God of War Ragnarok‘s PC launch hasn’t been well-received, if participant response on Steam is something to go by. Not solely is the sport being review-bombed, thanks in no small half to its PSN integration requirement, it debuted to a considerably decrease concurrent participant rely than its predecessor did.
Why God of Battle Ragnarok’s PC launch is a multitude on Steam
In response to information tracker SteamDB, God of Battle Ragnarok peaked at 35,615 concurrent gamers on Steam, which is a far cry from the 2018 sport’s 70,000+ concurrents. One of many principal variations between the 2 titles is that the unique didn’t power gamers to hyperlink PSN to Steam, and it doesn’t assist that PSN isn’t obtainable in plenty of international locations.
We’ve additionally seen widespread experiences of Sony’s video games putting in PSN-related software program on PC that’s tanking methods.
That stated, Ghost of Tsushima launched with the PSN requirement and that didn’t stop the game from topping charts, so it’s complicated to see Ragnarok being evaluation bombed over it. Keep in mind that video games with poor evaluations on Steam have decrease visibility, so not like Metacritic, the evaluation bombing on this case may very well have an effect.
It’s unclear how/if Sony will reply, however gamers have already taken issues into their very own palms. As reported on ResetEra, modders have discovered a option to bypass Sony’s PSN requirement.