It is an honour to have this game as my first and only review. As good as it was as a game, the recent move to force players to use a third party service, not available globally and simply blocking any one that refuses or cannot sign for said service from playing the game we bought months ago is the most anti-consumer thing I have ever seen.
We definitely dont own the game we bought and Sony just made that very clear for us, I suggest everyone that is affected by the measure to assure your consumer rights and ask for a refund. This is incredibly tone deaf as its basically what Unity was trying to do a couple of months ago. ''Dont agree with the new tos? Tough luck, you cannot use the old version anymore'' Im pretty sure it also violates other EU consumer laws even on steam side, as this restricts cross border sales in Steam, something Valve already got in hot water for.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/eu-fines-pc-gaming-giant-valve-for-antitrust-practices-on-steam.html

It is an honour to have this game as my first and only review. As good as it was as a game, the recent move to force players to use a third party service, not available globally and simply blocking any one that refuses or cannot sign for said service from playing the game we bought months ago is the most anti-consumer thing I have ever seen. We definitely dont own the game we bought and Sony just made that very clear for us, I suggest everyone that is affected by the measure to assure your consumer rights and ask for a refund. This is incredibly tone deaf as its basically what Unity was trying to do a couple of months ago. ''Dont agree with the new tos? Tough luck, you cannot use the old version anymore'' Im pretty sure it also violates other EU consumer laws even on steam side, as this restricts cross border sales in Steam, something Valve already got in hot water for. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/eu-fines-pc-gaming-giant-valve-for-antitrust-practices-on-steam.html