Mod creator who bypassed PSN account linking for God of War Ragnarok deletes it due to fears of "possible threats from Sony" (gagadget.com)
from moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2024 13:41
https://feddit.nl/post/21597386

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CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml on 26 Sep 2024 14:52 next collapse

The game is cracked already; what’s the point pursuing someone that just removes PSN from legal copies?

burgersc12@mander.xyz on 26 Sep 2024 15:16 next collapse

There’s a reason they want all the legal copies to have PSN login, if they were fine with it getting bypassed they wouldn’t have made it a requirement in the first place

tabular@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2024 17:03 collapse

What’s the reason?

ieatpwns@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2024 17:29 next collapse

Lock you into their eco system and sell more of your data

GhiLA@sh.itjust.works on 26 Sep 2024 19:21 collapse

To sell them more games and merchandise and sell any data it collects.

MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2024 17:07 collapse

Good. Fuck Sony

ma1w4re@lemm.ee on 26 Sep 2024 15:13 next collapse

Huh? Mod creator removed their own mod? I heard that Nexus Mods removed their mod.

burgersc12@mander.xyz on 26 Sep 2024 15:15 collapse

Nope, Nexus posted that they had nothing to do with it coming down

Sanctus@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2024 15:23 next collapse

“I vow to always maintain this”

So that was a fucken lie.

CluckN@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2024 17:08 collapse

If I saw 20 articles pop up about my mod that directly violates TOS I’d also run for the hills. If journalists kept quiet it probably would’ve stayed up.

Sanctus@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2024 17:59 collapse

How much trouble can you legally get in for this? It doesnt really seem like much. If anything this dude was helping them sell copies

BassTurd@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2024 18:05 collapse

Even if he didn’t do anything illegal, Sony has enough money and lawyers to hurt him. Unless a judge threw out any case early, he’d still have to defend himself, which cost money and takes time.

Sanctus@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2024 18:13 collapse

True, I’m just wondering if he expected it to stay under the radar then or what. Cause this is probably the most sought after mod for Sony PC games.

BassTurd@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2024 18:23 collapse

Might have been one of those, “dog that caught the car” moments, where it got a lot bigger than he ever anticipated and didn’t expect all of the attention.

Sanctus@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2024 19:19 collapse

Should have open sourced it, so it could be forked to infinity. Didn’t look anything up so maybe its hosted somewhere idk

moody@lemmings.world on 26 Sep 2024 17:11 next collapse

Once you put it on the internet, it’s there forever.

Codilingus@sh.itjust.works on 26 Sep 2024 17:23 next collapse

I could of sworn I read Sony decided to make the PSN account optional.

turtletracks@lemmy.zip on 26 Sep 2024 18:29 collapse

I think that was for Helldivers 2

Codilingus@sh.itjust.works on 26 Sep 2024 19:19 collapse

I just searched it, straight from playstations website:

direct.playstation.com/…/god-of-war-ragnarok-pc

“Do I need a PSN account to play PlayStation games on PC?”

“No, you currently do not need a PSN account to enjoy PlayStation Studio games on PC, but you will need a Steam account to redeem your voucher code. Some of our PlayStation Studios titles also offer incentives for linking your Steam and PSN accounts.”

Edit: Their website could be outdated, or incorrect? I just swear I saw an article title that Sony removed the requirement for PSN for Ragnarok PC.

GBU_28@lemm.ee on 26 Sep 2024 18:03 next collapse

I love all the comments implying this dude is a coward. Total armchair shit

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 26 Sep 2024 18:14 collapse

Children trying to talk about adult topics.

GBU_28@lemm.ee on 26 Sep 2024 18:15 collapse

Seriously. It’s all shit posting and vidya until legal council from a multinational corporation is knocking at your door.

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 26 Sep 2024 18:23 collapse

well funded bullies...

Corporate komisar doesn't appreciate you!

AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee on 26 Sep 2024 18:54 collapse

Called it. Not in this fashion, but called it.