The whole issue with the PSN account mandate was that it makes Helldivers 2 inaccessible to people outside of the PSN supported countries. Removing the mandate but keeping the game unpurchasable in non-PSN countries does not solve the issue. And now they're going to do the same for Ghost of Tsushima's PC port. Are they allergic to more money and players? PATREON: www.patreon.com/yongyea TWITTER: twitter.com/yongyea INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/yong_yea TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@yongyea TOP PATRONS [BIG BOSS] - Devon B [BOSS] - Charlie Galvin - Gerardo Andrade - Michael Redmond [LEGENDARY] - azalea

@badlandschugsnumber1fan123

26 күн бұрын

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@salmanhanifa7853

26 күн бұрын

This is the first time I've ever seen a company who hates money. And I don't even know if that's a good thing or not.

@lonewolf5238

26 күн бұрын

Limits access to games Reduces revenue from game purchases Lays off thousands due to reduced revenue Genius! Absolutely brilliant! I am in awe!

@AlexandreFranquinho

26 күн бұрын

You should inform yourself better, there's a world outside the US. Remember, unsupported does not mean unavailable, and it's hilarious that you think people in those countries haven't been playing for the last 18 years. The TOS is not enforced, it exists just for legal reasons. It's the reason why you only see people from supported countries complaining about it, and no one from unsupported ones making a scene about it. Y'all need to grow up if you don't think MS, Google, Apple and a few others don't have this on their TOS/EULA's as well.

@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290

26 күн бұрын

First this and then Microsoft closes Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin... WTF is happening with game devs these days?!? They are supposed to love to have their wallets full of money.

In my day, console wars were about which console was better…now it is about finding the one that hates its consumers less.

@d10_br4ndo8

26 күн бұрын

and somehow nintendo is still wining

@PATOfThePAT

26 күн бұрын

I miss the bit wars. Those were the days

@TheGravityShifter

26 күн бұрын

@@d10_br4ndo8 Pretty much. They just do their own thing in their own circle. They're the devil I prefer the most among the big 3.

@SpectroliteDS

26 күн бұрын

@@d10_br4ndo8 You know the current market is fucked beyond belief when NINTENDO's the one treating their playerbase the best by comparison (Do note I say this as a lifelong fan of Nintendo, enough to get a Virtual Boy for myself).

@RJS2003

26 күн бұрын

​@@d10_br4ndo8 Hard agree, Nintendo's on cloud nine right now compared to the competition. New console coming out soon, they got an entire theme park business to run and they are quite literally more profitable and successful right now than they have been for their entire history. Their net worth currently is more than their combined earnings from 2016 all the way back to 1983, the year they started making video games in the first place. It's a good time to be a Nintendo fan.

"NO! Buying our game is not enough! We demand you give us your personal information so that we may sell that as well!" It's pure fucking greed.

@Planag7

26 күн бұрын

It was. Spelled out. Months ago. Learn to read

@zenthevanguard2778

26 күн бұрын

@@Planag7 What's the solution if you live in a region locked area? Can't make a psn account, can't buy it in steam, just get fucked consumer omegalul. Give us your data.

@zerus4435

26 күн бұрын

PC players should be forced to pay for online too. It's illogical that only console gamers are the ones paying. Thankfully sony started with PSN accounts being required on PC, which are the first shady steps into online payment for pc gamers.

@GM-xk1nw

26 күн бұрын

It's not just about personal information for marketing it's also for CEOs to claim that they increased the number of PSN numbers so they get more money for it.

@alexkohvaks4647

26 күн бұрын

@@Planag7 Yet it was sold in countries that didnt have PSN. Learn to listen to all the info before responding

This should be very eye-opening for everyone as to how valuable our data is. They would rather have our data instead of selling the game in 170 other countries.

@grimbostink7607

25 күн бұрын

This is exactly what staggers my brain. Like how on Earth is selling the thing the thing they made in 180 worth LESS than just farming out data? We live in a dystopian timeline

@jakehero95

25 күн бұрын

​@@grimbostink7607 data has more valuable than oil for a few yrs now. Should tell you all you need to know.

@terrylandess6072

25 күн бұрын

Why do you think I still get away with A d b l o c k - because I'm signed in and my data is more important than KZread ads.

@dabrams84

24 күн бұрын

Yeah and none of these companies are protecting our data. It will be leaked.

@ueg3618

24 күн бұрын

People's data is only valuable to these companies if you let it be valuable. Meaning, they have no use for it if you're not gullible.

Piracy is ALWAYS justified if the company shows such blatant hate for their customers. It's the same for older Nintendo games: if the company doesn't profit from those products as they're not available to be bought, then piracy isn't stealing any profit. As always, this only fuels my hate for region locked games. The internet is worldwide, there's no reason for stuff to not be available from everywhere to everywhere. "This digital product is not available in your country" should be illegal.

@megasalamence4868

25 күн бұрын

well about digital stuff, it can be illegal depending on the country. However, I 100% would agree that if that is not the issue, then providing a digital version, at least, without any of that BS that companies like Ubisoft are pulling (i.e., you don't own the game), is almost mandatory. What has the gaming industry devolves to...

@CircuitReborn

25 күн бұрын

​@@megasalamence4868countries ban media all the time, never has stopped people from getting their hands on it anyway. Ask anime fans.

@Doburesu

25 күн бұрын

If people start pirating the game I hope to got they just start suing everyone who does. It’ll be both funny and justified.

