Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 2 gamers on PS5 and PS4 can relaxation straightforward as Infinity Ward and Activision have confirmed that the SMS Safety Coverage solely applies to PC gamers. Because of this all Fashionable Warfare 2 console gamers, whether or not they’re on PS5, PS4, or Xbox, will be capable of play the sport with out attaching a telephone quantity to their account.
Why is the Fashionable Warfare 2 SMS Safety Coverage not on PS5 or PS4?
The SMS Safety Coverage is supposed to cease gamers from having a number of Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 2 accounts for the aim of trolling opponents at a decrease ability degree. The observe often known as “smurfing” has been an issue within the Name of Obligation PC group for some time, a lot in order that Name of Obligation: Warzone PC gamers have been launched to SMS Safety in Might 2020. Activision did make clear {that a} cell phone quantity is required to play Fashionable Warfare 2 “on PC”, so gamers on PS5, PS4, and Xbox are exempt from the coverage.
New gamers hoping to strive Name of Obligation: Warzone 2.0 on PC may also must submit a text-enabled cell phone quantity when that recreation is launched. As soon as once more, gamers on PS5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X|S, and Xbox One might be exempted from needing a telephone quantity to have the ability to play the sport. Warzone gamers who had beforehand verified their account on PC wouldn’t want to supply any further data both.