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[–] newthrowaway20 52 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Real small at the bottom right. " Account for Playstation Network required." At least they listed it on the requirements, technically.

[–] farcaster 24 points 4 months ago

Guess I won't meet the minimum requirements then. Oh well. Plenty of other games on my backlog.

[–] aodhsishaj 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Fucking exactly. Unless the offer the game free of charge for those that have already bought it on ps, there is no reason to have a second account for every other game.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The other games that have had this requirement at least had some kind of store/online function somewhere. AFAIK, GOW:R doesn't have any online functions. What in the hell is the account even for?

[–] Zahille7 10 points 4 months ago

For Sony to fuck you over if you can't sign into it to play your single player game that paid $70 for.

Also so they can sell the data of yours they don't already have.

[–] newthrowaway20 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

FYI, you can use the same account, you don't need two.

I own ghost of tsushima on ps4, and logged into my PSN account for it on PC because I was curious how it would work. The PC version shows up in your trophies as a totally separate game 'ghost of tsushima PC' so they don't blend.

But the point still stands, there's no good reason for a PSN requirement for this game.

[–] SidewaysHighways 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

As much as I hate more tracking and stuff, would they allow me to use my existing PSN account from back when I picked up a console or two for some exclusives?

[–] GunValkyrie 7 points 4 months ago

It's the same account

[–] newthrowaway20 4 points 4 months ago

Yes, absolutely. If you made a PlayStation account back then, the same account will work. You don't need 2.

[–] cottonmon 2 points 4 months ago

Note that because of this, it is not going to be sold in any regions that don't officially have PSN