They're mandating you have a playstation account to play on PC. That was always in the terms, and on the steam page, but you didn't have to. Until very recently.

And if you don't live in one of the 65 countries where PSN operates, you can go fuck yourself, because your game just stopped working.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 74 points 6 months ago

Wow fuck all that

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 33 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Sony dropped an announcement requiring PSN accounts, even for PC players with no cross play enabled, presumably because it makes the numbers look better to their shareholders. Apparently it was supposed to be a requirement at launch but the PSN servers were busted and it was preventing people from getting in so they 'temporarily' disabled it.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah bullshit on the technical issue, they got a whole lot of people playing who now are forced to make that account.

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Something not rally being mentioned is that their monetization system has gotten predictably worse, for example nerfing a weapon in advance of a premium battle pass weapon that coincidentally fills the niche that was just nerfed away.

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean, that's not really so bad considering you can unlock the battle passes without spending a dime past your initial investment. The timing of the nerfs might be coincidental - I do also seem to remember a Breaker - Railgun - Shield Pack monoculture being a pretty big issue.

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Unlocking the battle pass with grinding takes forever. With over 40 hours I only just made enough to unlock one. Except I didn't because I spent a little along the way on armor. Playing normally does not get warbonds at a reasonable pace.

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean, that's the game, isn't it? You either grind out the super credits, and the fact that's an option at all is the Hallmark of a good game, or you pay for instant gratification. Live service doesn't support itself.

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"The scraps of barely available content is the hallmark of a good game" is something I'd be abjectly horrified to hear just ten years ago.

The game is not free to play. It's a paid game with abusive monetization practices on top. You've already paid for the service.

The overton window has moved so much now. Sigh.

[–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Capitalism