AGod of War: Ragnarökmod allows PC players tobypassSony’s controversialPSNlogin requirement only a few days after release.
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The PC port requirements for God of War: Ragnarök’s includes an advisory to have an eye-watering 190GB of storage free
Although the creator, Nexus mods user iArtoriasUA,made the mod to strip “the PlayStation PC SDK runtime requirement forGod of War Ragnarök” to avoid errors, players have used it to circumvent Sony’s PSN policy.
The installation is fairly easy;download the mod from Nexus, copy it into the game’s folder, and play.
Modding, no matter how small the mod, should always be done with caution as the threat of corrupt files is ever-present.
Although iArtoriasUA made it clear on themod’s pagethat it’snot intended to encourage piracy, it may very well do so inadvertently andbring about Sony’s legal team knocking. However, if Sony’s decisionobstructs the use of a purchased product, is it still piracy?
If not through legal action, and no matter how unplayer-friendly it is,Sony might patch the game to enforce their policy.
The modworks relatively wellat the time of writing, but if it gets patched,modders might be in for along game of cat and mouse.
Sony’s Troubled PC Scene
The shoehorning of PSN into PC games has been a headache this year.
Back in May,Helldivers 2players were surprised by amandatory PSN login requirement that kept them from playing the game they’d bought.
Sony’s decision, which came a few months afterHelldivers 2’s release, wasregarded as an attempt to inflate their numbersand caused an outcry from the community. Eventually,the publisher backpedaled, andsilently removed the game from regions that didn’t allow PSN, blocking future purchases.
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It seems thatGod of War: Ragnarökwon’t be a repeat.The Japanese giant hasn’t wavered in their decision yet, despite the game’sSteam reviews sitting at “mixed.“Still,out of the six thousand reviews, only two thousand are negative.
To be fair, a significant portion of these reviewscomplain of a poor PC port that rendered some heavy-duty rigs powerless. Being strong-armed into joining a service only to be met with horrible framerates is generally the recipe for a mad PC gamer.
Ban all 3rd party logins for steam, steam should operate entirely by owning a steam account and nothing else, especially to even PLAY the game which again, is singleplayer.
-Steam Review
Even those willing to budge against Sony’s demands havereported errors with account creation, leading toPSN requesting government IDs and pictures. With theirtrack record of data breaches, Sony might be asking for trust they haven’t earned.
As this console generation reaches its expected halfway point,Sony is slowly losing favor with its loyal fanbase. Fromprice gougesto the absolutetrainwreck that is Concord,Sony fans have had a tough year.
It’sunclear if Sony will crack down on players' workarounds in future patches or somehow reach a compromise. One thing is for certain, however,the harder they push, the harder the PC community is going to push back.
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