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The PC version of Lost Soul Aside has seemingly removed the controversial requirement to link PSN accounts ahead of its 2025 launch.
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This will allow publisher Sony to sell Lost Soul Aside in countries not supported by PSN, increasing the game's overall reach and sales potential.
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Sony's decision to remove the PSN account linking rule for Lost Soul Aside may indicate a more flexible approach for PlayStation PC games going forward.
Some newly found evidence seems to confirm this Lost soul asideupcoming game from Sony, has removed the PlayStation Network account requirement for PC users. It doesn't just mean that Lost soul aside PC gamers won't have to deal with linking a PSN account, but it also significantly expands the list of available regions where Sony will be able to sell the game when it launches in 2025.
Lost soul aside is one of the most anticipated indie games to emerge from PlayStation's long-running China Hero Project incubation program. A hack and slash action RPG that borrows inspiration Devil May Cry and said to favor “dynamic combat”, was developed for nearly nine years by Shanghai studio UltiZeroGames. Meanwhile, Sony funded the development of the game and will publish it Lost soul aside on PS5 and PC. However, last year Sony started implementing mandatory linking of PSN accounts for PlayStation games on PC, which caused backlash from many users of the platform.

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PSN does not support more than 100 countries worldwide, which means that eligible PC games cannot be sold in these markets, reducing sales potential and player reach. However, it seems Lost soul aside will buck the trend by not enforcing the PSN account requirement on PC. Shortly after Lost soul asideThe latest gameplay trailer debuted in December 2024, the game's Steam page was launched. Initially, Lost soul asideThe Steam page mentioned that a PSN account would be required, but SteamDB's update history shows that the mandate was lifted the following day.
Lost Soul Aside is the second game from Sony to break the rule of linking PSN accounts on PC
This will undoubtedly come as a relief to PC gamers who are looking forward to playing Lost soul asidebut resides in one of the many countries where PSN is not supported. It's also an interesting development for PlayStation games on PC in general, as the only other time Sony backed down on a request was during Helldivers 2PSN Account Linking Controversy. After this debacle, linking PSN accounts was considered an absolute requirement for PC PlayStation games, but Lost soul asideThe exclusion from the rule proves that Sony may not be so strict about it after all.
The reasons Sony makes it possible Lost soul asideThe PC version, which will waive the PSN account requirement, is unknown at the time of writing, but speculation suggests that the company wants the game to reach as many players as possible. PlayStation games didn't fare too well on PC after PSN account linking was mandated God of War Ragnarok has garnered less than half the number of players on Steam of its predecessor.