BungieMarathon, Bungie’s upcoming multiplatform extraction shooter, won’t require Xbox or PC users to have a PlayStation Account to play when it releases on September 23.
Why is that important? Well, cast your mind back to February 2024, when Helldivers 2 was released. While not initially required, Sony outlined post-launch plans to introduce mandatory PlayStation Network Account linking for all PC players of Arrowhead’s third-person shooter.
The blowback was immense – review bombing was widespread – and Sony ultimately U-turned on the requirement as a result. While good news for all existing owners of the game, anyone living in countries where PlayStation Network wasn’t accessible remained unable to purchase the title.
While Arrowhead isn’t owned by Sony, Bungie, as of 2022, is. Not all PlayStation games available on other platforms require a PlayStation Network Account to be linked, of course, but until now, it was up in the air whether Marathon would. Fortunately, that’s not the case.
No PSN linking for Xbox or PC
In an April 10 post on the official Marathon Discord server, the dev team confirmed that owners of Marathon on Xbox or PC wouldn’t be required to sign up to Sony’s online service.
“Marathon will not require a PlayStation Account for players on PC and Xbox,” the statement read.
Bungie confirmed that Marathon players on Xbox and PC won’t require a PlayStation Account.Reassuring news, then, but with Bungie being a first-party Sony studio, it remains to be seen if PlayStation versions of Marathon will include any DLC or cosmetics exclusive to the platform to sweeten the deal, as it were.
Following Marathon’s gameplay reveal on April 12, Bungie confirmed that it would have more details to share in the summer, including how much genre fans can expect to pay for the multiplayer-only shooter. Until then, see all the currently confirmed playable Runners that will be available at launch.
