Sony's PC Releases Are Proving PlayStation Is No Longer "For The Players"

PlayStation has upset fans with a controversial mandatory sign-up for its PC games, and with seemingly no plans to backtrack, it looks like Sony may no longer be as player-focused as it once touted. PlayStation has been a titan of the gaming industry since its first console launch back in 1994. In the 2000s the brand became synonymous with its tag-line "" but PlayStation may be ignoring its slogan with recent choices.

Just five years ago, PlayStation offering its AAA games on another platform would have felt extremely unlikely, but since the release of on PC in 2020 the company hasn't slowed on releasing some of its best-selling PS games on PC. Though it launched in a buggy state, has proven that even the grandest of PlayStation's works are open to a transfer, and both rebooted games making it to ultra-wide monitors has only supported this.Despite the strong launches, PlayStation is making a crucial mistake in not listening to its players.

The frustration over PlayStation's PC games first reared its head when released on both PS5 and PC — players on Steam were able to play the PS-console-exclusive without having to be tethered to PlayStation in the form of a PS account sign-in. That is, of course, until PlayStation revealed that sign-ins would become mandatory and that they'd have to sign up anyway, a decision came after the game's fanbase developed.

Fans pushed back against the changes, review-bombing everything that developer Arrowhead Game Studios offered to the public. The company finally backed downand confessed that it had made a mistake. The change was rolled back, though many fans have conceded that the game may never feel the same after their trust was broken. Unfortunately, Sony seems to have not factored the controversy and backlash into its PC releases.

Despite conceding to players,it seems Sony is treating the controversy as a lost battle, not a lost war. has finally made it to the Steam homepage, and Sony revealed to players before they chose to