Oh, I bid farewell to the port and the land
And I paddle away from the legal and bland
To search for my long ago forgotten games
To search for the place I hear all product names
TL;DR - The optional PSN account for Ghost of Tsushima PC port (PSN is needed only for multiplayer) is now a mandatory PSN account if you want to actually buy it, as the game is removed from regions PSN is not available.
@beardalaxy I don't think they have a choice.
They barely have any games, console's were never profitable to sell as far as I know, so what else do they have?
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@susie @coded_artist yeah not a doubt in my mind about that. they're definitely going to try roping the PC crowd into paying to play PS games online. or perhaps playing them at all, as a way to combat piracy.
@susie @coded_artist apparently, despite the PSN requirement being lifted, they still de-listed Helldivers 2 in 177 countries where PSN isn't in service.
@beardalaxy @susie They're going to bring it back after a while, I bet.
@beardalaxy @susie The PSN requirement I mean.
@coded_artist @susie i'm sure they will try.
@coded_artist @susie or they'll tie extra rewards to it or something like that. "link your psn account today and get free premium currency!" or whatever.
@coded_artist didn't learn their lesson apparently