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The PlayStation Network outage proves PC gamers were right to resist its mandatory sign-in requirement | You don't need my email.


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Review-bombing campaigns are often motivated by half-baked culture war "controversies" about trans characters, queer developers, or supposed mafias of liberal writing consultants bending multi-million dollar companies to their will. Last May, though, we saw a great example of the review bomb's utility in pushing back on a genuine consumer grievance: Helldivers 2's PlayStation Network sign-in requirement. But after reporting on this absolute cluster as it happened, it's clear to me that mandatory sign-ins to extraneous "services" like the PlayStation Network aren't just an annoyance.

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