Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account

On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 09:50:49 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 9/28/2024 1:18 AM, JAB wrote:

On 27/09/2024 14:14, Mike S. wrote:

On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:00:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
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Creating new accounts for a game is an instant turnoff for me.

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Yeah, me too. I have Steam, GOG, Uplay, EA and BattleNet.
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I actually had to think for a minute or so to see if I forgot any.
That tells me that is definitely enough!

 
Steam and GoG also although it's possible that I do have some other
accounts that I've forgotten about. The last game I bought that had its
own client was I think Battlefield 1 as it was dirt cheap on Steam. The
good thing was it meant I could finally get to use the refund option!
 
Basically if a game isn't on Steam or GoG I just won't get it even as a
freebie.

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"The Amazon Effect".  Getting spoiled by one-stop shopping.

It's why companies are so desperate to get you to sign up for their
services that they'll toss oodles of free stuff at you just so you
make an account. Because it's a provable fact that once you get people
over that first hurdle, they are magnitudes more likely to buy from
you. One-click shopping is incredibly difficult to resist.

That's why if you really want to save money, you need to close those
accounts (something companies make incredibly difficult, natch) or
make it so you can no longer access it (change the password to
something random and don't write it down, then change the recovery
password to something you can't access). Human nature being what it
is, you're far less likely to go through the bother of re-opening a
new account than just deciding to do without.