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God of War Ragnarök will require a PSN account to play on PC (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 5 months ago by hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works to c/games@lemmy.world
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Sony learned nothing from the Helldivers 2 shitshow.

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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

could also just be as simple as getting people’s feet in the door to their marketplace. if you already have an account maybe you’ll be fractionally more likely to buy other stuff in the store. multiply that by a few million or whatever… it’s not nothing.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is the actual strategy they're going for I think

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yea. Someone higher up at PlayStation (I forgot who, might have been the CEO) recently said that they believe PC gamers would buy PlayStations to play exclusive sequels to their PC games (like Horizon Forbidden west, which is not yet on PC). Forcing PSN accounts for their games on PC opens the door to getting a PlayStation just a little bit further.