I don't think that's their goal at all. Otherwise we wouldn't see any sequels released on PC, that would be a much better strategy for converting players to console. The only reason publishers require their own logins in games, at least for single-player titles, is data collection. Data is very valuable.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

don't think that's their goal at all.

Literally their goal.

As mentioned (via Tom Warren) by [Playstation co-CEO Hermen] Hulst in the interview, Sony wants to tempt PC players to purchase and play sequels to single-player narrative games on a PlayStation console.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 16 hours ago

There's their stated goal and their actual goals.

Do you think they're just going to come out and say that they want your data?

[–] The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 19 hours ago

They really underestimate patient gamers.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, I think the strategy is so terrible that they can't believe it, but they've publicly stated that's the goal. I'm not sure what data they'd get out of it that they don't get out of Steam achievements, but more likely it's to brag about how many "active PSN users" they have, using a misleading number. Still, all I see when I see that requirement is online DRM.