PSN

[LuciaGreene]

Are you able to remove the restriction of being logged into the Playstation network to access this game? It isn't required to play this game on the Playstation. We just need an internet connection.

[Mesarthim]

Probably not happening when steam users like myself have a similar restriction: If steam is ever down you cannot log in.

[Enkidoh]

That's Sony's requirement to use PSN when accessing online content from a PS4 or PS5, not SE's (they'd rather not have to use it if they could - it's the same reason why the Xbox version took ages to be released - SE were stuck on Microsoft's requirement to use XBL). Don't want to use PSN? Don't play on console then - play the standalone PC or Mac version instead, Windows/Mac you just need an internet connection.

[RinaB]

It came back online shortly after 1 pm MTN time today. It was annoying and I was wondering the same thing. The big drawback of modern gaming is everything is connected to servers. Even wanting to play some towers in MK1 I couldn't do because everything has to be connected.

[Votraftur]

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