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Comment on God of War Ragnarok Mod Removes PSN Requirement and Creator Vows to Maintain It

I think it’s because PSN isn’t available in a number of countries, so it’s an arbitrary obstacle to an otherwise fully functional game that doesn’t and shouldn’t need an account. Requiring external accounts to play a game is nothing new, but I’m happy to see people reaching their threshold for these ridiculous practices and openly complaining. If people didn’t complain and simply didn’t buy the game, how would Sony know why people aren’t buying it?

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PunchingWood@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Fair enough for countries that don’t have PSN. But do they also not have access to the game on PlayStation consoles then?

I’m also unsure if availability is because of Sony or because of country restrictions their governments have set up.

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- Alk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  People have already engaged. There’s nothing left to say to this other than I wholeheartedly disagree and this is a bigger deal than you’re making it out to be.
  
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Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Ideally, Sony would handle the legal hurdles needed to allow PSN in multiple countries. But I imagine, as the publishers have invested tons of money into producing those singleplayer games, part of what they want in return is investment into the “PlayStation ecosystem”. Much like how Microsoft doesn’t care if people play their games on an Xbox, they just want an account.

Basically, I don’t think Sony is really in the business of putting down huge financial risks just to get the $60 entry tag of the rare singleplayer game they put out. Those games are meant to get you buying other Sony content as well.

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