God of Warfare Ragnarok is lastly out on Steam, besides it has launched to a Combined score on Steam, and sure, it’s (principally) due to that PSN requirement.
I believe it is fairly clear by now that loads of PC gamers do truly wish to play PlayStation video games, they simply wish to do it on PC. In flip, I additionally assume it’s extremely clear that these identical gamers do not wish to have to leap by way of any hoops simply to play these video games, aside from the standard, nonetheless annoying ones, like paying for stated video video games. And but right here we’re once more, with PlayStation releasing one other of its first-party titles on Steam, with gamers instantly being met with the very fact they want to hook up with a PSN account to play it in any respect. Infamously, earlier this 12 months, Helldivers 2 was subjected to heavy assessment bombing following the choice to require gamers to have their PSN accounts linked to the sport, although this was later rolled again.
The PSN account argument is probably considerably comprehensible on the subject of on-line video games, when issues like cross-saves are considered, however with single-player video games it is a bit like being a door-to-door salesman attempting to flog a horse to a butcher – not an impossibility, you simply most likely do not wish to be the one butcher promoting horse meat on the town. And even nonetheless, on Friday God of Warfare Ragnarok lastly arrived on PC, and yep, connecting your PSN account is a requirement, so gamers have accomplished what they all the time appear to do nowadays, which is assessment bomb the sport.
It is value noting that these aren’t truly all of what the adverse critiques are about, as there are a selection of them that observe the sport is affected by various points like crashes, visible glitches, stuttering. PlayStation has a little bit of a historical past of releasing struggling PC ports, so it is not that shocking actually.
Whether or not Sony will change its thoughts on the PSN requirement is unclear, because it hasn’t modified course on its technique with all of its PC video games. However hey, it is Steam Deck verified, so no less than you possibly can hear Kratos saying “boy” on the go? I assume?
