@Slayerkiller537 Whether a subscription is bad or not is a whole other topic. They don’t gain financially from a PS subscription but they do gain stats by actively choosing to ignore the guest feature to boost Microsoft account numbers.
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@Ohnos0sa Yet Xbox has this as well. What would they gain by another PS Plus subscriber when they already are getting another Microsoft account made automatically? Seems more like a PS issue. But any online subscription is bad. Wether if its PS, Xbox, or Nintendo?
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Paul, this is a Sony issue. If there was no subscription at all then this wouldnt be a problem
Paul Tassi@PaulTassi
Xbox Forces PS5 Players To Jump Through Hoops To Play ‘Halo: Campaign Evolved’ via @forbes forbes.com/sites/paultass…
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SAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT SAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR
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@DigitalWolfGun Xbox are actively choosing to not use the Guest feature on PlayStation so they can have each and every user linked to a Microsoft account to fluff their numbers.
A small price to pay for their “We hit x amount of players” posts.
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So you’re telling me that XBOX is forcing PS players to sub to separate PS+ subs (that’s not it, pretty sure everyone is just misreading) giving Sony more money on Sony’s own platform with an extra sub? Xbox won’t see one single penny of that, what would Xbox get from doing that?
MBG@xMBGx
This is actually Microsoft's fault.
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While this sucks for ps players I’m pretty sure it has to do with cross progression.. and ps plus being required for cloud saves etc
Culture Crave 🍿@CultureCrave
Requirements for 'Halo: Campaign Evolved' split screen on PS5 🎮 "Both accounts will need to have PlayStation Plus and be linked to a Microsoft account. Having these active PlayStation Plus subscriptions will also provide access to online co-op play"
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Ohno retweetledi
@IdleGlands @ErikInCt_ Xbox created the issue which makes it Sonys fault?
Xbox are actively choosing the ignore the guest feature on the PlayStation to fluff their numbers by forcing the need for all users to have a Microsoft account.
Easy way to increase their “We hit x amount of players” posts.
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@ErikInCt_ You people are so retarded.
ALL Microsoft published games advertise cross platform progression and saves. It's a major feature. That requires an Xbox account.
Sony decided to tax any data sent to Microsoft servers by requiring ps+. Blame them.
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For you Xbox ass hats that cannot or will not read...
Xbox local co-op - N0 Game pass
PS5 local co-op - TWO PS Plus Accounts
No, it's not Sony. Sonly allows free local split screen in all games.
Open your eyes, they are (Xbox leaders) trying to kill xbox.
Spawn Wave@SpawnWaveMedia
This sounds like an insane amount of requirements for just playing local split screen
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PlayStation guys instead of getting mad at XBOX you should be mad at PlayStation for locking cloud saves behind a paywall
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@ymnis_v1 @MLGecko627 How could they fluff their “we hit x amount of players” numbers otherwise
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@MLGecko627 Xbox requires two Microsoft accounts too. so the actual issue isn’t “Sony charging for couch co-op”.
it’s Microsoft building Halo’s couch co-op around account linked players instead of just letting player 2 be a guest.
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3rd time posting this cause the tourists didn’t get the emailer:
the PS Plus requirement is getting triggered because Halo is treating the session like online/cross-platform play tied to accounts.
Microsoft built the account/cross-progression requirement.
Alpharius@HydraD0minatus
Sony is the most anti consumer publisher out there. There is no comparison in the gaming space, even the most pay to win gacha slop has better standards and morals
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@BlancoVerdict @PaulTassi @Forbes Notice how no other game in the last 10+ years of the ps5/4 lifespan have had this requirement?
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@BlancoVerdict @PaulTassi @Forbes So xbox are actively choosing to go down this route for guest players on a offline co-op story game, while ignoring the built-in system and it’s supposedly the console owners fault and not the developers
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Xbox Forces PS5 Players To Jump Through Hoops To Play ‘Halo: Campaign Evolved’ via @forbes forbes.com/sites/paultass…
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Let me get his straight: Microsoft and XBOX are to blame for a practice that SONY is enforcing with Playstation Plus, on the new Halo game? 🙄 The toxicity of the Sony fanbase, never ceases to amaze me at times... #ps5
Alejandro@AEG201R
@Wario64 Shitbox gotta be Shitbox. I can't wait for them go bankrupt and start selling off their IPs. Microslop is so useless they can't make a decent game so they monetized a great game from 25 years ago. Bunch of useless corporate scum.
