Yup. "think of all the new users psn will have!". No actual benefits, just line go up on graph to make shareholders happy. Most efficient system 🤡

I'm 100% sure this was a decision made by Sony. Apparently this was intended from the word go but they had technical issues during launch and disabled the PSN requirement 20-30 minutes after launch and are now trying to turn it back on.

The photo-ID thing seems to just be the UK's incredibly invasive security state making demands. I'm not clear if other countries actually require photo ID, i haven't been able to find any clear information.

executives arent worth the food they eat

Sony, MS and Nintendo have been in a real race to the bottom lately

It's one of the more successful games in history and at least half the players are on playstation. This sucks but the game will likely be fine.

Nah, you can make a PSN account as a PC player - I did on launch because I didn't realize it used to be optional. Problem is that PSN accounts are not available in some countries. This change will primarily impact people in Africa, Eastern Europe, and all those little island countries and colonies.