it wasn’t disclosed before release then a 100% deserved.
Good.
Literally above the buy button on the store page:
https://preview.redd.it/namzg5tjkxpd1.png?width=630&format=png&auto=webp&s=22d2b1754b00e9d40d5c95bd5878c1dd229c2689
Those people knew exactly what the score was when they handed over their £50.
What is so random about it? we knew it was going to require PSN account months ago. yes it sucks that many people wont be able to play the game but its sony’s descision and if these people want to play it just pirate it.
I wouldn’t write a negative review for that reason, but I would take away 1 point, like 3rd party launchers and other games requiring an account for no reason
Eh the game isnt available for like 2/3 of the world? As i understand it any country where you can’t create a PSN account you can’t buy the game. It would receive a negative review from me if i can access the game steam page lmao. And with PSN account requirement, chances of it ever being in GOG store is basically 0. Which is sad cause GOG is going good work in providing games with no online bs.
I understand the annoyance, but this was a known requirement before release
Also shows the continuing issue with a binary review system. I just want to know if the game is fun and playable.
PSN on single player only games = no sale. Yaaaargh.
How is this “Review Bombed” when it is people reacting to an unpopular Sony policy? It is getting bad reviews and rightly so.
Mean while those who fly the black flag dont have to deal with that at all.
Hmmm, funny how that works.
It’s a single player game that requires a PSN account. I can understand why people are giving negative reviews regardless if they were warned it was a requirement or not.
I’m going to board my ship and play it instead. Not giving money to Sony.
I think this whole thing gets blown out of proportion. I get why they’re doing it – they want to being PS5 services into the fold on PC like Xbox already does on PC. you have to log into your Xbox account to launch Xbox games…
I hate that Sony requires you to have a PSN account to play this game, but holy shit bro if ppl are complaining even though it’s written in a red box on top of the buy button, then yall are some dumb mfs. Vote with your wallets.
I don’t want this to be the state of modern pc gaming. That being said I’d much rather it require a psn account than some unholy 3rd party launcher. Thankfully I have a huge backlog of games to play in the meantime so I can wait on this one. Maybe by the time I actually want to play it Sony will have backtracked on this nonsense. Or maybe not who knows.
People seems to have a degree in illiteracy
If you can’t buy it then just pirate it. Morally it’s fine. If you have no legal way of obtaining it, then piracy is the only option left. Doing so just hits home to Sony of the amount of sales they have left on the table, possibly totalling hundreds of thousands if not millions. Don’t downvote, just vote in the way that hurts them the most
Why do PC gamers need a PSN account anyway? It’s not like Sony has a launcher or anything like that… yet.
Sony is so weird with their PSN requirements. I live in a country with no PSN support so GoW:R isn’t available in my region but GoW 2018 is! Horizon games, Days Gone and Spiderman games are all here on my Steam Store but no Ghost of Tsushima! I decided to skip on all Playstation’s games to avoid later on having the games being forcible removed from my library (Helldivers 2 was available here for months before Sony decided to kick us out).
Sigh…grabs peg leg, wakes up parrot…
“Come on squarker, time to set sail”…
Sony really be pushing hard for that PSN requirement,
I have so many launchers & accounts for different companies It’s getting ridiculous.
At least they aren’t using online drms on their games so you can pirate them even if you can’t buy them. It would be extra shitty of them if they change the drm situation tho
I’m no longer surprised with the PSN Account requirement. After their stint with Helldivers 2 and Ghost of Tsushima I pretty much expected all Sony games moving forward from that point on are region locked. I stopped supporting PlayStation Publishing LLC after the Helldivers 2 incident and especially when they region locked Ghost of Tsushima. I no longer care how “good” their future games will be. If it’s published by Sony and PlayStation Publishing LLC It’ll be a hard pass for me.
Proper bunch of sad little whingers, nothing wrong with linking it to a PSN account. Keep bringing these games Sony, ignore those massive bellends.
This won’t gain the same traction as Helldivers.
It’s gonna just be accepted.
Nice. It’s time this stops. If a game includes another account sign-up or launcher then steam should say that. I want to know before purchasing.
I love when a singleplayer game requires an online connection
Why they need to harvest our data this way is beyond me. They’re sabotaging themselves on the PC market just to inflate the numbers on their dog digital platform
Bunch of idiots. It takes not even 3 minutes to make an email and quick online id. Im enjoying the game so far. They should be glad there is no facial id, finger id, driver license phone number etc.
does not help that you cant buy it 2/3th of the world because for some reason sony wont support those countries
Wait, it requires you to be online and signed in to play the game?
That would be next level batshit crazy. Refuse to believe it.
I’d simply not buy it just because of that requirement.
At this point I believe it were some investors who made them release on PC and Sony is trying hard to bring PC sales down so they can show investors that focusing on PS exclusivity is more viable for them.
It doesn’t matter if it was posted in plain language imo, it’s still a dumbass requirement.
Especially when this game is cracked already. It’s so easy to pirate it, not that I condone that.
gog or gfy
What did they expect? The Helldivers 2 and Ghost of Tsushima thing were big news regarding the PSN controversy. Did they expect an anti-consumer company like Sony to randomly drop the policy and be lenient lol?
Rightly so!
Why in the hell do we need a PSN accout to play on PC…
Sonboys never learn.
I personally don’t care about the requirements but clearly a number of people do, and it prevents customers from buying the game in 100+ countries.
Can someone ELI5 why Sony is doing this with all their games? How does it make them more money than selling the game in all the other countries?
I get why PC gamers are upset. Sure it’s just another login, but that’d sort of the point isn’t it? PC gamers basically have 10 logins at this point for all the stupid services trying to eat up our data, and it’s starting to get frustrating. I don’t know if PSN does this, but what grinds my gears about these services is having to re-login 6 months later, but the key is refreshed so it doesnt just auto login. Then you forget the password you used so you gotta refresh the thing, then you gotta go through that entire process to just login again. It’s such a small issue but my God does it annoy the hell out of me. Really makes it hard to just buy these games.
GTA VI will require a Rockstar account, is rhat gonna get review bombed?
Though of course Rockstar isn’t making it unavailable in certain regions.
every game on steam that forces me to have a second launcher and account deserves this fate