@engineergaming1669

25 күн бұрын

@@Doburesuthey’d have to sue entire country’s worth of people, because piracy is a service issue people in places that are usually denied purchase pirate because it’s the only way they can play games or watch shows

@Doburesu

25 күн бұрын

@@engineergaming1669 and I’d be, hilariously, fine with that. I mean, talking about how greedy these companies are and then acting like they’re above running the pockets of every citizen of a country? Hell, I’d personally do it just to prove a point lol.

"We're still learning what is best for PC Players". No Sony, i don't think you are.

@rps215

26 күн бұрын

Gamers Nexus correct that, it's "Sorry, we heat up the pot too fast that you noticed it".

@TurKlack

25 күн бұрын

If you believed them for even a second you haven't been alive for long.

@GoofyPoptart

25 күн бұрын

Yeah what's not best.

@senormarston3283

25 күн бұрын

insert the suspicious cat gif**

@KelvinKamsg

25 күн бұрын

Knowing how they've managed their smartphone division, the only words I can come up with are "voluntarily and stubbornly obtuse".

Its like Sony and Microsoft are trying to race each other to the bottom...

@NoBeats_

26 күн бұрын

They only works if people stop giving them money.

@brandonjohnson7310

26 күн бұрын

facts its sad man gaming in 2024

@zerus4435

26 күн бұрын

PC players should be forced to pay for online too. It's illogical that only console gamers are the ones paying. Thankfully sony started with PSN accounts being required on PC, which are the first shady steps into online payment for pc gamers.

@SomeDigitalGhost

26 күн бұрын

​@@zerus4435 We do pay for online. We pay for our internet. :D

@brandonjohnson7310

26 күн бұрын

@@zerus4435 massive L take hahaha we ain’t ever gunna pay for online hahaha keep dreaming kid

AAA gaming is not about making games, it's about making products and selling services. Once you understand that, it becomes much easier to ignore corporate generated hype.

@zericle1

25 күн бұрын

The problem though is when a AAA game is good. AAA games aren't all made equal. As gamers, we should fight tooth and nail for good games and tear apart the bad ones. Otherwise companies will see what they can get away with and the others look and take notes. If we put our foot down enough, AAA gaming wouldn't be this hot mess. But that's the inherent problem, most people would rather keep playing their game that they like instead of worrying about the industry around it. And that's mostly that people don't know, don't care, or are too busy with their lives to care. Personally I think that if you want to call yourself a gamer, you should at the very *least* be advocating for better games, and not be complacent with trash. Indie games right now are better than AAA, but they don't have the budget that AAA games have. With the right leadership AAA games can be amazing. And I think it's silly to write off all AAA games, because it's not true that they're all bad. There are plenty of bad indie games, and to be fair, all games are products at the end of the day, *including* indie games. Movies have trailers. New music albums are excessively marketed. The news. All media is a product. The question is not what company it's made by, what matters is what passion was put into it. A game made by EA, for example can still be good. They just need the right leadership. Obviously that's lacking right now, but it can happen, is my point. If you mean to say that the passion for making games as an artform is dying, then I think you're right. Games are much more watered-down of late, and on the safe side (for the most part). I hope that changes. But gaming has always been a business from the start. As you mention, they're just products. But some are passion products. Products that have transcended being just a product, that we should protect from becoming just another product. As gamers we should be doing that, otherwise we lose, If that makes any sense. We should judge a game by the guy at the helm of the ship, not whether the company making it is a AAA company. Leadership is what matters in all this, nothing else. As is shown time and time again, it's these CEOs that we need to take note of. We should be looking into why these types of people end up running these businesses. We should be demanding that ethics courses be taught in business schools. We should be rallying politicians to implement more laws to protect consumers and employees from these people's decisions. Video game employees should be forming unions. My point with this text wall is that we shouldn't just ignore everything from some company just because they're AAA. Some of the best games were AAA, and to say that AAA games will always be just products and selling services seems a bit dramatic to me. Yes, the trend shows that AAA games are in the rough, and yes selling and producing is what AAA does, but that will eventually change. Someday people will have enough, and someday what is a AAA game will be of quality again, and have meaning. Right now that isn't the case, but that can change and will change. The rampant greed isn't going to last forever, at some point someone's going to come in and do something about it, regulate it, the whole 9 yards. At the current pace these "leaders" at these companies are making awful decisions, their AAA empire will fall and a former indie studio will rise in it's place. And hopefully they can make better AAA games than those before them. They just need a head on their shoulders. It's my belief that the passion that devs have for their game is what truly makes the sales of games, along with a bit of smart marketing. People wanna play something good, not something bad, and most people aren't going to get fooled twice. There's only so many times this will happen until it boils over.

@eneco3965

24 күн бұрын

@@zericle1 Shit companies can make good games. It's not about the game, it's about the company.

"Piracy is a service problem." ~ GabeN

May 2024 will go down in history as one of the dumbest months in gaming history. Everyone caught a case of the stupid. None were spared.

@rontheauraknight9606

26 күн бұрын

Everyone except (currently) Valve and Nintendo

@Skijaramaz

26 күн бұрын

@@rontheauraknight9606 I mean, Nintendo did the whole Gmod thing, so that's pretty fucking stupid.

@Viesta

26 күн бұрын

@@rontheauraknight9606 nah even nintendo ain't getting away with it.... valve might be the only one.

