At least MS account may be slightly more useful (OS, software, school, work). There is literally no reason to have PSN account except a few exclusive games on PlayStation. Even worse are smaller game devs and pubs nagging for accounts.
Of course there is no great reason offline/SP/old games should require an account to play, and out of principle “nope” should be considered. But almost every goddamn thing requires an account these days. At least we have decent password managers now…
I would never use an account for gaming with school and work or vice versa. Also, Microsoft’s account requirement was the reason I didn’t buy a Series X. The PS5 doesn’t force you to connect to the internet and make one. Although the new models force you to connect to the internet to activate the disc drive for some dumb fucking reason.
Same thing with Until Dawn. Why do I need a PSN account for a single player game?
Well, at least Steam quickly issued the refund.
I fucking hate that. I bought Forza 4 and needed a Microsoft account to play single player. At least I got my money back.
At least MS account may be slightly more useful (OS, software, school, work). There is literally no reason to have PSN account except a few exclusive games on PlayStation. Even worse are smaller game devs and pubs nagging for accounts.
Of course there is no great reason offline/SP/old games should require an account to play, and out of principle “nope” should be considered. But almost every goddamn thing requires an account these days. At least we have decent password managers now…
I would never use an account for gaming with school and work or vice versa. Also, Microsoft’s account requirement was the reason I didn’t buy a Series X. The PS5 doesn’t force you to connect to the internet and make one. Although the new models force you to connect to the internet to activate the disc drive for some dumb fucking reason.
Steam does actually tell you on the game’s page if the game requires a 3rd party account to play.
I didn’t see it when I bought it. And honestly, a refund is a better protest than not buying it.