Forward of the Marathon gameplay reveal on April 12, developer Bungie has promised that folk on non-PlayStation platforms gained’t want a PlayStation Community account to play.
“Marathon won’t require a PlayStation Account for gamers on PC and Xbox,” Bungie stated in a put up to the sport’s official Discord channel Wednesday afternoon. The announcement prompted excited emoji reactions from gamers within the type of dozens of flames, a number of hearts, and, inexplicably, a pregnant man. “That is the most important information for me!” the person who began the dialog stated. “It appears like now I can actually really feel excited for the sport!”
“Because of technical points on the launch of Helldivers 2, we allowed the linking necessities for Steam accounts to a PlayStation Community account to be quickly elective,” Sony’s announcement stated. “That grace interval will now expire.”
Helldivers 2 gamers had been, naturally, upset by this information. Not solely was this requirement an pointless trouble, it had the potential to bar of us altogether in the event that they lived in international locations with out PlayStation Community entry. The outcry was so massive — maybe as a result of gamers had been utilizing techniques they realized in-game — that Sony backtracked after simply three days. Regardless of this blip, Helldivers 2 continued to be a large success.
Quick-forward to immediately, and it’s apparent why folks trying ahead to Marathon — which, whereas not technically revealed by Sony, remains to be beneath the corporate’s purview as a result of its possession of Bungie — had been questioning that it’d undergo the identical destiny. However everybody can breathe a sigh of aid understanding they gained’t want an account on a wholly completely different platform in the event that they need to play on Xbox or PC.
Bungie has but to announce a launch window for Marathon, however we could discover out extra info throughout Saturday’s stream.
