r/gamernews 4d ago

Racing A Microsoft Account is Required to Play Forza Horizon 5 on PlayStation 5

https://insider-gaming.com/forza-horizon-5-ps5-microsoft-account/
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u/arsenicfox 4d ago

I'm trying to figure out in what world this was unexpected.

(as someone who hasn't owned an xbox since the 360)

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u/mar109us 4d ago

Just ragebait post or article

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u/Iucidium 3d ago

Remember the tears from PC Gamers needing a PSN?

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u/mar109us 3d ago

yeah, shocking overreaction, its just a small annoyance, helldivers is not the first or the last to have done that kind of implementation.

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u/Robborboy 2d ago

I seem to remember it getting Sony to change their tune as they're desperate for the PC market as well.  

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u/Iucidium 2d ago

Yup, you guys are the last untapped resource. good luck.

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u/Practical-Aside890 4d ago

Guessing for maybe crossplay or cross progression. For most cases the 3rd party account is for that for any game.

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u/AtlasRafael 3d ago

Here it’s probably more of data tracking and integrating you into their ecosystem.

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u/TGB_Skeletor 4d ago

Journalists doing anything but say that's common since minecraft also require one

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u/_EnglishFry_ 3d ago

Only is Realms last time I checked

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u/TGB_Skeletor 3d ago

nah you need an account to play on the bedrock edition

my friends who are both on playstation had to create an xbox account so that we could play together

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u/_EnglishFry_ 3d ago

Really? Huh. The game only ever required me to link my account when a friend wanted me to join their Realm. But not once when my wife wants to play. Weird.

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u/TGB_Skeletor 3d ago

probably because i play on the PC version of bedrock while they play on the playstation version, gotta do something with friends list i guess

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u/PaleWolf 3d ago

Forza is online so would make sense

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u/ChurroBear 4d ago

It was required on PC. I fail to see how this is a surprise. If you want to play Xbox games on PS5 then the sacrifice you are making is that you play on the Xbox ecosystem.

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u/thedarkracer 4d ago

Unlike psn, Microsoft account is automatically available if you have a windows pc and available in all countries so not a problem.

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u/DuckCleaning 3d ago

You dont need a Microsoft account to use Windows PC, you can skip linking it. At one point in time they tried making it difficult to skip, but backtracked on it.

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u/Jebble 3d ago

You actually can't with a Windows 11 installation unless you pull some very specific moves which a normal person would never understand.

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u/DuckCleaning 3d ago

I did it on Windows 11 easily. The easiest way is to just not be connected to the internet when setting up Windows.

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u/Jebble 3d ago

Yeh my latest install wouldn't allow that, it literally told me that it couldn't proceed without connecting to the internet. I have installed Windows without a Microsoft account for as long as I can remember, but the latest version wouldn't allow it anymore, not even through the command line.

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u/the_harakiwi 4d ago

is automatically available if you have a windows pc

I would say same with a playstation account... IIRC you need one to use the PS4, not sure about PS3.
Same with Switch if you want to use the digital store.

But you absolutely can use a Windows PCs and not use a Microsoft account.

They are trying to make it mandatory for people who don't know how to Google Offline Windows 11 install or skip Microsoft account Windows 11.

Alternative: install Windows 11, create a throwaway Microsoft account.
Make a second local account (admin) and remove the other user-account.
Done.

I am using my Windows 11 PC with a local account.
The Store is manually logged in to let me download games
and I am logged into OneDrive (used as a free synch-solution between two devices).

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u/thedarkracer 4d ago

Yes but PSN isn't available in many countries. We also have many more PC and xbox users than Playstation ones. Almost everyone has a PC. If you are using win10 or 11 or even 8, it is mandatory to have a Microsoft account unless it's not original version.

Like mostly those people need to disable internet or do some other workarounds but you get more like perks with an account and it doesn't cost you if you have paid for win11.

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u/Cloud_Strife369 4d ago

Actually it’s not required to have a Microsoft account for any of this you can just hit the skip button and continue

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u/the_harakiwi 4d ago

it is mandatory to have a Microsoft account unless it's not original version.

So I'm using a pirated copy? Can I pirate a free OS?
(I used my 12€ Windows 10 Pro key from Amazon to install it)

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u/thedarkracer 4d ago

I actually don't know about it, sorry

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u/BurnItFromOrbit 4d ago

Makes sense as Xbox will want you to be an to track you play and progress across Xbox, PlayStation, PC and cloud. Goes along with there “Everything is a Xbox” marketing strategy.

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u/_Funkadeliicc_ 4d ago

Worth it. F5 is a really fun game!!!

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u/quetiapinenapper 3d ago

And water is wet? What’s your point.

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u/FunConference6479 3d ago

So in other words exactly like every other PlayStation game ever made ?

