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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world -4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If the high-ups at Arrowhead knew and made that decision anyway, it's squarely on them, full stop.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 18 points 6 months ago

Generally publishers handle storefront and distribution

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Sure, but if I put myself in their shoes, what better options did they have?

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Communicate better? Not sell the game in markets where it wouldn’t work. The limitation was something from the get go.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

Push their scummy politics at launch so people know what they get into or not.

[–] Maddier1993@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Easy: Don't be a greedy asshole and don't sell in regions with no PSN support.

[–] fluckx@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I can fully understand the agreement between the two parties was "also requires a psn account" while AH being completely unaware that getting a PSN account is so restrictive.

Sony likely didnt explicitly add that the game cannot be sold in regions where they can't create an account.

Edit: or the didn't explicitly state which regions a psn account CAN be created in.