@JoseHernandez-xv2bt

26 күн бұрын

@@Skijaramaz20 years of content just gone, that’s messed up

@WhatsTheTakeaway

26 күн бұрын

​@MightyOh Yeah for being the "Master Race" these babies sure do cry a lot. When was the last time you heard a console player complain about the 10k games that are inaccessible to consoles? Never, because PC Master Race are spoiled little brats who think console players need to sacrifice for their pleasure. Also, if you live in a non PSN supported country, you probably have bigger problems than playing a video game.

Me, still playing 10-20 year old games: It’s a peaceful life.

@Daniel_D-bo

26 күн бұрын

I played the first infamous from 15 years ago on my Playstation + account this past weekend and it was really cool and nostalgic to play that game again. its was such a good game and i hope sucker punch makes another game with cole mcgrath!!

@jimbeaux89

26 күн бұрын

@johnford8157 Right there with you

@yunjin909

26 күн бұрын

W older consoles/PC enjoyer

@QuantumChrist

26 күн бұрын

Yup, Pc user destroyed gaming.

@omdhdk

26 күн бұрын

Yep, I'm currently playing Grim Fandango

I guess "We're still learning" is corpo-speak for "We'll never learn".

180 Countries: **Throwing money at Sony** Sony: "Nah Bro!" Devs: "HOLD ON! Wait a minute!"

@fropepsi

21 күн бұрын

Ever since the launch of HD2 Ive had it in my cart since I planned to buy it after a few months of the initial release and now that I see what's happening Im glad I didn't. Since even if I do get a refund of my game, I'll feel bad to miss out on the fun. I've got hopes for a silver lining now if not then it'll be a bummer.

@OZYMANDI4S

13 күн бұрын

@@fropepsiI was planning on buying it too, even going against my “live service game sucks” mentality because I saw how passionate the community and the devs are. I guess it’s safe to say “live service games still sucks.”

Its a culmination of game publishers selling out to shareholders and replacing people who play games running the company with people in the finance industry lobbying for shareholders.

@disasterincarnate

26 күн бұрын

and sadly with all their mistakes their still making profit.

@Dan016

26 күн бұрын

@@disasterincarnateworse than that, if they make a mistake, they get the golden parachute while regular devs have to pay for it with their jobs literally

@TheGravityShifter

26 күн бұрын

The shareholders are a callous bunch as well who don't understand community nurturing. Eventually things will burst and crash down. If you aren't willing to take losses for an overall healthy business, you're gonna pay for it in the long term.

@whysoserious4274

26 күн бұрын

@@TheGravityShifterit needs to go. I believe this video game crash is happening but only to triple A And I’m all for it I say let it die. Fcking tired of the bs.

@Chromodar

26 күн бұрын

"The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games." - Bobby Kotick, 2009

Sony wants your data, so they can sell it. The only reason they rolled back the PSN requirement was to avoid refunds. Now Steam is giving refunds based on area. They will push to add PSN again, so get your refunds while you can. This isn't over.

@barbe00brune

26 күн бұрын

and you think microsoft is not doing the same thing? are you complaining too about sea of thieve requiring a xbox account?

@labrynianrebel

26 күн бұрын

@@barbe00bruneBoth are bad

@QuantumChrist

26 күн бұрын

Microsoft done and keep doing that for decades, pc fangaes are so funny 😂

@SteelShroom256

26 күн бұрын

​@@barbe00brune I get where you're coming from, but at the same time Microsoft's system isn't as well known for data breaches.

@whysoserious4274

26 күн бұрын

I thought it was because they want to push ps plus requirements on their multiplayer games.

I have yet to pirate a single video game but Sony is practically begging me to pirate their games 😂

@Juanguar

24 күн бұрын

M8 it’s easier than ever to do it with repackers out there like dodi and fitgirl However my personal philosophy is to pirate only AAA games and pay for indies whenever possible

@tyrayentali7041

7 күн бұрын

@@Juanguar Yep.

I thought the console war was the race to the top, now the two are dukes of hazarding into the Grand Canyon

I like how Sony's solution was to ban their own game rather than just make psn available everywhere.

@spellsnare

26 күн бұрын

or just straight out cancel the move and allow everyone to play they game without requiring that dumb PSN

@5h0ckblock

26 күн бұрын

@@spellsnare completely agree but corporations are greedy. Making it available everywhere would be the middle ground with less controversy.

@krisc1684

26 күн бұрын

​@@5h0ckblock there is likely legislation in place where Sony doesn't want to do business. PSN numbers are more important than anything right now apparently. Ecosystem ecosystem ecosystem.

@surft

26 күн бұрын

They can't. That's the problem. They have to deal with legal requirements for all those countries. Microsft can do it because they sell other services (software, cloud) in those countries so cost can be offset but Sony doean't have the infrastructure

@ligao9378

26 күн бұрын

​@krisc1684 there isn't. One of the countries where PSN isn't available is the Philippines, a former Japanese colony mentioned in the video on Sony before this. Sony as well as others like Toshiba both sells and produces electronics there. The only country with restrictions towards video game consoles as well as platforms like PSN is China.

Just hate leaving positive reviews until Sony stops hating money.

@mohammedalgillali9744

26 күн бұрын

If buying ain't owning then pirating ain't theft, especially limiting a core part of the game being released so that only 69 countries can play.....hurr durr

@Willow4526

26 күн бұрын

They don't hate money & hating money isn't a bad thing... Sony's heartlessly indifferent to ppl/human lives. They like most companies, don't care about you if you don't confirm or fit into their goals, simple as.

