My review was originally positive, but changed to negative in protest of recent change made by Sony.

Sony has decided that linking PSN to steam account is mandatory, with or without crossplay feature enabled.

1. 1/3 of the playerbase can't access to PSN, countries included Philippines, China, Egypt, most of the Middle East, Russia, Latvia, most of Eastern Europe are affected.

2. Sony has a bad record in keeping personal data safe and secured.

April 2011: Hackers Access Personal Data of 77 Million Sony PlayStation Network Users
May 2011: Personal Details on 25 Million Sony Online Entertainment Customers Stolen
June 2011: Sony Pictures Website Hacked, Exposing One Million Accounts
November 2014: Hackers Steal 100 Terabytes of Data from Sony Pictures
August 2017: Hacker Group Accesses Sony Social Media Accounts
September 2023: Sony Investigates Alleged Hack
October 2023: Sony Notifies Employees of Data Breach

3. AH & Sony failed to notify the potential buyers that linking PSN is mandatory prior launch, so numerous players have pre-ordered without informed.

I personally will not tolerate big corporate that keep pushing players like this.

My review was originally positive, but changed to negative in protest of recent change made by Sony. Sony has decided that linking PSN to steam account is mandatory, with or without crossplay feature enabled. 1. 1/3 of the playerbase can't access to PSN, countries included Philippines, China, Egypt, most of the Middle East, Russia, Latvia, most of Eastern Europe are affected. 2. Sony has a bad record in keeping personal data safe and secured. April 2011: Hackers Access Personal Data of 77 Million Sony PlayStation Network Users May 2011: Personal Details on 25 Million Sony Online Entertainment Customers Stolen June 2011: Sony Pictures Website Hacked, Exposing One Million Accounts November 2014: Hackers Steal 100 Terabytes of Data from Sony Pictures August 2017: Hacker Group Accesses Sony Social Media Accounts September 2023: Sony Investigates Alleged Hack October 2023: Sony Notifies Employees of Data Breach 3. AH & Sony failed to notify the potential buyers that linking PSN is mandatory prior launch, so numerous players have pre-ordered without informed. I personally will not tolerate big corporate that keep pushing players like this.