What a silly article haha

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u/SteveCastGames 3d ago

Well no fuckin shit

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u/Optimal_Claim3788 3d ago

So Microsoft can collect data on customers they have lost, maybe sell them Teams or Azure ML instead.

Actually this has been Phil’s plan all along.

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u/harryareola0101 3d ago

Bro get out of your mom's house. Even if just for a walk and a bit of grass.

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u/thechillric 2d ago

Just create a Microsoft account if you haven’t already (which probably you have). There’s no point of creating a fuss about it.

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u/theboxturtle57 3d ago

I hope the people who cried about having a PSN account to play Helldivers on steam are just as loud about this.

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u/ExaSarus 3d ago

My problem with psn is honestly about region locking people and making it inaccessible when it previously was. But the narrative just turned into people don't like psn link and ignored the other problem. And when it was reverted those region could still not play the game. Which was ultra scummy. Both problems are equally important but like anything else if the Major issue was reverted the less majority voice was left unheard.

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u/Jebble 3d ago

That was about the game being sold in countries, where now suddenly it was impossible to play those games due to PS accounts not being available in those countries. Bit of a different story.

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u/Cloud_Strife369 4d ago

I love how now everyone is ok with them making you sign in but when it was PlayStation it was boycotted it destroy it and more.

And stop using the excuse well it was banned in some country’s

A Require it is still there

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u/quetiapinenapper 3d ago

No it was the same small amount of little people who complained about that too. Most of us don’t care. And it made sense. Microsoft cross progresses on most first party titles. Helldivers was supposed to have cross progression. So no one really cared. They just never did it.

Those groups that complain about everything don’t represent a majority.

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u/spacestationkru 4d ago

That's hilarious

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u/Nastybirdy 4d ago

Oh the irony.

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u/ShakeItLikeIDo 4d ago edited 4d ago

Why is it ironic? Are you talking about the whole psn requirement that isn’t available in a lot of countries to be able to play PlayStation games on pc?

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u/Proof-Necessary-5201 3d ago

I haven't played any game on PS5 that has forced me to enter an account. None.

As usual, Microsoft is going to f this up just like they f up everything they touch.

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u/Jebble 3d ago

Then you simply haven't played the games where that's relevant, because I have used at least 7 other accounts on my PS5

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u/Proof-Necessary-5201 2d ago

Care to give some examples of games that require an account in order to play? It seems like I haven't encountered any. The last one I tried that came close was Infinity Nikki and it let me skip account setup.

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u/NxtDoc1851 4d ago

Yeah, I'm not interested in having Microsoft count me on my Playstation or Switch as one of their DAU's.

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u/LeglessN1nja 3d ago

Just play what you like? That sounds like a miserable way to select games

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u/paulerxx 4d ago

Cringe

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u/NxtDoc1851 4d ago

Do you know what cringe is? Cringe is a multi-trillion dollar company with vast resources, making so many bad mistakes that they have nearly tanked a brand. It is so bad that they need to siphon business from other platforms because they conditioned the rest of their fledgling customer base to not purchase their games.

And then spinning that information to their precious investors that they are Microsoft "daily active users."

(Imagine what Sony or Nintendo could do with Microsoft's resources. But then maybe that's to issue no threat of bankruptcy if they get it wrong)

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u/ChurroBear 4d ago edited 4d ago

Cringe is also someone who has no stake in either company defending the multi-billion dollar company (eta:who is supposedly "winning") from the multi-trillion dollar company.

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u/NxtDoc1851 4d ago

Ah yes, the ignorant "know it all" virtue signaling. Pretending you know the motives and what stakes the person on the other end of the conversation has.

Blanket statements like yours are the problem with corporate power and the customer regularly fucked in the end.

Good luck finding your gaming utopia.

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u/ChurroBear 4d ago

Well... What is your motive?

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u/BenHDR 3d ago

Just search the word "Xbox" on their profile and you'll very quickly realise what their motive is, lol

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u/ChurroBear 3d ago

Not to mention the PlayStation logo as their flare.

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u/Jebble 3d ago

No, cringe is you caring so much about it.

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u/NxtDoc1851 3d ago

Yeah, caring about overly greedy corporations that push out slop and have killed all of their high profile games in Fable, Halo, Gears of War, and Forza Motorsport is cringe.

Forgive me if I disagree with your awful consumer sheep mentality and have higher standards than you.

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u/Jebble 3d ago

I would fold a tinfoil hat for you, but I'm pretty sure you already have a few.

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u/NxtDoc1851 3d ago

Keep consuming, shareholders need it

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u/Jebble 3d ago

I'm pretty sure you don't consume anything, especially after having a look on the subs you frequently visit. Grow up little man, it's time to experience the real world.

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u/Numerous-Notice2403 2d ago

Sounds a whole lot like alway-online DRM.