@gadman85

26 күн бұрын

I assure you they love money. They only really care about investor money and money from selling personal information. Money from purchases is negligible in their minds.

@Beta_Mixes

26 күн бұрын

Or you all just stop buying games related to big companies already, how hard it is for this fact to get through your thick skulls? This clown show has been going for a decade and you all still give them your hard earned money

@mohammedalgillali9744

26 күн бұрын

@@Beta_Mixes which is why till this day i still pirate shit

Entire entertainment industry, both gaming and film/shows, just going full speed into the iceberg. Fans and gamers all telling them how they can change course and succeed… but they really want to crash their ships.

This is why I never changed my Steam review.

I just don’t get how we’re at a point where unthinkable business practices back in the early 2000’s is now the norm.

I just went back to Deep Rock Galactic. No PSN account required and available in all countries. We Rock & Stone together!

@robertcaughell2658

26 күн бұрын

Rock and stone, brother!

@4aw50fGold

26 күн бұрын

Rock and Stone Foreva!

@onup1475

26 күн бұрын

When you're rock and stone you're never alone!

@davidzovok

26 күн бұрын

Rock AND Stone!

@TransientWitch

26 күн бұрын

Consider this: legally speaking, rocking is more legal than stoning! Eh? Eh?

I don't envy anybody working in that kind of corporate hell, where a simple problem needs weeks to be solved (if ever solved).

I am from the Baltics (Lithuania), this did get us folks really frustrated by this move. We are in EU and not some super poor country. I don't understand this move at all...

Mark my words, within the next several years Sony will have it's own PC storefront for it's 1st party exclusives. You'll be forced to buy the game and pay for a PS+ subscription on top of that. That's what all this is leading to. Microsoft tried something similar with GFWL which luckily failed.

@CruxisAngel954

26 күн бұрын

Plenty of leaks revolving the PC storefront in development. The plan is definitely to make the 1st party games exclusive to their storefront and pull them off steam when it’s available

@pienipehmea3243

26 күн бұрын

Well that does not sound a very successful idea on PC. It would be like EA Origins but much worse. Without Steam Sony can't thrive on PC.

@oiramx7759

25 күн бұрын

​@@pienipehmea3243 also piracy is still a thing

@samf.s.7731

25 күн бұрын

This needs to go up.

@thecrtf4953

25 күн бұрын

And it'll likely fail especially if they don't expand the fucking network

And now EA says they want to put ads in games... It's like the AAA gaming industry is just trying its hardest to completely implode right now and companies are competing on who can get the worst PR possible.

@SecretMarsupial

25 күн бұрын

Industries and the markets surrounding them are cyclical. Its time.

@Erilis000

25 күн бұрын

They already did that with Battlefield 2142 in 2006. I was a young kid looking forward to that game and it became my first boycotted game,😂

@dakidvision

25 күн бұрын

They’ve been doing this for years …. U don’t remember the Obama van in burnout paradise

@Juanguar

24 күн бұрын

LMAO it’s been done since the early 2000s I remember need for speed games having billboards all over the city

@Korra228

24 күн бұрын

@@dakidvision no I don't

its crazy how sony willing to sacrifice sales of single-player game because they demand psn account for tagged on mp mode that was added in free update. Some of those banned regions are huge, Philippines have almost 120 mil population, Egypt 110 mil, Kazakhstan 20 mil. Absolutely moronic decision.

It's not like Nintendo is blameless. They go way too hard on preventing fans from using the IPs for projects.

Considering some of those “countries” (more like territories and regions) are US territories, FTC might have jurisdiction, so a compliant might be worth 10 minutes to write.

@Kevinyock

26 күн бұрын

I've done just what you said, I encourage everyone who want to be heard who are in the US file a FTC complaint.

@thechugg4372

26 күн бұрын

Yeah, like a LOT of comments here, I thought I was lucky to not be in a place not support by PSN because I had a PSN account and played online on my PS5. Until I saw that I couldnt buy either ghost or helldivers on PC... somehow I am not recognized as "supported" by PSN even though I clearly am...

@luisvazquez8182

25 күн бұрын

Will do just that. The PSN "Create New Account" allows you to choose USA as the country and includes territories such as USVI and Puerto Rico. I already wrote to Steam, which is reviewing the case, but the FTC complaint seems like a better idea.

@ceu160193

22 күн бұрын

@@luisvazquez8182 Apparently Sony can ban your account, if they find out you are not actually from supported region.

"Can't you people move to a country where you can make a PSN account?" - Sony (probably)

@AlexandreFranquinho

26 күн бұрын

You see anyone from those countries complaining? They've been going around the region issue for 18+ years. And guess what, no bans outside of chinese accounts for obvious reasons.

@ZeroHourProductions407

26 күн бұрын

Sony's xenophobia and cultural arrogance really knows no bounds.

@defaulted9485

26 күн бұрын

"Some players are more equal than others." - Sony

@awxrdg5256

26 күн бұрын

​@@AlexandreFranquinho what are chinese players doing tho?

@Dan016

26 күн бұрын

@@awxrdg5256less about the players themselves, more about xenophobia/racism/history between the two countries. If you Wikipedia “the r*pe of nanking” well…it’s pretty horrific, and just one of many old hatred’s the two countries did to each other

Xbox and Sony are sellouts. Sustainable models to create really cool games is no longer the AAA market strategy. Margins. Quarterly reports. “Engagement”. Battle passes. Macro-transactions. Feature incomplete. Focus groups. Shareholders. Infinite growth. These corporations have no soul.

