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[โ€“] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 71 points 6 months ago (3 children)

you just know that this was an internal decision from Sony, made without any input from developers, and the deciders probably used a lot of cool words like KPI, metrics, engagement and brand awareness

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[โ€“] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 47 points 6 months ago

Yup. "think of all the new users psn will have!". No actual benefits, just line go up on graph to make shareholders happy. Most efficient system ๐Ÿคก

[โ€“] Frank@hexbear.net 37 points 6 months ago

I'm 100% sure this was a decision made by Sony. Apparently this was intended from the word go but they had technical issues during launch and disabled the PSN requirement 20-30 minutes after launch and are now trying to turn it back on.

The photo-ID thing seems to just be the UK's incredibly invasive security state making demands. I'm not clear if other countries actually require photo ID, i haven't been able to find any clear information.

[โ€“] TheaJo@hexbear.net 30 points 6 months ago

executives arent worth the food they eat