I'm getting a lot of mixed information right now so take what I say now as rumours until there's official news:
There is theory this actually Steam flexing their muscles essentially taking the game off the countries where PSN aren't available to ensure THEY aren't legally responsible in any way if any lawsuits happen because of this (Sony can say ToS but that means shit in an actual court case) and keep the hate directed at Sony. Supporting this is rumours that Steam is offering refunds for ALL affected players of PSN denied countries.
I've also heard that apparently they may be no longer making it a requirement for PSN to play Helldivers 2 in those countries, but if they don't need to do it because they CAN'T get PSN, why enforce this at all?
A lot of the information coming out suggests this was at least 90% Sony because guess what's coming up later this month? The investor calls about how the company is doing so my guess, some over zealous executives tried to strong arm the Helldiver players to join PSN to pad their numbers before the call, not expecting or caring for this reaction.
If that's the case it pisses me off more as ANOTHER example of Sony mismanagement when you could've simply offered a 'PlayStation exclusive cosmetic bundle if you join and link for free with PSN' with ZERO backlash, this might have shaken trust so much that you killed a cash cow game.
I was seeing that opposite. Threads posted less than 30 minutes after it was removed from those countries lead everyone to believe that Sony had manually done so after it was pointed out to them that it was a problem with possible legal ramifications.
Also games that are removed from Steam entirely often get "refund guaranteed" status for people who bought them, so that's likely why all those countries are getting that shit instantly.
'PlayStation exclusive cosmetic bundle if you join and link for free with PSN' with ZERO backlash
Considering they did that with Spiderman already and it did in fact have zero backlash, I'm guessing the numbers who did it weren't enough for them.
Considering they did that with Spiderman already and it did in fact have zero backlash, I'm guessing the numbers who did it weren't enough for them.
Which Spiderman game as if it was the first one then I'd be surprised if they didn't get at least 10% getting PSN accounts unless thanks to their security being shit their reputation is too bad.
If it's the second where we had butterface MJ and more push on Miles, yeah I can see less joining off that.
I'm getting a lot of mixed information right now so take what I say now as rumours until there's official news:
There is theory this actually Steam flexing their muscles essentially taking the game off the countries where PSN aren't available to ensure THEY aren't legally responsible in any way if any lawsuits happen because of this (Sony can say ToS but that means shit in an actual court case) and keep the hate directed at Sony. Supporting this is rumours that Steam is offering refunds for ALL affected players of PSN denied countries.
I've also heard that apparently they may be no longer making it a requirement for PSN to play Helldivers 2 in those countries, but if they don't need to do it because they CAN'T get PSN, why enforce this at all?
A lot of the information coming out suggests this was at least 90% Sony because guess what's coming up later this month? The investor calls about how the company is doing so my guess, some over zealous executives tried to strong arm the Helldiver players to join PSN to pad their numbers before the call, not expecting or caring for this reaction.
If that's the case it pisses me off more as ANOTHER example of Sony mismanagement when you could've simply offered a 'PlayStation exclusive cosmetic bundle if you join and link for free with PSN' with ZERO backlash, this might have shaken trust so much that you killed a cash cow game.
I was seeing that opposite. Threads posted less than 30 minutes after it was removed from those countries lead everyone to believe that Sony had manually done so after it was pointed out to them that it was a problem with possible legal ramifications.
Also games that are removed from Steam entirely often get "refund guaranteed" status for people who bought them, so that's likely why all those countries are getting that shit instantly.
Considering they did that with Spiderman already and it did in fact have zero backlash, I'm guessing the numbers who did it weren't enough for them.
Which Spiderman game as if it was the first one then I'd be surprised if they didn't get at least 10% getting PSN accounts unless thanks to their security being shit their reputation is too bad.
If it's the second where we had butterface MJ and more push on Miles, yeah I can see less joining off that.
Spider-Man 2 isn't on Steam yet.
Ah ok, so maybe Sony's security reputation is so shit it's a barrier for PC players to join PSN.