Marathon players on PC won't need a PlayStation account, say Bungie

You won't request a PlayStation relationship to play Marathon connected PC, committedness Bungie arsenic their shooter's selling blitz picks up speed. Previous games nether Sony's umbrella, specified arsenic Helldivers 2, caused vexation and backlash erstwhile PC players were forced to registry for a PlayStation relationship conscionable to play online. But it looks similar Sony's caller backpedalling connected this request volition prevention the upcoming extraction shooter from pissing disconnected PC folks.

"Marathon volition not necessitate a PlayStation Account for players connected PC and Xbox," said the developers successful the game's authoritative Discord (as spotted by Polygon). A plain and straightforward confirmation that they won't beryllium doing immoderate of that nonsense. Fans reacted with tons of occurrence emojis and immoderate pinkish cats, a notation to the cyberdermal kitty that lies down with the corpse of a defeated runner successful the astir caller teaser trailer.

That teaser was released to physique hype for different trailer which Bungie plans to unveil tomorrow, and which should amusement immoderate footage of the existent worldly you'll beryllium doing successful the game. I'm looking guardant to knowing what the bullets dependable like.

The PSN relationship fiasco began successful earnest erstwhile the request was introduced to Helldivers 2 post-release. Players were profoundly annoyed astatine the inconvenience, and immoderate pointed retired that it meant the crippled would go unplayable successful definite regions successful which PlayStation accounts could not beryllium acceptable up.

PlayStation yet relented and removed the request for Helldivers 2 successful the aftermath of aggravated reappraisal bombing but inactive tried to enforce it connected different games, immoderate of them wholly azygous subordinate successful nature, specified arsenic Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. In the end, the institution seems to person wholly backed down from the idea, making a PSN relationship optional for their upcoming games. And from Bungie's words it looks similar this volition besides beryllium the lawsuit for Marathon. Good to know.