• @SquishyPandaDev
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    117 months ago

    I would love to listen in on the meeting that decided this. How did they think this was remotely a good idea

    • @Cagi@lemmy.ca
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      5 months ago

      Their justification is that they need the PSN to moderate the community; right now they can’t ban anyone, and only didn’t launch with this requirement because it wasn’t ready. But now the temporary grace period is ending. You need to agree to terms and services by signing up for PSN, including PSN codes of conduct they enforce in every game. Without that, they can’t ban you for conduct you didn’t agree to.

      The counter argument is that they didn’t make it clear enough that this was an eventuality, and that they could and should find alternate means to moderate their PC community that doesn’t exclude so many players.

      I suspect this is more about policing third party monetization than community moderation.

      • @Azzu@lemm.ee
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        137 months ago

        Wait no, this doesn’t make sense. Other games easily ban their own players from Steam. For easily available example, Rust.