pcgamer.com

rayquetzalcoatl, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

This happened with Helldivers, everybody forgave them and immediately rewarded them by continuing to play/buy, and then they turned around and stuck PSN account requirements on a tonne of other games. Looking forward to the same cycle happening again very soon 🫡

Kelly, 5 miesięcy temu

An account for PlayStation Network will become optional for these titles on PC.

blog.playstation.com/…/new-in-game-content-incent…

This is very explicitly not making any promises beyond these 4 titles. :\

Duamerthrax, 5 miesięcy temu

I was gonna try HD2 when I upgraded my machine, but swore it off when that shit happened.

rayquetzalcoatl, 5 miesięcy temu

Good choice. I haven’t really kept up with new releases for a few years as the mainstream of the industry started to feel more and more like a scam, but I wonder if anybody’s ever done studies comparing the percentage of people with short term memory issues, and the percentage of people who play video games – because video game consumers seem to forget getting screwed over and constantly get surprised when they reward bad behaviour lol

MonkderVierte, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

Patient gamers be like: look, this is what they need to do to emulate a fraction of our power.

noxypaws, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

That’s not exactly surrendering. It’s still scummy. But it’s less objectionable, at least.

Evotech, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

Smart tbh, just “give” them decent skin and most people will not hesitate

reev, 5 miesięcy temu

I honestly don’t know how a company that’s supposed to know the industry took this long to figure it out. They’ve been giving people fortnite skins for a long time, they know the bar is super low for people to get super excited about changes instead of antagonizing them.

domi, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

I’m surprised they did this. Would have assumed most people don’t care and we were getting a PC PSN launcher very soon.

socsa, 5 miesięcy temu

I assume we still will and it will just lean more carrot than stick in terms of offering discounts and bonus items.

Zahille7, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

Nice. Just in time for me to consider buying it even more.

Consider

TommySoda, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

And then they wait for everyone to buy their games before they bring it back. Not saying it will happen. Just that it might.

Lost_My_Mind, 5 miesięcy temu

I’m not saying I will eat this double cheeseburger…but I might.

Pay no attention to my hungry stomach, or my staring gaze at this delicious double cheeseburger with just the perfect balance of meat to cheese ratio. Melting in almost a gooey waterfall down the sides of these patties. With just a hint of ketchup at the top, and topped with lettuce to give it a crunch.

I’m not saying if I will eat this double cheeseburger…but I might.

technomad, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

Awesome! I will actually consider purchasing them now.

Great job for those of you that took a stance against this! Voting with your wallet works.

#fuckanticonsumerpractices

burgersc12, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

It’s easy, do not buy games from the billionaire companies who do not care about you. They are gonna do whatever is necessary to make money off of you, that’s how they became billion dollar companies in the first place.

Screen_Shatter, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

Cool, I’ve been wanting to play the new god of war but passed on it because of this bullshit. Time to put it back on my wishlist and … wait some more for a sale, which is never much of a discount with Sony

flux, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

I’m OK with buying now based on the fact they reversed this. They did what I wanted and the reason I waited to buy so I’ll hold up my end. They should be happy people are even buying the games. If they ever change this policy they are other options. I’d love to see what the sales numbers are from before and after the requirement. I’m guessing it wasn’t just the articles but actual decline in sales.

bahbah23, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

No such thing as free stuff.

Aielman15, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

Fucking finally.

Mac, 5 miesięcy temu do gaming w The Witcher 3's director says he has designed his new vampire RPG to explore 'something in pop culture that nobody yet has done' in videogames: 'We will see how people like it'

Please tell me it has to do with piloting spacecraft 🤩

Lennny, 5 miesięcy temu

Star Citizen: Edward Edition.

fsxylo, 5 miesięcy temu do gaming w The Witcher 3's director says he has designed his new vampire RPG to explore 'something in pop culture that nobody yet has done' in videogames: 'We will see how people like it'

Please don’t suck.

WrenFeathers, 5 miesięcy temu

It’s a vampire game. What’s it supposed to do?