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@XboxJoker33 @DmgTank2005 The co-op guest account feature isn’t being utilised (dev choice) so that all players need to have a Microsoft account linked to fluff their numbers.
Thats why they are doing it, not to make money of PS Plus 😭
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Hahahah, and PlayStation fanboys will still say they aren’t Anti-Consumer. Imagine needing PS Plus Premium on both accounts just to play split-screen OFFLINE co-op in Halo: Combat Evolved… that’s actually wild
CharlieIntel@charlieINTEL
Halo Campaign Evolved local split-screen on PS5 requires both accounts to have an active PlayStation Plus subscription
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@XboxJoker33 PlayStation has a guest account feature for co-op games.
Xbox are actively choosing not to use this so the split screen player needs to also link to a Microsoft account to fluff numbers for their “we hit X amount of players” stat posts.
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@15_KC_87 @TRIPSTER0 @HydraD0minatus PlayStation has a Guest account feature which is used for co-op games. Xbox are choosing not to use this which is causing this.
I don’t find it much of an inconvenience but its only to fluff numbers otherwise Xbox would allow users to use the free guest account.
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@Ohnos0sa @TRIPSTER0 @HydraD0minatus As long as you don’t have to pay for extra like they’re doing with PS it’s really not much of an issue. Just inconvenience unless you already have a MS account.
The remake is dumb anyways but this is just making it all dumber.
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Sony is the most anti consumer publisher out there. There is no comparison in the gaming space, even the most pay to win gacha slop has better standards and morals
Culture Crave 🍿@CultureCrave
Requirements for 'Halo: Campaign Evolved' split screen on PS5 🎮 "Both accounts will need to have PlayStation Plus and be linked to a Microsoft account. Having these active PlayStation Plus subscriptions will also provide access to online co-op play"
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This is not a take I’m against. If you want to say that Xbox is just fluffing up their unique player count and monthly active users then I don’t disagree but that still is not the reason that a second account needs ps plus. The second account needs ps plus because Sony is the only platform that hides third party linking and cloud save behind a paid subscription wall. There is zero doubt about that.
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@BlancoVerdict @PaulTassi @Forbes PlayStation has a Guest account feature, but in using this its 1 less Microsoft account that can be used to fluff the “we hot x total PLAYERS” bs stats they drop
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Paul enough with the Sony glaze. This isn’t an XBOX issue. If the roles were reversed and Sony required the two accounts to be linked it would be completely free on XBOX. The reason you have to pay additional sub is because of Sonys third party linking policy. They hid third party linking as a premium online feature behind a paid subscription wall. XBOX and PC view this feature as basic free internet access. This is on Sonys policy.
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Ohno retweetledi
@PaulTassi @Forbes Before people come in and say its Playstation's fault, there are plenty of split screen/couch co-op games on Playstation that don't need PS+.
It is likely tied to Xbox refusing tovuse guest accounts, requiring 2 unique PSN accounts this treating couch co-op as a PSN transaction.
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@15_KC_87 @TRIPSTER0 @HydraD0minatus Which microsoft is forcing rather than allowing the Guest feature to be used 😭
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@capnkaba They’ve blocked guest account to fluff numbers
Ohno@Ohnos0sa
@lastchalice PlayStation has a play with guest feature for co-op games. Xbox is actively choosing to not use this so they have to have a linked Microsoft account to fluff numbers with their “we hit x amount of players” posts.
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You can tell whoever made this tweet hasn’t touched an Xbox since 2013
1. Each player needing an account has been a thing since 2013, but you alternatively can just use a guest profile
2. YOU CAN PLAY OFFLINE! Your save data just won’t sync to other consoles.
DO BETTER RESEARCH
Does it play?@DoesItPlay1
Next Halo has forced DOUBLE ONLINE DRM even for couch co-op! We used to just take our saves with us on a thumb drive, but they don't even allow that anymore. Well, guess we need to look at the positives. Our test won't take long. (Screenshot from Halo Waypoint)
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