Comment on The PlayStation Network outage proves PC gamers were right to resist its mandatory sign-in requirement

thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Well, we already have the proof, because it was broken on PS5.

  If Sony had held firm on a PSN sign-in for Helldivers 2, it would have been just as borked on PC as it was on console. Ditto for if Sony had retained its log-in requirement for singleplayer games: You could effectively play God of War Ragnarok offline after creating or logging into a PSN account (unless you opted for a handy mod), but just like installing a PS5 disc drive, a PSN outage would have prevented first-time setup of something that simply does not require an internet connection.

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  • dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    but just like installing a PS5 disc drive, a PSN outage would have prevented first-time setup of something that simply does not require an internet connection.

    I want to address this section by the author. Should any old disc drive work offline? Yes. Do PlayStation’s? No.

    In the interest of saving money, Sony doesn’t pre-pay for the Blu-Ray Disc Association License, so they use the internet to know when to pay the license fee on behalf of the user. So from a legal standpoint by an entity which does not want to get sued, their course of action to save money requires this.

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    • Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I wouldn’t be surprised if it uses an internet connection to verify the disk to try and prevent used sales or pirating

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      • dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I read an article testing the same disc drive in multiple PlayStations and they continued to work. My guess is that Sony pays for console X to be able to use a disc drive when one is inserted, and then pays for console Y when one is inserted. They probably can check the ID of the disc drive, but they also probably don’t care that much.

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• SatyrSack@feddit.org ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Didn’t they lift the PSN account requirement on PC just a few days ago?

  Just on four particular games

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• apotheotic@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yeah that’s in the article

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