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Sony has decided to roll back one of its most criticized policies regarding PlayStation titles on PC. The company has officially announced that certain games will no longer require players to link a PlayStation Network (PSN) account to access them.
This decision follows significant backlash from the PC gaming community, which was frustrated by the restriction when it was introduced last year.
Some of the titles that have been affected include Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, God of War Ragnarok, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and a future title, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered. Players have previously been forced to sign in with a PSN account in an attempt to access these titles, but no such necessity will apply with this update.
In lieu of requiring opt-in account linking, Sony is providing incentives for opt-in for PSN account owners who will log in and opt them in.
For example, opt-in will reward The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered players with an in-game cosmetic for Ellie, one derived from Naughty Dog’s new sci-fi title, Intergalactic. Other PlayStation titles for PC will most likely follow with similar opt-in incentives.
A positive development, but yet to be determined is whether such a move will extend to all future PlayStation titles for the PC platform.
With how unpopular the forced feature initially was, many hope that such a move is a new direction for the company and not a one-off move.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will arrive for PC on January 30, and The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered will arrive for PC on April 3. With the update, both titles can be played for free for PC owners, with no mandatory PSN log-ins.
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