PC Users Will Get “Added Benefits” for Logging into PSN

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PC Users Will Get “Added Benefits” for Logging into PSN

Back in May 2024, Sony suffered a massive backlash when it revealed that it was going to make PSN accounts mandatory to experience one of the best games of the year, Helldivers 2. While the requirements were dropped, all of Sony’s recent PC ports still required PSN accounts to play the game.

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Gamers have absolutely despised this PSN requirement to play single-player games and even planned to boycott Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PC port because they expected that it wouldn’t do away with PSN. However, Sony has learned its lesson and is reversing the course with some additional benefits for players.

Sony removes PSN requirements ahead of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

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2 is finally out on PC. (Image via Sony)

Right before Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was supposed to hit the shelves for PC players, Sony made an unexpected announcement by stating that it was planning to remove the mandatory PSN requirements for some of its games, both upcoming and already available.

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, the need to have a third-party PlayStation network account will be completely removed from PC versions of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and the upcoming port of The Last of Us Part II, as well as Horizon Zero Dawn and God of War: Ragnarok.

Instead of forcing gamers to sign into a PSN account for PC ports, Sony has brought an option for them to sign in. The company is incentivizing gamers with “added benefits” such as trophies and friend management, which seems useless when on Steam. All games will offer some sort of bonus, such as cosmetic items, extra XP, and many other things to help players connect their PSN accounts.

While it’s great to see that most of Sony’s PC ports won’t require a PSN account to experience it, the company has no plans of abandoning the requirement. Game creators at all PlayStation Studios will continue to offer more benefits to gamers who sign up for PSN accounts.

The company still hasn’t removed PSN requirements from Until Dawn and Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut. There’s still no information on whether or if Sony will bring an option for these titles as well.

Will Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 receive more DLCs?

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2 won’t receive any DLCs. (Image via Sony)

Considering the fact that it’s been two years since the release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and there’s a brand-new audience of players on PC, one might think that developer Insomniac Games is probably gearing up with tons of post-launch content. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

Last year, Insomniac Games

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that the studio has no plans to bring additional story content for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, pretty much dashing the hopes for any kind of DLC. Gamers were disappointed and even stated that the $70 price tag didn’t bring much to the table.

Insomniac’s decision to cancel DLC plans was shocking, as leaks in December 2023 suggested that the studio was working on additional content. However, it seems like all of those plans were outdated, or the data breach might have forced the developers to change their strategy for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.

Now that we don’t have any DLCs, all the plot threads in the game can be explored in Spider-Man 3 or the Venom spin-off title that’s supposed to be released in 2025. However, Insomniac still hasn’t provided any updates for the Venom game, which is a cause for concern about the spin-off.

With that, do you think Sony has made the right move by dropping PSN requirements for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and all PC ports? Let us know in the comments below.

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