alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 2 months agoGod of War Ragnarok Steam reviews are ‘mixed’ right now, as players criticize the PC version due to account linking, just like Helldivers 2.www.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1375arrow-down14
arrow-up1371arrow-down1external-linkGod of War Ragnarok Steam reviews are ‘mixed’ right now, as players criticize the PC version due to account linking, just like Helldivers 2.www.pcgamesn.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 2 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareRxBrad@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoYou see, there’s the thing. Sony is not requiring any sort of launcher. It’s an account. “But mah privacy!” Again, no launcher. What exactly are they going to track? That you’re playing their game?
minus-squareZoot@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoLauncher, just an email, doesn’t matter. There is absolutely no reason to have it in the game, and I’m very happy we are starting the trend of saying “Fuck you, no.”
minus-squareRxBrad@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months ago“Fuck you… Unless I really like you. But extra fuck you if you run a non-PC gaming platform.” I mean, why give GabeN our email addresses then?
minus-squareZoot@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoBecause it is necessary to keep your account yours for one. You don’t need an email address to run a single player game, why is that so hard for you to understand?
You see, there’s the thing. Sony is not requiring any sort of launcher. It’s an account.
“But mah privacy!”
Again, no launcher. What exactly are they going to track? That you’re playing their game?
Launcher, just an email, doesn’t matter. There is absolutely no reason to have it in the game, and I’m very happy we are starting the trend of saying “Fuck you, no.”
“Fuck you… Unless I really like you. But extra fuck you if you run a non-PC gaming platform.”
I mean, why give GabeN our email addresses then?
Because it is necessary to keep your account yours for one.
You don’t need an email address to run a single player game, why is that so hard for you to understand?