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[[Sony]] requires a PSN account be made or used for | {{IncidentCargo | ||
|Company=Sony, PlayStation | |||
|StartDate=10 July 2025 | |||
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|ProductLine=Gaming consoles | |||
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|Type=Digital Restriction, Forced Account | |||
|Description=Sony requires a PlayStation Network (PSN) account to play some PC games, including single-player only games. | |||
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[[Sony]] requires a [[wikipedia:PlayStation_Network|PlayStation Network]] (PSN) account be made or used for [[PlayStation]] games ported to PC and sold on the PC, including games that were solely single player such as ''Last of Us Part 2''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ariyasinghe |first=Pulasthi |date=2024-11-09 |title=PSN account requirement on PC is there to keep gamers safe, explains Sony |url=https://www.neowin.net/news/psn-account-requirement-on-pc-is-there-to-keep-gamers-safe-explains-sony/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109203247/https://www.neowin.net/news/psn-account-requirement-on-pc-is-there-to-keep-gamers-safe-explains-sony/ |archive-date=9 Nov 2024 |website=Neowin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruiz |first=Michael |date=2024-09-25 |title=Sony Not Backing Down on PSN PC Requirement Despite Backlash |url=https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2024/09/25/sony-psn-login-required-horizon-zero-dawn-remastered-pc/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925175510/https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2024/09/25/sony-psn-login-required-horizon-zero-dawn-remastered-pc/ |archive-date=25 Sep 2024 |website=PlayStation Lifestyle}}</ref>. | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The | The PSN is an account-based service that Sony's PlayStation makes mandatory to use their online services like the console shop, the game achievements or the console's friend service. | ||
==Incident== | ==Incident== | ||
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===Sony's response=== | ===Sony's response=== | ||
In January 2025 Sony removed this requirement for some games and instead offered players benefits to use PSN. However the restriction remains for other Sony games such as Until Dawn.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Qizilbash |first=Asad |date=2025-01-29 |title=New in-game content incentives coming to PlayStation games on PC |url=https://blog.playstation.com/2025/01/29/new-in-game-content-incentives-coming-to-playstation-games-on-pc/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129163956/https://blog.playstation.com/2025/01/29/new-in-game-content-incentives-coming-to-playstation-games-on-pc/ |archive-date=29 Jan 2025 |website=PlayStation Blog |publisher=Sony - PlayStation Blog}}</ref> | In January 2025 Sony removed this requirement for some games and instead offered players benefits to use PSN. However the restriction remains for other Sony games such as ''Until Dawn''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Qizilbash |first=Asad |date=2025-01-29 |title=New in-game content incentives coming to PlayStation games on PC |url=https://blog.playstation.com/2025/01/29/new-in-game-content-incentives-coming-to-playstation-games-on-pc/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129163956/https://blog.playstation.com/2025/01/29/new-in-game-content-incentives-coming-to-playstation-games-on-pc/ |archive-date=29 Jan 2025 |website=PlayStation Blog |publisher=Sony - PlayStation Blog}}</ref> | ||
===Valve's Steam response=== | |||
[[Steam]] began to refund games that were inaccessible due to the non-existence of PSN in the user's country regardless of the time played. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Forced account]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:PlayStation]] | [[Category:PlayStation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:16, 6 April 2026
Sony requires a PlayStation Network (PSN) account be made or used for PlayStation games ported to PC and sold on the PC, including games that were solely single player such as Last of Us Part 2[1][2].
Background
[edit | edit source]The PSN is an account-based service that Sony's PlayStation makes mandatory to use their online services like the console shop, the game achievements or the console's friend service.
Incident
[edit | edit source]Sony began releasing its games on the digital computer store Steam. Some time later it began to require the addition of a PSN account to be able to access the aforementioned games including those previously purchased, thus changing the terms of access after the purchase.
The fact that at that time 121 PSN did not exist made the option to play the games impossible for millions of users who had already purchased them, like the popular Helldivers 2 which at the moment was impossible to play from there.
Sony's response
[edit | edit source]In January 2025 Sony removed this requirement for some games and instead offered players benefits to use PSN. However the restriction remains for other Sony games such as Until Dawn.[3]
Valve's Steam response
[edit | edit source]Steam began to refund games that were inaccessible due to the non-existence of PSN in the user's country regardless of the time played.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Ariyasinghe, Pulasthi (2024-11-09). "PSN account requirement on PC is there to keep gamers safe, explains Sony". Neowin. Archived from the original on 9 Nov 2024.
- ↑ Ruiz, Michael (2024-09-25). "Sony Not Backing Down on PSN PC Requirement Despite Backlash". PlayStation Lifestyle. Archived from the original on 25 Sep 2024.
- ↑ Qizilbash, Asad (2025-01-29). "New in-game content incentives coming to PlayStation games on PC". PlayStation Blog. Sony - PlayStation Blog. Archived from the original on 29 Jan 2025.