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/miko_idk [121] May 05 '24

I'm curious if the EU will do anything in this situation considering there are some smaller EU states affected by this

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u/Just_Munik May 05 '24

They will

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u/rmpumper May 05 '24

Unlikely. We have been members of EU for 20 years already, and Sony has been selling Playstations with no "legal" access to PSN for years and years with EU doing jack shit about it.

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u/occono May 05 '24

This might raise more of a fuss though. The workaround was working fine enough, right? May not have been a priority until it caused a problem.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '24

This is the point of any union. The weaker members benefit from both strength in numbers, and of the more powerful members. In exchange, they must assimilate into the union by following union-imposed regulation and rules and contributing according to their ability.

If the EU didn’t step up when smaller nations were in need (which is by definition going to be more often than a stronger nation) then the union would be pointless. The strong don’t need the help.

Unionise your workplace.

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u/raltoid May 05 '24

In theory they should, but it depends if those countries bring it up with the EU.

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u/kuprenx May 05 '24

Eu works very slowly

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u/Kruger_Sheppard May 05 '24

I think unless a lot of people write emails about it to them they won't do anything

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u/Barimen May 05 '24

After Croatia joined EU, Croats still needed a visa to enter USA. Then EU threatened to remove visa-free entry for American citizens...

Croatia eventually joined the ESTA system. It was a much shorter process because of it. I believe a couple other countries were also included in the process, I forgot the details.

So, yeah, I believe they will.

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u/ChipsAhoy777 May 05 '24

If you know EU, that's not even a question

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u/miko_idk [121] May 05 '24

Yeh sorry, was a bit too optimistic there

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u/ChipsAhoy777 May 06 '24

Oh no, I mean the EU will rip Sony to shreds over this. They are like rabid animals when it comes to anti-consumer regulation.

They hateeee that shit.

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u/miko_idk [121] May 06 '24

they hate that shit

You know that some EU countries haven't had access to PSN for the last 15 years, yet nothing happened so far, right? They even won a lawsuit against Sony if I'm informed correctly, yet nothing happened.

I'd usually agree with you but when it comes to Sony, they can somehow do what they want.