It’s been eight months since Sony made PSN accounts mandatory for PlayStation games on PC, but players still aren’t over the change. Whenever Sony announces a Steam port for a PlayStation game, players express shock and bewilderment that all the hue and cry simply hasn’t worked. And The Last of Us Part II‘s PSN requirement is no exception.

PlayStation PC games no longer listed in countries without PSN
When Sony first introduced the PSN requirement, there was a justified uproar because PSN isn’t supported in a large number of countries, and linking PSN and Steam accounts from different regions was a nuisance.

The company has since locked non-supported regions out of its games, meaning that PlayStation games on PC are now only available in countries where players are able to create a PSN account. Yet, we see headlines expressing surprise as if all those Steam review bombing campaigns should have worked by now.

Majority of the complaints we see now are coming from folks who are able to create PSN accounts, so we’re not quite sure what the issue is at this point beyond the fact that a large number of PC players aren’t allowed to purchase PlayStation games anymore.

If Ghost of Tsushima has shown Sony one thing, it’s that instituting the PSN requirement has had negligible impact on sales, if any.

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Source: https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2025/01/10/psn-pc-requirement-the-last-of-us-part-2/