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|Company=Sony, PlayStation | |||
|StartDate=10 July 2025 | |||
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|ProductLine=Gaming consoles | |||
|Product=PlayStation | |||
|ArticleType=Service | |||
|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>. | [[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>. | ||
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[[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. | [[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 == | ==See also== | ||
* [[Forced account]] | *[[Forced account]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:PlayStation]] | [[Category:PlayStation]] | ||