This is for the sake of a fair gaming environment. Sony explains why PC games tie PSN accounts

Sony has often received a lot of negative criticism for porting PS5 exclusive games to PC, such as “Ghost of Tsushima”, “God of War: Ragnarok” and the latest “Horizon: “Looking forward to Dawn Remastered Edition”, etc., has even led to serious region locking issues, and Sony’s Chief of Operations and Chief Financial Officer also stated that this was for the sake of a fair experience of the game when asked by foreign media.

Foreign media GamersRadar interviewed Sony’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki. He answered the reasons for forcing PSN accounts to be bound to PC games and admitted that this design has indeed been resisted by players, but the company will continue to do so. Stick to this practice because it is for everyone’s “safety”.

Totoki Hiroki said: “The company requires entering a PSN account – it should be said that this mechanism is provided. Although it is not popular, for online service games, this is to ensure the order of the game and allow all players to play safely. So we must create an environment conducive to achieving this project.”

“Adding some restrictions may not be called rules, but at least it can require players to abide by the order of the game, and the company team must find the best solution for this.”

However, the editor of GamersRadar thinks like many players and does not agree with the answer given by Sony. After all, most of the games currently ported from PS5 to PC are single-player oriented, such as “God of War Ragnarök” , “Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered” (Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered), tying or not tying accounts does not affect fairness and security at all.

In addition, although “Ghost of Tsushima” (Ghost Of Tsushima) limits the requirement of account input to the “Ghost Mode” of online cooperation, the PSN is not open to all markets, which led to the occurrence of the issue before the countdown to release. Within a week, the forced delisting and refund for unopened markets disappointed the expectations of many players who were already gearing up.

In addition, the handling of “Helldiver 2” also made Sony’s statement quite contradictory. As an online service type game, there were no account restrictions in the first few months of its launch, until later it was required to bind After setting up a PSN account, a large number of players quit the game and were locked out of the PSN service. In the end, Sony was forced to withdraw the account and the controversy was somewhat settled.

Since games like “Battlefield 2” that require online cooperation do not require a PSN account, Totoki Hiroki’s claim that it is for the safety and fairness of players is unconvincing, and it is probably difficult to get rid of it. Some gamers think that this is all Sony’s conspiracy to expand the number of PlayStation members.