I talked about Sega’s method of linking your account to other platforms before and at the time I wasn’t impressed with it. It always seemed kind of roundabout and I was left with a question:
In the future if there are new platforms added to the game do we need the original version of the game to link the that new platform? Can the Steam version create a link code if it is not the original version the account started on?
But now that question has been answered! Browsing the PSO2NGS subreddit (because Sega has no forums now) I found this post. Now it seems that if you try to issue a link code on a platform that is not the one you started on you receive an error message that states: “The link code should be issued from the platform where you first started PSO2.”
Talk about a terrible choice. Many of us unfortunately started with the trash Microsoft Store version of the game and have bailed on it once the Steam version was available. I’ve made it no secret that I hate the Microsoft Store after all the troubles it cause. Plus there was that whole thing where it hijacked my local windows account when I attempted to sign into the store. Hey I tried to go into it with an opened mind but then Microsoft pulls that BS. Anyway, because of that I now have the Microsoft Store disabled and wish to never touch that shit ever again.
You really should be able to create link code on any platform you linked to your account. It would be the smart thing to do but hey this is Sega we are talking about.
It is unfortunate that this is route Sega took because in my case if I choose to go back to the game I would have to start over because there is no way I’d ever use the Microsoft Store ever again. Fortunately, I felt that didn’t accomplish anything in PSO2, which also happens to be one of the many reasons I stopped playing the game. So because of that there is no reason for me to make an effort to bother linking that account to another platform. So uh… problem solved I guess?