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Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account

From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject	Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account
Date	2024-09-26 17:00 +0000
Organization	the-candyden-of-code
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:50 this Friday (GMT):
>
> Well, I'm sure that will make PC gamers happy. There's nothing they
> like more than being forced to sign up for yet another extraneous
> service... especially for a stand-along single-player game. I don't
> even have to go to the store page to guess that the game is probably
> (and rightfully, IMHO) being review-bombed for this requirement.
>
> At least Sony was more upfront with this requirement than it was with
> "Helldivers 2", making it clear from the start that if you wanted
> "Ragnarok" you were going to have to get a PSN account. Still, this
> minimal extra transparency doesn't make the requirement any more
> welcome.
>
> Especially since PSN isn't available in all regions (which means that
> people in some countries won't be able to play the game at all), and
> -at least in some areas- creating a PSN account either requires
> sharing your cell-phone number with Sony, or showing them government
> ID to prove your identity. 
>
> And all this for "God of War: Ragnarok"? It was an okay game, but I
> never saw it as a stand-out game. It wasn't one of those 'must have'
> titles. "Helldivers 2" received a lot more hype, and even with that
> game Sony had to back down on the PSN requirement (that requirement
> also arguably made more sense, since it was an online game).
>
> Maybe this sort of crap is what Playstation CEO Hideaki Nishino meant
> when he said PCs were "too difficult to set up." If only there was
> something he could have done about that...


Creating new accounts for a game is an instant turnoff for me.
-- 
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God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-09-20 13:50 -0400
  Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> - 2024-09-22 21:25 -0600
    Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-09-24 23:22 -0400
      Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-09-26 11:53 -0400
  Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-09-26 17:00 +0000
    Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-09-27 09:14 -0400
      Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-09-27 07:27 -0700
      Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> - 2024-09-27 09:38 -0700
        Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-09-27 19:50 -0400
        Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-09-28 09:13 -0400
      Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-09-27 23:44 +0000
      Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-09-28 09:18 +0100
        Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-09-28 09:50 -0700
          Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-09-29 09:33 +0100
            Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-09-29 19:29 -0700
              Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-09-30 08:33 +0100
                Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-09-30 07:56 -0700
          Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-09-29 10:51 -0400
      Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-09-28 23:05 +0000
        Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-09-29 10:52 -0400
          Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-09-29 19:30 -0700
            Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-09-30 10:54 -0400
            Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-09-30 19:40 +0000
              Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 11:06 -0400
                Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-10-02 10:20 +0000
                Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-10-02 07:36 -0700
          Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 10:35 -0700
            Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 14:47 -0400
              Re: God of War: Rakgnarok for PC requires PSN account Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 13:30 -0700

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