The company shared the decision in a recent PlayStation Blog post, explaining that the linking of a PSN account will no longer be needed starting with the release of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 on PC ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced plans to remove controversial PlayStation Network requirements when playing some of the company's newer games on PC. Previously, Sony required anyone ...

I would be using the same PSN account with the same very real UK address - the one I’ve been using for over a decade - to do it. Why can’t I do the same on PC? Why is it possible to overlook ...

Sony’s PSN account requirement for some of its PC games hasn’t been a popular one. Backlash to the requirement for Helldivers 2 led Sony to reverse the decision after the game was review ...

PlayStation announced via a blog post that it was going to start offering players on PC bonus in-game items and rewards if they chose to create and login with a PSN ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced a PlayStation Network account will now be optional on select games available on PC, while adding new benefits for those who connect to a PSN account.

While the creation of a PSN account takes mere minutes to set up, some PC players considered the change an unnecessary hurdle for players used to the openness of the platform. Well nine months ...

There are a lot of Sony-published games that you want to play on PC and Steam, but in some cases, logging in means linking your existing player accounts to the PlayStation maker’s very own PSN.

A particularly thorny issue is that players on PC have been forced to link up to a PSN account in order to play certain games — including a few that don't have any meaningful online functionality.

Michael McWhertor is a journalist with more than 17 years of experience covering video games, technology, movies, TV, and entertainment. Instead of requiring a PSN account for those games (and the ...