@DannyuNDos liminal / plexus Portal would probably be one of the most cursed games in the century and would probably make b3313 look like amateur work.

@Memor-X I get that, but what screwed my pooch is that it was very much apparent that this was not necessary for the game to run and it came from above with no input from the actual devs

sure, its not the first time you would have to do that, and not the last (Fucking UPlay) but going in afterwards to add it feels fucking bad

like its just left bare that this is absolutely not needed

Think theres also a part where people on PC might just want to stay apart of consoles as much as possible, and getting stuck with a PSN account for no reason is also dickish

yeh this was more the kicker, he fact it's being done afterwards because i'm not hearing the same anger for Ghost of Tsushima that's going to require a PSN Account for the Multiplayer Content

@Fredy31 was supposed to reply to this

And at the end of the day you have to believe that if HD2 was a dud, would they have bothered to make it mandatory?

But yeah to wrap up my toughts, I think that usually since it comes into the box you can at least make believe that they coded the whole game that it wont work without the login. But by making it mandatory it really shows the PSN account has nothing to do with actually running the game and its only a datagrab

or to boost PSN numbers for shareholders

@Fredy31 You're missing something: PSN account linking WAS mandatory at launch. The game was so unexpectedly popular at launch that the developer CEO made the executive decision to make linking optional to reduce server load, otherwise the servers wouldn't be able to handle it. Now the game is stable, and Sony wanted it back

ah, missed that

but still, its now fucking bare that the account has nothing to do as to how the game works

True, that's also part of the reason why they couldn't force it anymore: there are various laws around the world like the GDPR that meant that Sony couldn't unilaterally make it mandatory. If they were to make it mandatory, they would also have to offer refunds to everyone who bought the game and didn't want to do it

@Nzall True, but based on player comments it was also as clear as the difference between Eternal Legendary Crest and "Normal" Legendary Crest was in Diablo before the world found out and revolted

@Nzall Yep, and more than negative reviews, I think thats what pushed the needle

also heard that valve was 100% happy processing refunds on this reason

lmao Arrowhead are apparently adding a cape to commemorate the review bombing they helped coordinate

Is the game 2048 supposed to be read "two-oh-four-eight"? I once read it "two thousand forty-eight" and a friend of mine was pissed off.

@DannyuNDos i thought it was twenty forty-eight