As most sensible PlayStation owners will tell you, Sony needs strong opposition to keep them in check. Without it any company that ends up with a monopoly (just look at Nintendo during the NES era) will become anti-consumer, no matter what good intentions they had when they were challenging the previous incumbent.

S ony Interactive Entertainment announced plans to remove controversial PlayStation Network requirements when playing some of the company's newer games on PC. Previously, Sony req

Many fans have wondered if Sony was laying the groundwork for a separate PC launcher for its PlayStation games, similar to Ubisoft and EA. Sony didn't reveal any plans for that, b