Sadly, we players are not Sony's customers. We are their products. Sony's customers are their shareholders. Same with EA, Microsoft, etc. It's not just about making money now, it's about showing that the company will make money in the future and having PSN expand further into the PC world is one way to demonstrate that. Data collection leads to targeted marketing, which leads to potential increased sales, which is what they're "selling" to their shareholders. Sony probably figures it will make more gains with its shareholders if they hold the line on PSN linking being mandatory than by letting it be optional, even if they burn down the house doing so. The only thing that changed this course was the massive and very very public backlash that Sony couldn't sweep under the rug and hide from their shareholders. Now that things have settled down somewhat, Sony is most certainly planning to reinstate the PSN requirement in the future, which they will tell their shareholders means those fat future sales aren't gone, they're just a little delayed. Even if it is stupid. Even if it is a lie. Even if everyone knows that this is an incredibly backwards thing to do. So long as their shareholders think that line go up, Sony will do whatever it takes to keep them thinking that. TL/DR: All Sony cares about is creating value for shareholders, even if that means setting fire to a golden goose game and ruining it's own reputation. Same with MS, EA, etc. Line must go up, no matter the cost.

@ceu160193

22 күн бұрын

Expanding into new markets could create that value for shareholders, though, so their decision makes no sense even from that point of view.

Was going to purchase Ghost of Tsushima via Steam, but since I live in one of those 180 countries where Sony made it unavailable, it's easier for me just to pirate the game than jumping through all those hoops to somehow get a Sony account and make it linked to my Stream. From a "win-win" to "lose-lose" situation thanks to Sony!

@user-pn4py6vr4n

26 күн бұрын

Piracy is 100% morally acceptable in this situation.

@affsteak3530

26 күн бұрын

Region locking has always been bullshit. Sail proudly.

@thefool8224

26 күн бұрын

@@user-pn4py6vr4n careful, you will invoke the chronic lecturers

@Dan016

26 күн бұрын

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🫡

@ivorydragon

26 күн бұрын

Off to the grandlineeeee

My best conspiracy theory is that due to the upcoming Switch 2 launch, Sony and Microsoft want to give it the best possible head start by ruining their reputation as completely as possible before the reveal.

@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo

26 күн бұрын

Damn! Mighty nice of them! Didn't I hear that the Switch 2 could be capable of nearing the performance of PS5?

@lightdarksoul2097

26 күн бұрын

No well it's stronger than PS4 but weaker than series s so still pretty strong for a handheld ​@@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo

@Abu_Seman

26 күн бұрын

How can that benefit Sony or Microsoft??

@lightdarksoul2097

26 күн бұрын

@@Abu_Seman i think he was making a joke at their expense. Microsoft may give nintendo a few games so they may get paid

@3thirtyDr3amz

26 күн бұрын

I mean, if the region thing is peoples line in the sand. Nintendo's Account is available in 43 countries, Microsoft/XBL got 42 countries, PSN has 69 countries. The popcorn is gonna be when the next (or update to current) CoD (or whatever Blizzard thing) needs the XBL accounts.

I find it fascinating that this is apparently so common an issue with Sony that there is a web application dedicated to tracking the changes.

Wishing everyone living in the countries which Sony have blocked prosperous good fortune whilst sailing the high seas!

This is what happens when you have corporations run by psychopaths and sociopaths.

@JDReC100

26 күн бұрын

unfortunately, those are the main people that have the drive to go for the top positions of businesses.

@SammEater

26 күн бұрын

Yeah, good people don't have what it takes to get to a CEO position, that is why these companies are all run by power hungry psychos.

@TheFirstCurse1

26 күн бұрын

Psychopaths yes. Sociopaths don't have the ability to fit in enough to climb a corporate ladder.

@iSTEFIXi

26 күн бұрын

​@@TheFirstCurse1its opposite

@victorfox2972

26 күн бұрын

You misspelled californians

Back when Sony's "walkback" announcement initially happened, I was honestly pissed at how easily swayed people were even though Sony had done literally nothing but put words on social media. Now, I'm a bit more understanding as to why it has gotten this long for people to realize what's actually going on. If you aren't living in those countries locked out by Sony, you don't really feel the repercussions of their massive fuck up. I don't know if Sony has realized this yet but they are currently a brand risk to Valve and the PC market in general.

@Hammerite

26 күн бұрын

It has always worked. Take two steps forward, apologize, and take one step back. Receive praise for "hearing the community" wait for backlash to end, do stupid thing anyway. Still make millions.

@rps215

26 күн бұрын

The last time Sony was brought to their knees was by Anonymous hackers

@BrutalCelt

25 күн бұрын

@@Hammeritesaid this for years and always got told how different the company was….

@inquisitorseraph996

25 күн бұрын

i really wanted to get. GOT just for the singleplayer, But I'm not getting it anymore. already have a bunch of unplayed games.

@zaynvarenshutain5279

25 күн бұрын

I loved ghost of tsushima and hoped for years to play it again on pc. Did not preorder because who knows if it would run good on pc. Oh boy, no i will not buy it at all for other reasons. Honestly valve should get rid of all psn games out of spite and to fck off sony.

it is likely legal and laws combined with the publishers right to decide on where they sell their products. but yeah it does not change that there was a messup and clarification issues by what they seems to try to change.

