Sony boss admits forcing PC gamers into PlayStation accounts can "invite pushback," but insists they have to keep games safe

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You guys clamored for japanese leadership taking back more control of PS, well here it is… this dude is a moron and will bring down playstation along with hermen hulst.

But i do hope this backfires on them, then maybe they will kill pc support alltogether (probably not).
Didnt this happen when Jim and Hermen were in charge or before?
Its not because its Japanese, its because they dont have much passion/respect for Playstation and consoles
 

arvfab

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once they figure out what to do with the players who bought the game in unsupported countries.

They were already refunded when account-gate happened and the game was delisted in those countries.

They could have enforced the PSN link since then, but they didn't, so I doubt they will in the future.
 

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They were already refunded when account-gate happened and the game was delisted in those countries.

They could have enforced the PSN link since then, but they didn't, so I doubt they will in the future.
The game was delisted but there were no automatic refunds. People who bought the game before the delisting can still play the game.
 

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The game was delisted but there were no automatic refunds. People who bought the game before the delisting can still play the game.

You are right, but they were able to refund since then and probably still can if the do it now.
 

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Nope, terrible article. We have one anecdote from one player.

I dare you to buy the game today and refund it past the 2 hour mark.

If I buy the game today, I'm in one of the countries which supports PSN and can't use it as a reason for the refund 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

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arvfab

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Past 2 hours the refund will be denied.
Now? Maybe, although I think Steam would still refund if the request comes from a delisted country.

Back then? Steam didn't even care if your country was delisted or not, it was sufficient to mention the PSN link.
 

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Unified friends list would be pretty great for multiplayer titles. Imagine logging into your PS5 and being able to see a friend playing Helldivers 2 on PC without even needing to boot the game up.

I think they'll bring the mandatory PSN account back for HD2 once they figure out what to do with the players who bought the game in unsupported countries.
Each one each own.

I should hate to have PC players in my PS friend list.
In most case I disable cross play because it is dumb and unfair to play against another platform.
 
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Nope, terrible article. We have one anecdote from one player.

I dare you to buy the game today and refund it past the 2 hour mark.
You can’t buy it in these countries anymore.

Everybody that brought the game in the countries that PSN is not supported can refund it anytime they wish.
 

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Now? Maybe, although I think Steam would still refund if the request comes from a delisted country.

Back then? Steam didn't even care if your country was delisted or not, it was sufficient to mention the PSN link.
Not now….

Anybody that brought the game in countries that are not supported by PSN (and don’t have the game listed to buy anymore) can refund it even today or in the future.

He is taking about countries that have PSN… in these you can only refund up to 2 hours.

And yes at the weeks of the fabricated “issue” you could refund it whatever the country no matter how many hours you played it.
 

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Sounds like they aren't going to be slowing down on PC ports it seems.

Why would they? They're pure profit.

Nixxes has been one of the best purchases Sony has made in their history. Especially if they're helping GG work on their own upscaling solutions. Nixxes is as much Herman's baby as Guerrilla Games.

Horizon Zero Dawn was the first PlayStation Studios PC port (it didn't go well, so Herman sought out Nixxes, Nixxes had already worked with GG on Shadow Fall support and they did work to clean up the original PC port done by Guerrilla)

They're now working on their 7th release under PlayStation Studios.

We'll see if they're replacing Iron Galaxy on The Last of Us Part 2 and if they do any post production work on TLOU P1
 
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Not now….

Anybody that brought the game in countries that are not supported by PSN (and don’t have the game listed to buy anymore) can refund it even today or in the future.

He is taking about countries that have PSN… in these you can only refund up to 2 hours.

And yes at the weeks of the fabricated “issue” you could refund it whatever the country no matter how many hours you played it.
So what I've been saying all the time, thank you for confirming it.
 
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The PC pandora box is opened and there is no going back, now these idiots include pc sales in their projections to make failed turd ideas like Concord look great so they can be greenlighted. All this is moot anyways - the games that will release in the next 3 yrs from SIE America are going to fail anyways so might as well release them on pc
 
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