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As they are saying, the devil is in the main points and people who read the wonderful print will find that a PlayStation account is required for the upcoming PC version. Despite continued complaints from the PC community about Sony’s commitment to require a PlayStation account to play its games on PC the console maker appears to not be backtracking on that call any time soon, if ever. Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered was announced a few days ago and while a $9.99 fee for PC owners of the entire edition may not annoy many there’s one other catch sure to get an increase amongst many others. Throughout the wonderful print, Sony has indicated that the upcoming remaster would require a PlayStation account.
Per PlayStation Blog:
- “The PC version3 on Windows includes the PlayStation overlay with Trophy support and has its own set of features, comparable to support for ultra-wide resolutions and the newest performance enhancing technologies like NVIDIA DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3.1 with frame generation4. We’ll let our Nixxes partners expand more in a future blog.”
- “3Account for PlayStation Network required on PC.“
Sony began instituting its account requirements with Helldivers II, which it backtracked on after many complaints and review bombing. Since then Sony has remained committed to its decision for account requirements despite storefronts having to issue refunds as a result of Sony not giving access to its network to all markets where games are sold thus causing buyers of its games to be blocked from even creating or logging into its network.
From third party launchers to more account requirements
PC owners have been fairly vocal for a while about not wanting one other third-party launcher or having to create one other account simply to play their favorite games. From the early days of Steam, GOG, and various Windows storefronts, to Epic Games, EA Play and its predecessor, Ubisoft, and more, the PC gaming ecosystem has grow to be inundated with launchers and account requirements.
These issues were brought up again throughout the community with Sony’s most up-to-date PC release, God of War Ragnarök. A modder was in a position to alter its files removing the PSN requirement for many who purchased the sport on Steam. Nevertheless, it doesn’t take much searching on the web to search out comments from others who suggest that Sony has committed to a path that only encourages piracy of its games by increasing the problem for many who would otherwise purchase them. It stays to be seen if Sony will ever reconsider its PC PSN requirement. Alternatively, because the library of games needing a PSN account grows newcomers to PC gaming may not care and just take it in stride.
