God of War Ragnarök - PC Launch Trailer (www.youtube.com)

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[-] SelfProgrammed@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago

And $60 for a 2 year old game? Pass.

[-] PunchingWood@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I only played it like 2 months ago on my PS5. It was a discount to €50 but I'd say full price would still be totally worth it.

The quality of the game, gameplay and story far surpasses that of many others, 2 years does not degrade the quality of the game.

I'd rather pay €60 for this than €70 for Astro Bot.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Do you need Playstation Plus or just an account?

[-] SelfProgrammed@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Just an account I think. I'd just rather not.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I misinterpreted your comment, I read it as $60 for the PSN account, not the game 🤦‍♂️

[-] SelfProgrammed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Understandable. Sorry for the confusion.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I'm sorry for my constant confusion, too. I appreciate your understanding :)

[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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[-] burgersc12@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

Can't wait to pirate this game

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I hope some mods come out that allows it to be skippable for single player games. I wonder what this means for the future of Playstation games on GOG, since Sony had been releasing games there.

[-] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've had my PS4 pro for years and never had paid PSN, is it required for PS5?

Or just for online play, which I do not care for

[-] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

They're referring to Sony's stance that all their PC releases should require you to have and sign-in to a PSN account. That's separate to PS+, you don't need to pay a sub.

A lot of publishers include this requirement on their PC releases, regardless of whether they're single-player or multiplayer, and I think a lot of people are fed up with having to have so many different accounts.

[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

PSN account is free, you probably already have one if you owned one of the last 3 PlayStation consoles. There are paid add-ons if you want the multiplayer or the gamepass like subscription.

Edit

What's with all the downvotes, it's literally an answer to the question. You fellas mad I didn't editorialize the information with personal opinions?

[-] darthelmet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Even for the single player games?

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Starting with this one, it's a requirement on PC, yes. Hopefully they do away with it due to lost sales, but they're still at least pretending that they're somehow going to convert PC players into console players.

[-] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

I don't think that's their goal at all. Otherwise we wouldn't see any sequels released on PC, that would be a much better strategy for converting players to console. The only reason publishers require their own logins in games, at least for single-player titles, is data collection. Data is very valuable.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

don't think that's their goal at all.

Literally their goal.

As mentioned (via Tom Warren) by [Playstation co-CEO Hermen] Hulst in the interview, Sony wants to tempt PC players to purchase and play sequels to single-player narrative games on a PlayStation console.

[-] The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

They really underestimate patient gamers.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I think the strategy is so terrible that they can't believe it, but they've publicly stated that's the goal. I'm not sure what data they'd get out of it that they don't get out of Steam achievements, but more likely it's to brag about how many "active PSN users" they have, using a misleading number. Still, all I see when I see that requirement is online DRM.