I'm not a fan of the required accounts, but I feel like people are making such an enormous deal out of it as if they're being asked to sign a pact with the devil and hand over a liver and kidney.

Just don't buy the game and move on, financial damage hurts more than screaming murder and then proceed to walk into the knife anyway.

[–] bassomitron 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think it's because PSN isn't available in a number of countries, so it's an arbitrary obstacle to an otherwise fully functional game that doesn't and shouldn't need an account. Requiring external accounts to play a game is nothing new, but I'm happy to see people reaching their threshold for these ridiculous practices and openly complaining. If people didn't complain and simply didn't buy the game, how would Sony know why people aren't buying it?

[–] Katana314 0 points 1 month ago

Ideally, Sony would handle the legal hurdles needed to allow PSN in multiple countries. But I imagine, as the publishers have invested tons of money into producing those singleplayer games, part of what they want in return is investment into the “PlayStation ecosystem”. Much like how Microsoft doesn’t care if people play their games on an Xbox, they just want an account.

Basically, I don’t think Sony is really in the business of putting down huge financial risks just to get the $60 entry tag of the rare singleplayer game they put out. Those games are meant to get you buying other Sony content as well.

[–] Zhayl 11 points 1 month ago

I disagree with all the tracking companies are forcing on us. While some of it is necessary and can be very beneficial that isn't how our data is largely being used. With that I just don't buy Sony, Ubisoft, or other companies products any longer. I do miss out on playing some games my friends are all talking about but I do not cave just to be in the hype.

Treat these companies like that crazy ex. You know they are bad for you and what you are signing up for if you keep coming back.

Last bit is what they are potentially going to do with that data in the future. If they can build your online profile tailored to you they are going to milk you in ways you can't even fathom. Creating a reason to get you to part with more money. This is not a future I believe any gamer wants when the games are made to make you pay more for the experience. Before anyone says it isn't like that, tell it to all the AI companies scrapping pre-AI data now. We aren't making a deal with the devil, we are helping them create the devil.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

they can't if they distribute the mod as a patch, "for educational purposes"

The patch does not contain anything proprietary.

[–] JusticeForPorygon 3 points 1 month ago

What if they were to, say, upload it to GitHub, and make sure as many copies of the mod got out as possible, so that if it does get taken down someone else can repost the branch and repeat the whole process over again

[–] dogslayeggs 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The problem is that the requirement to have an account is in fine print most people would never read. Therefore you might accidentally buy a game without knowing you need it and can't just "not buy the game and move on." I'm fucking sick of having to create an account with every goddamn game company out there to play single player games on a PS5 or on Steam.

[–] PunchingWood 4 points 1 month ago

I thought it was pretty clear on Steam, there's a highlighted message about it right above the button to purchase the game.

I don't approve of it, but it's not like they're hiding it.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Therefore you might accidentally buy a game without knowing you need it and can't just "not buy the game and move

Launch the game, see that it requires a sign in, refund the game because it doesn't have over 2 hours of play time.

[–] dogslayeggs -3 points 1 month ago

I couldn't find that option when I bought this game on PS5 last year or whenever it came out.