God of War Ragnarök will have a Playstation Network (PSN) account to play the new announced PC version. Sony announced the future of Pc in September 19 of the game during the State of Play presentation. PSN Account Complicability for the PC Version of
God of War Ragnarök
In a blog post about the game, the following statements are included: “Playstation Network account is necessary.” Furthermore, the Steam page of the game is required by verifying this situation, “Playstation Network Account is required, subject to Playstation Terms of Service and User Agreement,” contains expressions. This requirement was also confirmed by a description at the beginning of the State of Play presentation: “For PC Sony Interactive Entertainment games require Playstation Network account. “
Although this restriction is generally applicable for Playstation PC ports with online multiplayer modes, God of War Ragnarök creates a different situation because it is only a single acting game. Theoretically, this means that the game is located in Steam but there is no Playstation Network, it can not be purchased in more than 170 countries.
A similar obligation, Helldivers had been tried to be applied in 2 and created discussion. When the game was launched on the first market, this requirement was temporarily removed after the early success leads to technical problems. However, Sony on May 30, stated that the obligation will come back and all players must connect Steam and PSN accounts up to 4 June. This situation led to the removal of the game from the list in 177 countries because Playstation Network was not available in these countries.