You'll need a PlayStation Network account to play God of War Ragnarok on PC

There has been much hype about God of War Ragnarok making its way to PCs, and to everyone’s surprise and delight, the popular video game will finally arrive on the platform later this year.

More exactly, you’ll be able to download and play it starting September 19, and the game already has a Steam profile that you can check out. All is good and well in Valhalla, but you’ll need a PlayStation Network account to play God of War Ragnarok on your PC, unfortunately.

According to the Steam page, you won’t be able to play the game without an account.

PlayStation Network Account required, subject to the PlayStation Terms of Services and User Agreement http://www.playstationnetwork.com/terms-of-service

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Sony wants to gather and use the data, which might be why it’s forcing PC gamers to sign up for such an account. The company has a history of doing so, and it actually wanted to enforce the policy on Helldivers 2 players, as well; however, after many days of negative criticism that resulted in bad reviews and hundreds of thousands of disappointed fans, Sony retracted its actions.

Will the same happen to God of War Ragnarok on PC? Will PC gamers make their stance clear and loud to Sony? Well, we’ll have to see, but most likely, it will happen. The company doesn’t seem to have learned anything from the experience, but hope never dies, right?

Well, it hasn’t met the PC gaming community, which is quite ferocious in its own right.

Either way, you can already pre-order the game. It’s worth mentioning that God of War Ragnarok will be released in 2 editions for PC: there is the standard edition, which costs 59,99€/59,99$, and then there is the deluxe edition, which costs 69,99€/69,99$.

The deluxe version will contain a digital artbook, as well as the soundtrack of the video game.

You can find more here.