The FAQ says that gamers can be prompted to hyperlink the 2 the primary time they load the sport. And in case you unlink later, you “can be constrained to relinking to solely that particular and initially linked” Microsoft account.
The requirement stings on condition that there’s no cross-platform saving, so the progress you make within the PS5 model isn’t mirrored within the Xbox model. It’s the identical scenario for the Steam model, because the FAQ factors out. Because the web page additionally notes, Horizon 5 gamers will want a PlayStation Plus subscription to entry the sport’s multiplayer function, and there are “no plans for a disc launch.”
Players haven’t been eager on required account linking when Sony has executed it up to now. The corporate really eliminated a requirement so that you can sign up along with your PSN account for some PC variations of some video games, together with Helldivers 2 and, more recently, God of Battle Ragnarök and Horizon Zero Daybreak Remastered.