The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered is the latest PlayStation game to require a PSN account on PC

It’s probably not a huge surprise to hear at this point, but Sony has confirmed The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered will – like numerous other single-player PlayStation games before it – require a PSN account in order to play when it launches for PC this April.

Sony, of course, faced a major backlash last May when it announced it would be making PSN accounts mandatory for Helldivers 2 on PC – a move that meant players in the 177 countries where PSN is unavailable would no longer be able to play the game they’d purchase. Ultimately, the outcry was significant enough that Sony relented, but that hasn’t stopped it from implementing PSN requirements for an increasing number of PC ports since then.

It’s a decision that’s continued to draw criticism given the requirement – which was originally justified as being necessary for the “safety and security” of online play – is now being implemented across both multiplayer and single-player games. Ghost of Tsushima, for instance, have a multiplayer component, despite being a predominantly single-player title, while other PC releases requiring PSN – such as Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, God of War Ragnarök, and Until Dawn – are purely single-player experiences.

And now The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered (as spotted by VGC) has joined the steadily expanding list of predominantly single-player PlayStation titles – online leaderboards supported in its roguelike No Return mode – requiring a PSN log-in on PC.