PC Version of God of War Ragnarök Requires PSN Account

A PlayStation Network (PSN) account will be required to play the newly announced PC version of God of War Ragnarök. Sony announced during the State of Play presentation that the game will be coming to PC on September 19th.

PSN Account Requirement for PC Version of God of War Ragnarök

A blog post about the game reads: “PlayStation Network account required.” The game’s Steam page also confirms this, stating, “PlayStation Network Account required, subject to PlayStation Terms of Service and User Agreement.” This requirement was also confirmed in a statement made at the beginning of the State of Play presentation: “Sony Interactive Entertainment games for PC require a PlayStation Network account.”

While this restriction usually applies to PlayStation PC ports with online multiplayer modes, God of War Ragnarök is different in that it is a single-player only game. In theory, this means that the game cannot be purchased in more than 170 countries where Steam is available but PlayStation Network is not.

A similar requirement was tried to be implemented in Helldivers 2 and caused controversy. While the requirement was in place when the game was first released, it was temporarily removed after early success led to technical issues. However, on May 30th, Sony announced that the requirement will return and that all players must have linked their Steam and PSN accounts by June 4th. This led to the game being delisted in 177 countries because the PlayStation Network was unavailable in those countries.

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