During
yesterday’s
State
of
Play,
Sony
announced
that
the
massively
successful
angry-dad
sim

God
of
War:
Ragnarok
will
arrive
on
PC
later
this
year.
They
also
revealed
via
blog
post
that
it
will
require
a
PSN
account.
At
first,
the
messaging
was
a
tad
unclear
but

Sony
edited
the
post
to
make
the
PSN
requirement
more
obvious.

Sony,
of
course,
has
been
in
the
news
a
few
times
this
year
due
to
its
PSN
account
requirements
on
PC
titles.
While
it’s
hardly
a
new
trend
(heaps
of
games
from
3rd
parties
require
accounts,
like
Ubisoft
and
EA
titles)
Helldivers
2
drew
the
ire
of
gamers

due
to
the
need
for
a
PSN
account
being
suspending
to
begin
with
and
then
reintroduced
later
on.

Really,
the
need
for
a
PSN
account
isn’t
the
news
here
–
we
already
knew
it
would
most
likely
need
one,
and
Sony
are
being
upfront
about
it.
Of
course,
that
won’t
be
any
comfort
to
the
170+
regions
in
which
a
PSN
cannot
be
made,
and
presumably
Ragnarok
won’t
be
sold
in
those
regions,
much
like
Ghost
of
Tsushima
and
Helldivers
2
aren’t.

Getting
back
on
track
though,
the
real
news
is
Sony’s
baffling
inconsistency
when
it
comes
to
the
need
for
a
PSN
account.
Ghost
if
Tsushima
required
a
PSN
account
but

only
for
its
multiplayer
component.
The
fantastic
singleplayer
can
be
played
without
an
account.
It
still
wasn’t
sold
in
the
many
regions
where
PSN
isn’t
supported,
although
that
didn’t
stop
it
from

becoming
the
2nd
biggest
PlayStation
game
on
PC.

God
of
War:
Ragnarok
though,
is
an
entirely
singleplayer
experience
so
its
unclear
as
to
why
it
needs
an
account
while
Ghost
of
Tsushima
doesn’t.
It
could
be
an
attempt
by
Sony
to
more
gradually
bring
in
the
PSN
requirement,
or
perhaps
it’s
going
to
be
decided
on
a
game-by-game
basis.
Either
way,
it’s
slightly
confusing
messaging.

Perhaps
Sony
needs
to
make
things
clearer,
but
it
does
seem
obvious
that
all
PlayStation
titles
going
forward
will
need
a
PSN
account,
whether
they
are
singleplayer
or
multiplayer.