Sony is reducing the number of its PC ports that will require a PlayStation Network account to play.

Those accounts will now be optional for four specific PC titles: Marvel's Spider-Man 2, the upcoming Last of Us Part II Remastered, and the already-released God of War Ragnarok and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. Sony is incentivizing players to keep linking their accounts by offering trophy support, unique in-game skins, and other benefits for the individual games.

Last year, Sony made account linking a requirement for its PC ports, beginning with Arrowhead Stud…