Not enforcing it out of the gate, and then only choosing to do so months later after selling it globally when the PSN is not available globally is a complete bait and switch. Then there are two concerns specific to the announcement which is that the PSN couldn’t handle the load on release, which certainly doesn’t inspire confidence that it will be stable if everyone starts to use it, and the reason for implementing it being ‘player safety’ which sounds like they want to play nanny to the playerbase which has so far been pretty awesome for an online multiplayer game.
I chose to link the PSN to enable cross play when I bought the game so the change doesn’t impact me, but the way that they are handling this made me annoyed enough to leave a negative review.
Just an FYI to you and anyone else who might read this but you don’t even have to link a PSN account for cross play. I have no PSN account and cross play works just fine.
IIRC the dialogue that pops up about PSN implies you might want it for cross play, but I think maybe it’s just to be able to see your PSN friends in game and invite them to your squad? Not sure if I’m remembering correctly or thinking of a different game though.
Same boat here. I had no problems making a PSN account because I like the idea of crossplay, but if they were planning to add this requirement back in later they needed to be much more clear about it. Like “gigantic popup every time you load the game if you don’t have a PSN account” clear, especially with PSN not being available in certain countries.
There’s also the larger question of why this is required. Clearly the game works just fine without it. Whatever the reason is, it’s not for the benefit of the players.
Not enforcing it out of the gate, and then only choosing to do so months later after selling it globally when the PSN is not available globally is a complete bait and switch. Then there are two concerns specific to the announcement which is that the PSN couldn’t handle the load on release, which certainly doesn’t inspire confidence that it will be stable if everyone starts to use it, and the reason for implementing it being ‘player safety’ which sounds like they want to play nanny to the playerbase which has so far been pretty awesome for an online multiplayer game.
I chose to link the PSN to enable cross play when I bought the game so the change doesn’t impact me, but the way that they are handling this made me annoyed enough to leave a negative review.
Just an FYI to you and anyone else who might read this but you don’t even have to link a PSN account for cross play. I have no PSN account and cross play works just fine.
It is a fuzzy memory from months ago, as there isn’t any other reason I can think of off the top of my head why I would have made a PSN account.
IIRC the dialogue that pops up about PSN implies you might want it for cross play, but I think maybe it’s just to be able to see your PSN friends in game and invite them to your squad? Not sure if I’m remembering correctly or thinking of a different game though.
Same boat here. I had no problems making a PSN account because I like the idea of crossplay, but if they were planning to add this requirement back in later they needed to be much more clear about it. Like “gigantic popup every time you load the game if you don’t have a PSN account” clear, especially with PSN not being available in certain countries.
There’s also the larger question of why this is required. Clearly the game works just fine without it. Whatever the reason is, it’s not for the benefit of the players.