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.
The premise of your argument is that investors are bumbling morons who have no idea how things work and if you just wiggle big numbers in front of them then they will go "oooh ahhh" and just keep pouring in money.
I would imagine a single investor have enough grey matter to stand up and ask:
"You wiggle the surge of new PSN accounts but I also noticed you forced PSN requirement in place that didn't need it before. Am I supposed to interpret that as some promise of future PS+ subscriptions?"
People still invest in Disney 'subverting' old established franchises when they actually list recently to a re-release of the Phantom Menace to celebrate 25 years since it released....
There ARE a lot of investors who don't fully understand the industries they invest in only 'want number go up', it's why we constantly have bubbles from the live streaming bubble to in gaming everyone rushing for a live service despite them having the highest failure rates.
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.
Here's what I don't though.
The investors.
The premise of your argument is that investors are bumbling morons who have no idea how things work and if you just wiggle big numbers in front of them then they will go "oooh ahhh" and just keep pouring in money.
I would imagine a single investor have enough grey matter to stand up and ask:
"You wiggle the surge of new PSN accounts but I also noticed you forced PSN requirement in place that didn't need it before. Am I supposed to interpret that as some promise of future PS+ subscriptions?"
People still invest in Disney 'subverting' old established franchises when they actually list recently to a re-release of the Phantom Menace to celebrate 25 years since it released....
There ARE a lot of investors who don't fully understand the industries they invest in only 'want number go up', it's why we constantly have bubbles from the live streaming bubble to in gaming everyone rushing for a live service despite them having the highest failure rates.
Damn... the world really is ruled by rich morons isn't it?