It’s crazy to see Sony kill their golden goose.
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Successful launch and so much good will burned in a few days because of greedy MBAs proposing their “brilliant” profit guaranteed extraction strategy.
See, this is why the liveservice model is fundementally bad. Even if they don’t fuck it up on launch, they can always fuck it up later.
Stick to offline folks.
And even if we accept that it was always intended to be PSN-only and they decided to launch before PSN integration was done, the fact that multiplayer is entirely dependent on them providing a service is troubling. That’s how we lose games.
I can still launch Rainbow Six 3 and play multiplayer with my friends because it has the server built in and allows direct connect via IP address. You can’t do that with a live service game; once the official servers are down the game becomes (partially or completely) lost media.
While on this subject:
All Sony had to do was nothing and they still fucked it up.
It’s clear Sony is a garbage company since at least the 2011 hack in how they conduct themselves. How they have treated so many of their studios terribly. Late implementation of 2FA. Treating people like shit with customer service if you were hacked, or need repairs. Can’t implement basic features with each new console Gen. Can’t be bothered to support their own goddamned handheld. On and on.
Even before that, considering the music division put copy-protection rootkits on CDs that often broke computers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
Remember when Sony promised PSN would always be free? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