Someone got me a code for Helldivers 2 for my birthday before the PSN debacle. He gave it to me today, and since I live in a country that isn't within Sony's list of recognized countries, I can't activate the game and my friend can't refund it. Money thrown in the wind, and now I just have to sell this code or give it away to someone because Sony hates money, apparently.

@ceu160193

22 күн бұрын

Think there is pirated version of Helldivers 2, so you may still get to play it.

Just went through the Steam profile for Sony's Playstation games and set them all to "ignore." Not buying another Sony game again at this rate.

@ervinaspetrauskas1716

26 күн бұрын

i put sony as publisher on ignore list the moment i saw helldivers 2 PSN account issue happening

@cliffturbo2146

26 күн бұрын

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart is the only one I am willing to buy, but not the others. Sony needs to stop what they're doing.

@youtubeenjoyer1743

26 күн бұрын

Oopsie, too bad Sony bribed all the good developers this year. Better luck next time :)

@ervinaspetrauskas1716

26 күн бұрын

@@cliffturbo2146 Only game i currently had on wishlist of thinking of buy was spiderman. And mostly just cause i'm a fan of him. other than that one i had no problems ignoring *but still dropped it from wishlist.

@CapucineNighly

25 күн бұрын

Same. Blacklisted like crapcom, squeenix, konami and EA.

EA: We pi$$ed off the most players (years ago) Every Company Now (2024): HOLD OUR DRINKS

@Atlas_Redux

26 күн бұрын

Except this is nothing new from Sony. Sony constantly has been fighting and lobbying against other platforms and clients. It was Sony who for years blocked all progress of crossplay because "if they don't play on our service, they should not be playing at all".

@Cogglesz

26 күн бұрын

Pretty surprised with Nintendo being honest. The one company i thought would really go down some silly paths was them. The switch ecosystem is incredible though. Banging out titles every year, never really any discounts ever on games so not much incentive to wait for sales unlike Xbox & PS titles and that leads to a good resell price for you. I think even Mario Kart 8 is still a full priced title despite it originally being a wii u title. Consoles running on ancient 2015 mobile nvidia tech and not killing the company financially making games or consoles either so it seems a secure place to work and make games for. With the wind sony got up during the PS4 i was really expecting them to come in hot with the 5. Sucks what they're doing with copyright stuff & Modding scenes but just from a consumer standpoint i feel Nintendo and Valve are the last two. Heck even with Steam though i'm incentivised to wait for sales meaning less growth numbers for devs. 24' has another 7 months to go though. Could have another wii u disaster with the switch 2.

@Maximus-lz7jn

26 күн бұрын

More like hold my vodka

@taxihitman92

26 күн бұрын

It’s ducking sad that we can now wax poetic about the shit business practices and greed of EA and Comcast only 10 years ago just due to how baaaaaaaaaad shit has got.

@spellsnare

26 күн бұрын

@@Cogglesz nah nintendo are no different they want to kill back compabilities the one are pretty much successful are valve at least them not make any competition with these 3 clown who will be the worst

Ghost of Tsushima released today, and it is delisted on my country. Really wanted to play it on PC, but it looks like Sony hates Philippines 😓

I still laugh at people who reversed their negative reviews on Steam for HD2 claiming it's been a 'win'. These people are the reason companies do those kinds of stuff in the first place...they never really understood the circumstances, always riding the bandwagon, and ultimately only thinking about themselves.

@contentconsumer3743

24 күн бұрын

If the devs are trying their best, it’s kinda valid.

@sh1leshk4

24 күн бұрын

@@contentconsumer3743 Thing is the problem persists, and there'll be no more future HD2 players from countries that can't legally sign into PSN because sales are banned over there. Just because the PSN requirement for HD2 is rescinded for players in certain countries doesn't mean it's a 'win'. The negative reviews were basically the devs' main weapon to dissuade Sony from enabling the PSN requirement on HD2 in the first place. The devs are still fighting for resuming sales on those PSN-less, banned countries...and now they have lesser ammo than ever if players keep reversing their negative reviews just because they can play HD2 again with 'better morals' because they 'won'.

Something tells me Sony doesn't want to sell their games.

@MightyOh

26 күн бұрын

They don't want to sell their games where people can't access a Playstation Network account sounds about right. 😂

@ChaldeaWarmaster

26 күн бұрын

@@MightyOh and they will wonder why they aren't making a lot of money and will wonder why piracy is prevalent in their games or systems.

@caczech

26 күн бұрын

I took Ghosts of Tsushima off my Steam wishlist since PSN is required.

@ZeroHourProductions407

26 күн бұрын

Course not. th ey want to sell more ps5's.

@sleelofwpg688

26 күн бұрын

Wont be to me. They're on my steam ignore list til they prove to *me* that they deserve *my* money again. And that will not be this year. At a minimum.

One thing that will happen is that PS exclusivity will likely plummet. Any company worth their salt will be looking at this and thinking "If we partner with Sony, we will be losing access to almost 200 countries". That's going to be a hard sell for many companies, and I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing it occur more and more.

@datniggaqueen

24 күн бұрын

Sony wasn’t selling to these countries in the first place, stop being a lemming

I HATE youtube's censor of user comments. FU YT!!!

