we collect the information that you provide by entering it into certain Service features. For example, when you want to post in a forum, you provide us the content for the post (which could contain PI which we collect and then display for you on the forum). Likewise, when you use other features such as voice or text messaging, blogs, surveys, user-generated content, activity streams, or social media, we may first collect the information you enter into the feature.
We may also automatically or passively collect information about your use of our Services, see the sub-sections below for a list of categories by sources of such information.
Each time you use a PlayStation console or a PlayStation app on a PlayStation console or other devices (such as a mobile phone or PC), we may automatically collect information about your use of that device and app. If you sign into an Account, we may combine it with other information we have for that Account.
The information that we collect from devices may include: Device identifiers such as your PlayStation console ID, mobile device IDs, cookie IDs, or serial numbers, Network identifiers such as your IP address and MAC address
We may receive information, including the following, from third party sources and combine it with information we already directly collect from you. We will handle the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Game, social media, or other information, from those third parties or services you link your Account with
Marketing and Advertising: We may target and personalize our marketing communications, purchase recommendations and advertisements that we display on our and third-party websites and services based on the information we have collected about you.
The list just goes on here, but to boil it down: Sony wants dat sweet sweet data.
Wow, they collect your IP address when you connect to their servers? Oh no, what will I do?
You’re intentionally misrepresenting the situation. They’re collecting a myriad of data, likely literally anything they can legally get away with, selling it to advertisers, and using it to serve you ads.
Not buy products from Sony?
They can collect that ive hacked my vita and I’ve never paid for any games loaded onto my microSD card lawl
I’m never buying helldivers now after all this tho
So does literally every website you visit and every game service you use. Anyone who’s ever had a PlayStation has a PSN account, and I’ve never been served an ad directly from PlayStation. So I don’t understand what you think is happening…
Which is precisely why I don’t make accounts on them.
What if I told you there were PC gamers who’ve never had a PlayStation?
You likely won’t have, but it’s very possible you were served ads based on data they gathered about you and sold to databrokers.
I know exactly what is happening. Sony is exploiting their own customers for additional profits.
So You’re saying I might get an ad for a game that Sony thinks I might want to play. Oh no
You argue like a child.
He probably is one. Only children are defending this.
No, that is very clearly not what I said.
That child doesn’t care about privacy and it hurts all of us
I had a PlayStation and a PlayStation 2 and never signed up for shit.
Dwhat does big corporation dick taste like?
I just don’t get my panties in a bunch because the butthurt mob told me to.
It is incredibly common for games to require you to use their gaming service for crossplays. I’m actually more surprised that they didn’t require it from the beginning.
I’ll just login to my preexisting PSN account and continue on with my day.
What babies.
“Its incredibly common to get fucked over by corporations, so why don’t we just let them fuck us”
Your problem is associating what is common with what is acceptable.
Sony allows cross-play on Rocket League/PC without PSN, so tell me how are they able to allow that game for years and years but not Helldivers?
This game has been going just fine for months without needing a PSN login (in fact Sony themselves openly admit that it contributed to server issues). It very clearly is not necessary, but they demand it anyway purely as a supplementary revenue model.
Corporations everywhere thank you for your assistance in their exploitation of the general population in exchange for checks notes…nothing.
Yeah. History has shown, companies don’t want more money, they want all the money. Doesn’t matter how little they make, if they can gather your information, they’ll sell you.
Standard behaviour isn’t an excuse for shitty practices. If you want the standard to become better, rebel against/boycott entities enforcing that standard.
Once upon a time slavery was standard behaviour. Once upon a time company towns were standard behaviour. Once upon a time, absolute monarchies were standard behaviour. Things got better because people didn’t accept the standard and took a stand against it. Not because they dismissed it as the standard.
What if I told you crossplay worked just fine without linking? Also You can opt out of crossplay which crossplay is optional, why is the account mandatory? What’s your next excuse to require an account?
You can call others babies and not care, but don’t act like you’ve got any argument for requiring a PSN account, because you don’t.