Like most PlayStation first-party games, God of War Ragnarök requires a PSN account. A fact that we've known about since the State of Play earlier this year, alongside a short blog post that mentions this in italics at the bottom of the page.

Ragnarök’s PC port. I was hoping this would be a chance for me to reassess a game I probably played under the wrong circumstances (rushing to the end because I had to know what happened). Unfortunately,

God of War Ragnarök has the makings of a quality Steam Deck game, but bugs and a silly PSN requirement spoil its chances.

God Of War Ragnarök was one of 2022's hit games on PS5 and PS4, and by all accounts it looks great and plays well on PC, where it arrived via Valve’s storefront earlier this week. The Steam user review score is less than stellar,

You can buy a God of War Ragnarök Steam key on PC from CD Keys for £39.29, which is over £10 cheaper than buying direct from Steam and is 21% off the £49.99 retail price.

It’s been exactly four days since the bombastic PS5 system-seller God of War Ragnarök landed on PC… and modders are already hard at work on it. One of their first priorities? Stripping the game of its Sony software hooks,

Ragnarök PC bypasses PSN login requirement. God of War: Ragnarök's PC port has more problems than PSN, including performance and crash issues on powerful PCs. The PC gaming community will likely continue to buttheads with Sony if their anti-player behavior continues.

According to Eurogamer, God of War Ragnarök is currently experiencing a surge of negative reviews on Steam as players protest Sony's controversial mandate for PC users to link a PSN account. God of War Ragnarök arrived on PC this week,