Does this game require a PSN account?

[18th Nerd]

I want to buy the game, if possible, please answer

[-=Dial Nine Eleven=-]

No.

[Mestrenzi]

Not anymore

[18th Nerd]

Originally posted by -=Dial Nine Eleven=-:

No.

But in the REVIEWS, people say something else
can you explain؟

[Vivianite]

not explicitly but theres a """bug""" due to forced PSN intergration that if you dont you get pooled with people who also dont

[Gilmore]

Originally posted by G.O.D:

Originally posted by -=Dial Nine Eleven=-:

No.

But in the REVIEWS, people say something else
can you explain؟

Old news. Sony changed their mind.

[🥃 Marceline]

Originally posted by G.O.D:

Originally posted by -=Dial Nine Eleven=-:

No.

But in the REVIEWS, people say something else
can you explain؟

So we had a huge war with Sony which tried to enforce having these PSN accounts created and linked to Steam.

Thanks to intense review bombing and refunds Sony announced on Twitter (and changed Steam announcement that started the thing) that they will not be doing that.

It's just their words, which Arrowhead (Helldivers 2 developer) kinda take for granted. Community mostly also gives Sony some benefit of doubt. But other part of community thinks they are lying or at least waits for some better confirmation, like store page getting updated and region lock removed (over 120 countries got banned from buying the game few days ago as PSN is not legal there).

Negative reviews claiming PSN is required are just people who wait till Sony makes actual changes. Once "we are sure", they will revert their reviews to positive ones or just delete them.

tl;dr: it's not, unless Sony lied. Neg reviews are some people still protesting till we get more than empty words.



As to buying the game or not - I would wait a few days. If situation doesn't change for better (primarily region lock removed) it will likely mean PSN will be enforced. If situation changes, should be safe.

[Doragor]

Originally posted by Gilmore:

Originally posted by G.O.D:

But in the REVIEWS, people say something else
can you explain؟

Old news. Sony changed their mind.

For now...
They can try it again

[RedWolfofDeath]

YES. Until they remove the requirement on the Steam store and remove it being mandatory on the PS website, it's 100% requiring a PSN account to play the game.

[Gilmore]

Originally posted by Doragor:

Originally posted by Gilmore:

Old news. Sony changed their mind.

For now...
They can try it again

And why would they do that? They now know that there would be huge backlash.

[Doragor]

Originally posted by Gilmore:

And why would they do that? They now know that there would be huge backlash.

With huge backlash comes even greater advertising and marketing.

Look at Blizzard.
Record profits, massive layoffs. Unending drama and abysmal product scores, yet they carry on like nothing happened and are actually thriving.

[Kohan Hanin]

Originally posted by Doragor:

Originally posted by Gilmore:

And why would they do that? They now know that there would be huge backlash.

With huge backlash comes even greater advertising and marketing.

Look at Blizzard.
Record profits, massive layoffs. Unending drama and abysmal product scores, yet they carry on like nothing happened and are actually thriving.

But they do pay a price for that... Massive loss of players...

[Xaelon]

Not yet.

It was going to soon, then Sony decided to hold off. They released a tweet saying "PSN integration is not happening the original dates". That's it. They temporarily postponed it.

You can and should read the tweet for yourself. Here's a link:
https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1787331667616829929?t=NhwAEm4fGpVJj-UyI1lrXA&s=19

Notice how it says nothing about it never happening? As soon as the current outrage blows over I bet they'll add it with no announcement.

I will also mention that that 100+ countries that could previously buy the game still can't play because Sony revoked access and hasn't restored it.

To be clear: no, the game does not require PSN. Nothing says it won't in the future. There's no way Sony has given up this easily.

If you want to play it safe, wait until June and see what happens.

[Imp0815]

Yes, as stade on the Storepage untill removed:
Requires 3rd-Party Account: PlayStation Network (Supports Linking to Steam Account)

[Doragor]

Originally posted by Kohan Hanin:

But they do pay a price for that... Massive loss of players...

That's only what we say to cope, their whales remain untouched and will tolerate increased prices to compensate for the losses, there are people who are deeply addicted to their IPs.

Just look at WoW, we have had private servers since 2006, 18 years of people pirating their games hasn't affected their profits at all. What really screws Blizzard over is the quality of their games, like when Warlords of Draenor flopped and Overwatch 2 sank.

[GHDW]

I really wish you would make the distinction between artificial review manipulation (review bombing, cancel culture) and a natural reaction.
This event was the latter without a doubt, and it was caused by Soyny and the CEO.