You do need a PSN account to play the game via Steam [Edited]

[LOGMA]

The game only needs the PSN account if you have it on Playstation and are playing it on the PS5. I know, bad explanation or wording on the devs part, but at the same time it is clearly spelled out at the end of the most recent announcement, and just tucked in there, whereas it should be at the forefront.
Seeing as the most recent announcement is the only place mentioned where it requires a PSN account, most likely for those playing on the PS5 console, I'm pretty sure that's the only reason it's mentioned is due to the crossplay mention for PS5. Although, I could be wrong.
Edit: Rewatched the trailer and re-examined the steam page, I apparently missed the PSN account requirement for some reason. My mistake!

[BlackjackGT]

How Crossplay works seems like the main question.

Like how exactly do I in Steam "invite" someone from the PlayStation Network to join me in a game? Unless I have some sort of PSN Account logged in. Otherwise, how I would even find or be able to invite anyone playing PS5 on PSN to join me as a PC/Steam player?

And how does someone playing the PS5 version on PSN invite a Steam PC player to join his game? How would they even SEE us Steam players on a list somewhere?

If Arrowhead still made any effort to answer questions or communicate with us players at all pre-release, then this would I think be a big question many of us would like answered. But the newly mega conglomerate Arrowhead no longer seems to answer questions or want to hear from us. So I guess we'll all bumble along next month and find out then. :p

I keep hoping if I make little forum insults to Arrowhead -- formerly my favorite and most player-communicative developer of all time -- some community rep will come out of the woodwork to scold me, and we'll at least know they care. So far, not.

[Praxt]

You do need a PSN account, in the recent pc trailer it says you gonna need it, and the game store page says that too

[LOGMA]

Originally posted by Praxt:

You do need a PSN account, in the recent pc trailer it says you gonna need it, and the game store page says that too

Must have missed that then, my bad.

[Nightmarian]

It's an online service-based game, much like many other ones that do not exclusively use Steamworks, you make an account with the hosting service. You probably won't see it come up afterward, but yeah.

You need an account to play Apex, Overwatch 2, etc... this isn't new. Most online service games require an account.

In this case it's published by a Sony-owned studio so of course it's going to be a PSN one.