hilariously (ironically?) turns out someone already told them the future, around 1 week after release
carrot instead of whip should have been the strategy, indeed.
Now they are going to make the PSN integration optional, while offering 300 super credits if you link the account. And 95% of the player base will take the offer. A lesson to Sony on how gamers think . I wonder what they will do with the next gaas games they will release: do they keep it optional with an incentive or do they make it as clear as possible that PSN will be mandatory, while developing a global PSN access for unsupported countries?
carrot instead of whip should have been the strategy, indeed.