Mod creator who bypassed PSN account linking for God of War Ragnarok deletes it due to fears of "possible threats from Sony"
https://gagadget.com/en/510788-mod-creator-who-bypassed-psn-account-linking-for-god-of-war-ragnarok-deletes-it-due-to-fears-of-possible-threats-from-sony/
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Sanctus@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 1y
So that was a fucken lie.
CluckN@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 1y
If I saw 20 articles pop up about my mod that directly violates TOS I’d also run for the hills. If journalists kept quiet it probably would’ve stayed up.
Sanctus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
How much trouble can you legally get in for this? It doesnt really seem like much. If anything this dude was helping them sell copies
BassTurd@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y
Even if he didn't do anything illegal, Sony has enough money and lawyers to hurt him. Unless a judge threw out any case early, he'd still have to defend himself, which cost money and takes time.
Sanctus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
True, I'm just wondering if he expected it to stay under the radar then or what. Cause this is probably the most sought after mod for Sony PC games.
BassTurd@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Might have been one of those, "dog that caught the car" moments, where it got a lot bigger than he ever anticipated and didn't expect all of the attention.
Sanctus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Should have open sourced it, so it could be forked to infinity. Didn't look anything up so maybe its hosted somewhere idk
GBU_28@lemm.ee · 49 pts · 1y
I love all the comments implying this dude is a coward. Total armchair shit
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 16 pts · 1y
GBU_28@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y
Seriously. It's all shit posting and vidya until legal council from a multinational corporation is knocking at your door.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 6 pts · 1y
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml · 32 pts · 1y
The game is cracked already; what's the point pursuing someone that just removes PSN from legal copies?
burgersc12@mander.xyz · 22 pts · 1y
There's a reason they want all the legal copies to have PSN login, if they were fine with it getting bypassed they wouldn't have made it a requirement in the first place
tabular@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
What's the reason?
ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Lock you into their eco system and sell more of your data
GhiLA@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
To sell them more games and merchandise and sell any data it collects.
MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Good. Fuck Sony
moody@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 1y
Once you put it on the internet, it's there forever.
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 1y
I could of sworn I read Sony decided to make the PSN account optional.
turtletracks@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 1y
I think that was for Helldivers 2
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
I just searched it, straight from playstations website:
https://direct.playstation.com/en-us/buy-games/god-of-war-ragnarok-pc
"Do I need a PSN account to play PlayStation games on PC?"
"No, you currently do not need a PSN account to enjoy PlayStation Studio games on PC, but you will need a Steam account to redeem your voucher code. Some of our PlayStation Studios titles also offer incentives for linking your Steam and PSN accounts."
Edit: Their website could be outdated, or incorrect? I just swear I saw an article title that Sony removed the requirement for PSN for Ragnarok PC.
ma1w4re@lemm.ee · -3 pts · 1y
burgersc12@mander.xyz · 14 pts · 1y
Nope, Nexus posted that they had nothing to do with it coming down
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee · -4 pts · 1y
Called it. Not in this fashion, but called it.