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List of countries that cannot make a PSN account, following the Helldivers 2 controversy.
(programming.dev)
The censored one is probably Niger
UPDATE - special thanks to @dditty@lemm.ee for making a map showing the countries without access to PSN:
people now have to create a PSN account in order to play. The people in these countries cannot create an account, so they are locked out of a game they purchased.
They aren't locked out yet, the PSN requirement is in 1 month, and the Arrowhead CEO said they are discussing solutions to this problem specifically. I highly doubt they leave these players high and dry
lol. lmao.
We're talking about Sony. They've made Madame Web possible so any disaster is possible..
It made webillion dollars though
You can request a steam refund even if you're over 2 hours of playtime, it just isn't automatic
Was the game even confirmed to be for sale in any of those countries, or did people in those countries spoof their locations to buy it in the first place, ignoring the listed requirement of a PSN account requirement?
There was no bait and switch. Psn was always listed as required. This isn't like sticking Denovo on a game right after the reviewers all get their reviews out.
No, it was not always required to play the game. I've seen plenty of "account required" shit to play games in my time, but those are generally required to engage in online multiplayer, or competitive modes, and that was the assumption that I had when I played the game in the first week and bypassed the PSN account message. There was no warning that it would be switched to require PSN later. There was no notice that a PSN account would be required to make in-game purchases. There was no notice that PSN would be required just to load up the game, let alone play it single-player offline. I think I made a fair and reasonable assumption that I was playing the game to the fullest extent that I could without a PSN account. If I had received notice that a PSN account was required to play the game at all, then I would have not put ~150 hrs into it.
Let's go ahead and address some other bullshit arguments while I'm here, I've been dying for this to pop up on lemmy so I can comment...
Finally, the game has worked fine for months without a PSN account. You can join matches, make friends, block dickheads and report greifers and hackers. Adding the PSN account only does 2 things for PC players; let's Sony sell your personal life, and massively increases the chance that you'll need to repurchase the game because of unnecessary "account issues".
You only needed a steam account to purchase and play. The PSN requirement is new and not even live yet.