| Zkuq said: Wow, Sony found a way to make the PSN account requirement even worse - by blatantly lying about it. I used to like Sony the best among the console companies, but it has somehow managed to become the worst by far. I'm sure Microsoft would like to be worse, but it's not in a position to be, so it's not, so that dubious victory goes to Sony instead. What a despicable company (and no, I'm not saying this just because of the account requirement, it's actually a lot of things across the years - among which GaaS games aren't actually a major thing). |
See I give MS the benefit of the doubt because of what they did to get back into PC gaming's graces, as well as making XBL baked into their OS, meaning I don't have to login all the time (looking at you Ubishit/EA/GOG).
Sony on the other hand: multiple data breaches, helped fund Denuvo, now trying to use Steam's ecosystem to implant it's own on top of it.
All Sony has done for PC is merely release some ports, okay ports here and there, but mostly high priced delayed port jobs, which I consider the bare minimum of effort to get into good graces. Now they're just going full GFWL "fuck you, it's my ball I do what I want", but they're also using Steam to do it, and that's what really irks me a lot. Had they done this with their own storefront on PC, I would have just noped out and ignored them forever (like how I've done so with Ubisoft's requirement, and Epic's), but them using Steam feels like an abuse of an ecosystem ppl like using/being a part of.
The fact Valve isn't doing much of anything kind of irks me even more, because I know Valve, they are used to saying/doing nothing and having things work out for them, but I'm still a customer, I still exist, Sony is blocking me ON YOUR STOREFRONT, VALVE!. I feel like the customer should 100% have the choice to block a publisher/studio, and we barely even get a full block on Steam (Publisher games and studio games can still show up on the front page, during sales), yet publishers like Sony get to outright block customers out entirely, and that storefront isn't even theirs to do with.
Also found this recently from a news headline:
"Sony boss admits forcing PC gamers into PlayStation accounts can "invite pushback," but insists they have to keep games safe – which doesn't really track in single-player"
See that's not even a valid excuse. it's all about sucking up as many people into their ecosystem, not about "keeping players safe", all snug, with their warm blanket and a cup of tea, that's horseshit. There's plenty of people cheating all all platforms, Sony's system isn't free from this, so the "keeping players safe" doesn't track at all, and also invites an anti-modding stance (which I know they dislike).
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