Could be market share. More PSN accounts than Nintendo and Xbox in competition.
Just to play devil’s advocate here.
But I’m with you, either selling data or both of these.
Comment on God of War Ragnarök will require a PSN account to play on PC
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 5 months agoThere’s definitely a CEO whose bonus depends on hitting a certain number of PSN accounts. I can only assume account info is being sold because why else would they care? It’s either that or they eventually plan on charging PC players a monthly fee to play all their Sony games.
NoneYa@lemm.ee 5 months ago
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
could also just be as simple as getting people’s feet in the door to their marketplace. if you already have an account maybe you’ll be fractionally more likely to buy other stuff in the store.
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
This is the actual strategy they’re going for I think
accideath@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yea. Someone higher up at PlayStation (I forgot who, might have been the CEO) recently said that they believe PC gamers would buy PlayStations to play exclusive sequels to their PC games (like Horizon Forbidden west, which is not yet on PC). Forcing PSN accounts for their games on PC opens the door to getting a PlayStation just a little bit further.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 5 months ago
That would be hilarious, I’d love to see the backlash if they tried that.
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It would sound an awful lot like the high seas, methinks.