Lets be real Sony sees all of those pc players playing online multiplayer for free and they want to force them to pay for PlayStation plus

@PeteSykes.1

26 күн бұрын

While Microsoft is watching all of those PlayStation people on Microsoft PC's, let that sink in, without Microsoft there is no PlayStation games on PC😮😮😂

@angrycanadian9760

26 күн бұрын

You dont need to pay for psn account...

@ericraululyeetusdelyeetus5028

26 күн бұрын

​@@PeteSykes.1 If push comes to shove, I'll install Linux or fucking Ubuntu if I have to.

@Supercon57

26 күн бұрын

@@angrycanadian9760 PlayStation plus

@angrycanadian9760

26 күн бұрын

@@Supercon57 playstation plus is for playstation users not pc users goofball and thats what this is about. So try again. Theyre not asking you to make a playstation plus theyre asking you to make and link a playstation network account which is made for free.

Trying to get a password recovery email from sony is like to squeeze water from charcoal

@iyeetsecurity922

26 күн бұрын

_What? It takes less than 5 minutes._ -click *forgot password* -enter the email associated with your account -auto email is sent to you -click link to enter a new password -type new password -DONE.

@Lattrodon

26 күн бұрын

They make it extremely difficult because they are trying to avoid getting hacked again but they are so bad at their job they get hacked anyway.

@Reehtarhdlard

26 күн бұрын

@@iyeetsecurity922yeah theoretically it should take less than 5 minutes but in reality they never send the email

@tonywilt4179

26 күн бұрын

​@iyeetsecurity922 Waiting for an email that never gets sent is where many people get stuck. It happens to people and then they blame your internet connection when you don't get it. Which is not the case.

@zerus4435

26 күн бұрын

PC players should be forced to pay for online too. It's illogical that only console gamers are the ones paying. Thankfully sony started with PSN accounts being required on PC, which are the first shady steps into online payment for pc gamers.

“Why is it such a big deal to link your account” Is what Sony will say but then again, why is it such a big deal for them if I don't have a linked account

Living in one of the Baltic countries I can say it's not only weird how the process of having a psn account required me to use Finland a a country of residence which was not true, but also our stores sell The psn gift cards (an option to add money to your psn wallet) of a Finish or UK region knowing that that is the only possible way. We kinda just adjusted ourselves to Sony's weird policies.

People also really need to stop claiming "victory" early. 7:00 thank you! yes, this is _exactly_ what I have been trying to tell people. sony will 100% try requiring linking a PSN account again once the drama dies down and they figure out how to mitigate the backlash.

@johnhanzelyjr

26 күн бұрын

.....same as all other AAA publishers...

@Nebin20

26 күн бұрын

My thought exactly! People were celebrating like they won the war, when in reality it was only a single battle. I was trying to give the same view you have OP.

@kazesh9148

26 күн бұрын

they care about investors. to them we are statistics and numbers. if they continue this path im not going to feed their ego nor buy their ports that require psn.

@mightypancake2211

26 күн бұрын

@@kazesh9148 eh. Time to ignore perma Ubisoft, EA, sony... no more games from any of them. have done so. will sail the seas for games I am head hunting.

@shaicat

26 күн бұрын

@@mightypancake2211 been boycotting EA, Ubisoft, Rockstar, Activision, and Take Two for over a decade now. Bethesda has been a recent addition. haven't regretted a second of it.

Having a game without extremely predatory monetization succeed so thoroughly makes it impossible for publishers to say it isn't what the consumer wants. So they're going to burn this game and games like it so they can say "the last time we made a live service game that wasn't designed to fuck people over, it got review bombed. Clearly the people want loot boxes."

@Klishar122

26 күн бұрын

That would make sense. 🤔

@mightypancake2211

26 күн бұрын

But then the gamers wallets close up is the best answer so when they release the greedy garbage liver service, they end up wondering where all the gamers are. sorry bucko, gamers already got 2-3 other live service games tehy are paying on/playing to keep up

@SkinnyBlackout

25 күн бұрын

@@mightypancake2211 liver service lol

@EJ_Red

25 күн бұрын

@mightypancake2211 I find your comment funnier than it should be. I know you are saying liver service as "live-er," but a part of me also believes you intend to have it be pronounced as "liver" (The organ) as a joke meaning you need to harvest and sell your own liver to pay for 2-3 live service games.

Love yongyea, been watching him for years now, always same thing, classic video angle, direct no bullshit news, Points out bad consumerism and companies who don't do well, Bro does vids with tank tops and just chills and talks about games haha, legend really, glad to see you rank up in the youtube world, trust me I have been here for a while, Good luck man!

My guess is that Sony screwed something with Valve and as long as they keep the policy of linking PSN accounts on various games Sony is liable to be sued by Valve. Steam has a system that flags games that cant be purchased in some regions and it seems Sony forgot to mention to Valve that PSN linking is doing exactly that

SONY: Let us publish your games. We will show the world. The world: Only 72 countries has access to PSN

@rps215

26 күн бұрын

Some of those countries surprise me, I don't think they want to miss Philippines and Vietnam

@youtubeenjoyer1743

26 күн бұрын

You don't understand just how bad some of these countries try to regulate digital goods distribution. It's much easier to ignore a TOS clause and allow people to register for example a US account with false address information, because then nobody gets the legal trouble.

@engineergaming1669

25 күн бұрын

@@youtubeenjoyer1743they ban accounts with false information, it’s happened to several people already

Next up, Microsoft raises the price for Game Pass to $30.

