Sony Interactive Entertainment is eliminating the need for a PlayStation Network account for certain single-player games on PC, the company announced Wednesday. That includes this week’s release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and the upcoming release of The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered,

The changes so far apply to God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and The Last of Us Part II Remastered. It's not clear whether it will be rolled out to other games shortly, but it is an encouraging sign nonetheless.

Sony is dropping the need to link some of its PC games to a PSN account, but it will offer in-game rewards to those who do sign in.

A PlayStation account will "become optional" for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, God of War Ragnarok, The Last of Us Part II Remastered, and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. Sony hasn't lost hope that players will still go ahead and use a PlayStation account,

PlayStation announced via a blog post that it was going to start offering players on PC bonus in-game items and rewards if they chose to create and login with a PSN

Sony is dropping its formerly mandatory PlayStation Network account requirements across a select number of its predominantly single-player titles on PC - but it's introducing in-game content "benefits" as an incentive to continue using one.