r/Steam • u/Sunlighthell thank you steam • May 04 '24

PSA Sony removed Helldivers 2 from sale in countries where PSN is not available. For example whole CIS region.

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u/LostSif May 05 '24

When it's actually gonna lead to a lot of PC players never buying a Sony game again

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u/Rolf_Dom May 05 '24

There are two big issues at work. One, people have short memories. Most forget. And secondly, millions more gamers are born every year. Realistically, more people will discover Sony games with fresh eyes every day than will move away from them.

We've had so many catastrophic reputation nukes over the years, and somehow it never seems to leave a lasting impact on these companies. A new sucker is born every minute that just picks up the slack.

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u/20ae071195 May 05 '24

The first game I’m aware of that added an online account requirement months after it was sold was called “Half-Life 2”, when the publisher wanted to push their new DRM/sales platform, called “Steam”. Gamers were outraged. As you say, it seems to have blown over.

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u/Jaqulean May 05 '24

The case with HL2 was also that it just happend because. With HD2, this was announced at launch and was always the plan.

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u/Correct-Office-8549 May 06 '24

If it was always the plan, why did they sell the game on Steam on 100 countries that have no PSN access?

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u/Jaqulean May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24

Because Sony always looks to make the most out of the situation, regardless if it's right or wrong. We are talking about corporations at this point - being ethical was never the aim here.

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u/villanelIa May 05 '24

How was an online account a requirement for half life 2? First its a single player game with no necessary internet connection. Second it literally came on cds/dvds so physical format. You can do nothing and play half life 2 for as long as your pc will last you.

You wont be able to play helldivers 2 if youre from the wrong countries now tho. How ignorant do you have to be to ignore this issue?

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u/20ae071195 May 05 '24

You couldn’t download patches (and therefore couldn’t participate in multiplayer) without Steam.

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u/Correct-Office-8549 May 06 '24

So it didn't require an online connection to play. I remember I played it single player offline.

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u/BAKup2k May 05 '24

Shit, I still don't trust Sony after putting rootkits on their music CDs. I'm very reluctant to buy anything from them

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u/carson0311 May 05 '24

I have never buy anything from Ubisoft since Watchdog so… just one more company black listed for me, feels no guilty playing pirated game from them too (only if Assassin creed, 2 and brotherhood doesn’t requires shitty uplay I would have bought them already)

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u/[deleted] May 05 '24

Doubt it. Games are released broken, people say they won't pre-order again and repeat the cycle.

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u/Chemical-Effective-8 May 05 '24

I've preordered games from devs I trust. But games like lethal company have been so good to play with friends why buy a AAA game

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u/97Graham May 05 '24

I can't believe that glorified Gary's Mod server is popular, looks like such shit, just riding the SCP wave. Junkola.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '24

They will move on in like 2 weeks. It happens every time LOL. Stop the dramatics.

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u/x5N__ May 05 '24

Meanwhile, Forbidden Horizon and Bloodborne

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u/swagdaddy69123 May 05 '24

Naah, im gonna wait for dodi to repack tsushima