Never mind that you can no longer modify God of War Ragnarok’s PSN requirements because modders want to avoid “any potential threats from Sony’s side”

God of War Ragnarok had no issues with the PSN requirement for PC thanks to the mod, but the mod has now been removed due to fear of legal action.

When God of War Ragnarok finally launched on PC this month, it ran into a small problem: You had to connect your PSN account to play it. Of course, this resulted in the game receiving mild criticism, although there’s no sign that PlayStation has changed its mind on the matter. Then a modder made a mod that lets you bypass PSN logins, although it doesn’t always seem to work. This mod was a bit risky to begin with, and now the modder has understandably decided to remove the mod entirely for fear of possible legal action from Sony.

“Hello, this is a personal decision on my part because this mod has received too much attention,” the modder wrote in a statement (via VGC). “I think it’s best to remove it from the public to avoid any potential threats from Sony’s side, and although the project never modified any memory related to Sony products, it’s better to be safe than sorry.” It’s worth noting that, The modders are not claiming that Sony has taken any kind of legal action against the mod, it’s more that they are doing this as a precautionary measure should Sony take action.

Sony’s PSN requirements have been a bit controversial overall for PC releases this year, with the biggest one being Hellraiser 2, which suffered some serious review bombing when it was announced that it would have to be on PSN. account, several months after publication. That one was poorly received and Sony reversed that decision, but I don’t think it will do that for all future releases.