Bungie's Marathon won't force Xbox and PC players to log in with a PlayStation account<p>Bungie is set to take the wrappers off
Marathon this Saturday and reveal gameplay from its first non-Destiny project in many years (and its first new one since <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/sony-closes-bungie-acquisition-playstation-studios-190623763.html">
joining Sony in 2022[/url]). Before that though, the studio has <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.eurogamer.net/marathon-wont-require-a-playstation-network-account-on-pc-and-xbox">
confirmed one detail[/url] about the multi-platform extraction shooter that PC and Xbox gamers may like to hear. The game won’t force players to log in with a PlayStation account on those platforms.</p>
<p>The
Marathon team confirmed on the game’s official Discord server that "
Marathon will not require a PlayStation Account for players on PC and Xbox." The developers said this in response to a user who was concerned that they might not be able to play
Marathon on PC, since PSN wasn’t supported in their country.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>This is relevant considering the <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-helldivers-2-163829512.html">
Helldivers 2 mess from last year[/url]. The PC version of that Sony-published game was going to require players to connect to a PSN account. That wasn’t enforced during the first three-ish months
Helldivers 2 was available on Steam due to network issues, but it was later <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/helldivers-2-pc-players-suddenly-have-to-link-to-a-psn-account-and-theyre-not-being-chill-about-it-185835690.html">
going to come into effect[/url]. The shift would have locked out players who had already bought the game in countries where PSN wasn’t available.</p>
<p>Sony quickly <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/sony-quickly-backs-down-on-helldivers-2-psn-requirement-for-pc-players-120030227.html">
backtracked[/url] on the PSN requirement for
Helldivers 2 following a backlash but the situation tarnished the reputation of a great game. The company later <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/sony-is-ditching-the-psn-login-requirement-on-some-of-its-pc-games-183259677.html">
dropped mandatory PSN logins[/url] for many of its single-player games on PC, though it tried to incentivize players for linking their Steam account to PSN by offering in-game goodies.</p>
<p>Bungie hasn't said much about
Marathon since <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/bungie-revives-marathon-as-a-multiplayer-shooter-212630605.html">
announcing its revival two years ago[/url], but the gameplay showcase this weekend will shed much more light on what the game's all about. For what it's worth, streamer DrLupo <a data-i13n="cpos:8;pos:1" href="
https://x.com/JakeSucky/status/1909987792521965889">
claims[/url] to have been playtesting
Marathon through various iterations over the last six years, and said it's gotten better each time he's tried it.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Bungie's Marathon won't force Xbox and PC players to log in with a PlayStation account
