A couple of hours ago, Sony announced that God of War: Ragnarok will be coming to PC on September 19th. This news excited a lot of PC GoW fans. However, the game will require a PSN account in order to play it on the PC.
As we can clearly see on the Steam store page, Sony has listed PlayStation Network as a requirement.
What really sucks here is that the first God of War game did not require a PSN account. So, those who live in a country that does not support PSN will not be able to continue their journey. At least legally. So, I assume that a lot of people will sail the high seas. The game won’t be using Denuvo so it will be immediately cracked.
Not only that but this is a single-player game. There is no reason at all to force PSN in a single-player game. So, contrary to Ghost of Tsushima which was playable without a PSN account, GoW: Ragnarok may not be playable at all if you don’t create and use a PSN account.
If that’s indeed the case, I am almost tempted to download a pirated version of it (after purchasing it on Steam). Ironically, the pirated version may offer a better experience than the official one. After all, I won’t have to create and use multiple accounts with it.
Let this sink in. We are at a point where a pirated version seems better with less bloatware than an official/retail version. Man, what a cluster-f.
I just hope that Sony or Jetpack will clarify whether you can launch and play the game without a PSN account. Because if you cannot, Sony will be shooting itself in its foot. Again, this is a single-player game. There is no reason at all to require a PSN account (other than greed). This isn’t an online game like Helldivers 2 (which works wonderfully without PSN).
Stay tuned for more!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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