Why is God of War Ragnarok being criticized on PC? PSN controversy explained

The PC version of God of War Ragnarok has come under fire for requiring players on Steam to link a PSN account in order to access the single-player game.

God of War Ragnarok Almost two years after the award-winning single-player experience first came to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, it’s finally available on PC.

Although the PC port wasn’t criticized for any major performance issues The Last of Us Part 1’s terrible launch on SteamIt is also criticized for another reason.

Despite receiving critical acclaim when the game was first released, it was met with criticism when the PC version was released.

Ragnarok currently has a six out of ten rating based on 3,900 reviews of the game Steam PageA big drop from 94% Metacritic Currently only available for the PlayStation version.

Why? There is no difference. Helldivers 2 early this yearIt all comes down to Sony requiring players on PC to connect to a PlayStation Network account.

PSN account connection required to play God of War Ragnarok on PC

Across Steam, players are complaining that Sony is requiring a PlayStation Network account login to launch the game, especially considering that it’s supposed to be an “offline experience” and “should not require any third-party login, particularly a PSN account on a PC platform.”

“This provides no benefit to the customer and makes the overall experience worse, adding unnecessary security risks as well as being an inconvenience for the user and not even allowing people in certain countries to access it,” one wrote Steam user.

“I enjoyed God of War 2018 and it didn’t need this restriction, and neither does this. Consumers are becoming increasingly indifferent to companies corrupting the user experience for their own personal gain, and this is only going to get worse,” they added.

This isn’t the first time Sony has been criticized for requiring PC users to sign in to a PSN account. Following the announcement that Helldivers 2 would require players to link a PSN account to Steam in order to play, the backlash was immediate and intense.

So that PlayStation pulled the update Players must be connected to a PSN account to play Helldivers 2.

While the company did announce that a PSN account would be required before the PC release of God of War Ragnarok, that didn’t stop the negative comments from flowing in. At the time of writing, Sony has yet to respond to the backlash.