Get ready for a Sony Launcher

[S R O H N]

They saw how powerless they are on this platform and how non-fanboys of their ecosystem can be real ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ if they try to manipulate customers who actually use their brains.

This PSN thing will not be over for sure, they will most likely start realising their next projects on their exclusive launcher with their dumb ass rules. Get ready for it, I am calling it

[橘光]

IDK I think sony is on par with microsoft? They seem one tier less scummy than those with launchers.

[8-Bit Ears]

Most sony games bombed hard on pc, nobody wants their walking sims with crap gameplay

They will fail even harder with a sony launcher

[Sarilas]

Imagine not getting another launcher for games I don't play.

[Kotzi]

Ye, and they will come back crawling like all the others....

[DC]

I will not do that either.
sony

[S R O H N]

Originally posted by Kotzi:

Ye, and they will come back crawling like all the others....

we all hope that

[Draaloff]

A tweet isn't enough. Don't change your reviews until there are visible changes.

• PSN is not available in ~120 countries.
  
• Sony is notorious for data breaches.
  
• The game works fine without a PSN account.

I also really hope they don't drop their own launcher, but it wouldn't surprise me.

[JIN]

don't stop here! fight against all 3rd party account and launcher requirements going forward.
better yet, go and ask valve to put an end to this on steam. if we bought the game on steam it should not require any other account or launcher. also i'm not 100% sure if those are actually required for features like cross play and/or progression. if so, it should still be OPTIONAL for those that wan't to use those features. i'm pretty sure you can cross play age of empires for example without a microsoft account. and i play bloons td 6 on steam and mobile without having a ninjakiwi account. you generate a code in the options menu in the game, that you than can enter on the other platform and it will sync progression across platforms.

[Arglmauf]

Three thinkable scenarios as it comes to launchers:
1. Launcher is additional and doesn't need to be used with Steam : No problem.
2. Additional launcher that can be opted out from (via command line or something): Will raise eyebrows but will be okay, I guess.
3. Mandatory Launcher that requires a PSN account (or even auto-creates one with steam data) to play the game: Prepare for Reviewdivers 2.0

[Binnie]

And those games will fail.

[Hurricane]

I've decided to never give a cent to Sony. This my last game with their name on it.
Well, technically, Stellar Blade is but on Steam this is the last one.

[Paladin Dawnheart]

I didn't want to get this game because Sony published it. Wish I never did. I have boycotted them for a long time. Now even if something ever better than Helldivers 2 comes out in the future and Sony has any part of it, I'm adding it to my ignore list and pretending it doesn't exist.

[nilus]

Originally posted by 8-Bit Ears:

Most sony games bombed hard on pc, nobody wants their walking sims with crap gameplay

They will fail even harder with a sony launcher

Proof?

[LoboFH]

It could happen but afaik no japanese editor has developed a launcher on PC ever, they seem happy that Valve makes the hard work and they get 70% of the cut in digital copies that didn't need any cost in printing, manufacturing, distribution, etc.

Capcom, Namco Bandai, Sega, Square Enyx, etc, perhaps they did in MMO's I am not aware off (like most MMO's).

[8-Bit Ears]

Originally posted by nilus:

Originally posted by 8-Bit Ears:

Most sony games bombed hard on pc, nobody wants their walking sims with crap gameplay

They will fail even harder with a sony launcher

Proof?

Steamcharts peak player counts and plenty of articles. Most sony games havnt even hit 10k peak players.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/02/returnal-is-sonys-second-most-unpopular-pc-game-at-launch

https://gamerant.com/sackboy-pc-player-count-low-pc-steam/

https://gameworldobserver.com/2023/12/19/playstation-pc-game-sales-leak-insomniac-budgets-roi

https://gamerant.com/uncharted-pc-release-lower-sales-reason-explained/