Sony learned nothing from the Helldivers 2 shitshow.

  • @[email protected]
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    797 months ago

    There’s definitely a CEO whose bonus depends on hitting a certain number of PSN accounts. I can only assume account info is being sold because why else would they care? It’s either that or they eventually plan on charging PC players a monthly fee to play all their Sony games.

    • @[email protected]
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      217 months ago

      It’s either that or they eventually plan on charging PC players a monthly fee to play all their Sony games.

      That would be hilarious, I’d love to see the backlash if they tried that.

      • littleblue✨
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        47 months ago

        It would sound an awful lot like the high seas, methinks.

      • @acosmichippo
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        7 months ago

        could also just be as simple as getting people’s feet in the door to their marketplace. if you already have an account maybe you’ll be fractionally more likely to buy other stuff in the store. multiply that by a few million or whatever… it’s not nothing.

        • MrScottyTay
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          107 months ago

          This is the actual strategy they’re going for I think

          • @accideath
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            77 months ago

            Yea. Someone higher up at PlayStation (I forgot who, might have been the CEO) recently said that they believe PC gamers would buy PlayStations to play exclusive sequels to their PC games (like Horizon Forbidden west, which is not yet on PC). Forcing PSN accounts for their games on PC opens the door to getting a PlayStation just a little bit further.