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You mean the same Minecraft that Mojang sold me back in the day and that now requires a Microsoft account to play offline? Probably not a big problem for Sony,

You mean the same Minecraft that Mojang sold me back in the day and that now requires a Microsoft account to play offline? Probably not a big problem for Sony, but as someone who bought the game I am kind of pissed about that. But I totally agree with you about Sony being hypocritical.

jeromegv 4y ago
It’s an account. Has nothing to do with how many platforms can run the game. Which is what this Call of Duty promise is about.
nerdjon 4y ago
While I don't love that particular trend, it isn't like that trend is really a new one in the industry. It seems like every company is trying to push their ecosystem and forcing you to login wherever they can. The only reason this particular case is weird is because its a Microsoft account on Playstation. Not saying it's a good practice, but I don't know if in that case I would solely attack Microsoft.
manojlds 4y ago
I am on Switch and only needed Microsoft account to play online though? But either ways, it's not relevant to this situation. We are talking of game.being made available. Not about whether it has login to the parent company or not. Let's not forget that Sony was the last to allow cross platform multiplayer on Minecraft.
- stametseater 4y ago
  PC players with old Mojang accounts were made to create and migrate to Microsoft accounts in order to continue playing. Either that or do what I did, and crack their launcher and only play on "offline mode" (no account verification) servers. Microsoft accounts ask for a lot of personal information that they simply don't need, and I feared that opting not to provide that personal information would likely put my account at risk for being capriciously banned by bureaucratic anti-botting systems in the future. Furthermore, should I ever need a Microsoft account for some more important reason, I would not want that connected to an account I game online with. Mixing work and play is a bad idea, and having two separate accounts seems like a likely setup for a capricious ban sometime in the future. So yeah, I once bought this game from Notch and had a legit account for it, but now I have to pirate it because Microsoft decided to get invasive and nosy.

jeromegv 4y ago

It’s an account. Has nothing to do with how many platforms can run the game. Which is what this Call of Duty promise is about.

nerdjon 4y ago

While I don't love that particular trend, it isn't like that trend is really a new one in the industry. It seems like every company is trying to push their ecosystem and forcing you to login wherever they can. The only reason this particular case is weird is because its a Microsoft account on Playstation. Not saying it's a good practice, but I don't know if in that case I would solely attack Microsoft.

manojlds 4y ago

I am on Switch and only needed Microsoft account to play online though? But either ways, it's not relevant to this situation. We are talking of game.being made available. Not about whether it has login to the parent company or not. Let's not forget that Sony was the last to allow cross platform multiplayer on Minecraft.

stametseater 4y ago
PC players with old Mojang accounts were made to create and migrate to Microsoft accounts in order to continue playing. Either that or do what I did, and crack their launcher and only play on "offline mode" (no account verification) servers. Microsoft accounts ask for a lot of personal information that they simply don't need, and I feared that opting not to provide that personal information would likely put my account at risk for being capriciously banned by bureaucratic anti-botting systems in the future. Furthermore, should I ever need a Microsoft account for some more important reason, I would not want that connected to an account I game online with. Mixing work and play is a bad idea, and having two separate accounts seems like a likely setup for a capricious ban sometime in the future. So yeah, I once bought this game from Notch and had a legit account for it, but now I have to pirate it because Microsoft decided to get invasive and nosy.