@liquidemotionzz3232

26 күн бұрын

Daayum I'm out at that point

@huyle-ob8rg

26 күн бұрын

why do i feel like not only it sounds really possible, they will do something worse

@johnhanzelyjr

26 күн бұрын

$30? ONLY $30? Double it....at least.......because that's "what they need to cover their $70 BILLION acquisition sprees." The major problem with Game Pass.....devs LOSE game sales (and they DON'T see anything from Game Pass subscriptions), especially when they are XBox Exclusives released on Game Pass Day 1 (Hi-Fi Rush). Guess what....Hi-Fi Rush didn't sell 20,000,000+ copies like Microsoft "needed" it to, so they shut down the studio.....Gee...I wonder why?

@paperluigi6132

26 күн бұрын

Is Game Pass a monthly fee or an annual fee?

@mightypancake2211

26 күн бұрын

@@paperluigi6132 I think its monthly. out of a bi or quarterly release for 50-70 dollar games vs the current 10? a month... they would need to have it around 24 just to make up for selling 4 games for 70 appiece... and that is for if they only sold to one person 4 games. So I wouldn't see it past them to charge 25 or 30 for game pass and the like. that is saying they don't just turn game pass into the game history library. Which it should be... pay 10 dollars a month to play games from 1990 -2010 no new releases on the game pass for money making. New release are only for release to market to be sold for their 70 price tag... then you would see a lot of these things reach solvency... rather than picked up for a month and dropped once the streamers move onto the next new game

And theres still people defending them. "But xbox" yeah? And did they get hacked every month over a summer?

Sony and Xbox both on a downward spiral, and crazy to see it come to this.

It seems Sony hates money

@disasterincarnate

26 күн бұрын

sadly, they still get plenty via advertising and selling personal data, so much so they can easily not care about gamers and their complaints, esp when the vast majority dont care and just buy from them anyways.

@barbe00brune

26 күн бұрын

I mean, microsoft does the exact same thing and no one givesa shit, I dont understand why it would become a problem all of a sudden when sony does it...

@angrycanadian9760

26 күн бұрын

​@@barbe00brunebecause pc players just wanna screech about anything. Man its sad how hilariously uninformed people and youtubers are willingly being. Ignorance at its finest

@QuantumChrist

26 күн бұрын

Sadly, only 0.001% of Pc users buy Helldivers, that's not a lost to thems since PC user don't buy games at all they pirate

@angrycanadian9760

26 күн бұрын

Yes major corporation hates money. No you bunch of uninformed children. They legally can not have psn in certain countries for multiple reasons. Steam then splits countries into regions inflating your hateboners even more.

I swear in the past few years alone the intelligence of corporations has decreased to comedic levels..Yeah, they were always nasty, but lately has just been incredible in the worst way.

@grendelrisen4510

26 күн бұрын

It's because there has been a fundamental shift away from the consumer of the product to the investor. Corporations can peddle crap over and over to the masses but their longevity and bloated size and survival can be ensured by selling out their core to other big name corps and groups of investors. Imo

@mightypancake2211

26 күн бұрын

Seeing the pennies over the mountains of cash ahead.

@Herowebcomics

26 күн бұрын

Yep! The games, the consulting companies,and now the doubling down on other things that will mess them up more,shows major problems up top!😐

@Alorso_

26 күн бұрын

This is the results of focusing on profits over everything else, increasingly stupid decisions for short term gains

@TransientWitch

26 күн бұрын

@@Alorso_ This. When you have to scramble to keep short-term numbers going up in perpetuity, it leads to ever-increasing anti-consumer and often idiotic decisions.

"Honour Died in The beach along with sony"

The way in which the coverage of the issue is being made (this video included) basically allows Sony to eventually roll out global PSN account accessibility along with it being mandatory requirement, and spin it as good news.

I swear Helldivers 2 news keeps giving me whiplash. It makes me wonder if Sony just announced the PSN cancelation just to get the heat to die down from fans.

@SunchaserKandri

25 күн бұрын

They probably did. The go-to strategy for the corporate lizard people has been to see how far they can push things, walk it back slightly, then try to normalize the marginally less awful version so that people are more likely to accept it when they inevitably try to push it even further.

Smiling Friends was really on point with the Gwimbly episode cuz man these corps be constantly proving them right

The real personification of, “how many times do we have to teach you this lesson, OLD MAN?!”

Sony should also be looking at the long term damage this could be doing. Do they think this makes devs want to work with Sony to publish their games? By the same token, studios are going to start running from Microsoft (not even specifically Xbox) as well being that there is nothing to keep them safe other than to release mega-hit games that bring in Game Pass subs.

Sony really looked at the fallout 76 release and went: "we can do worse"

@JoseHernandez-xv2bt

26 күн бұрын

At least with that it was actually pretty funny to watch, this is just a dick move by Sony

@JoseHernandez-xv2bt

26 күн бұрын

Wow fricking KZread censored my comment

@arioamin

26 күн бұрын

@@JoseHernandez-xv2bt No, your comment about the dick move is visible

@zerus4435

26 күн бұрын

PC players should be forced to pay for online too. It's illogical that only console gamers are the ones paying. Thankfully sony started with PSN accounts being required on PC, which are the first shady steps into online payment for pc gamers.

@TallLady123

26 күн бұрын

Why we all gotta suffer just cause one group is suffering? "tHaNkFuLlY" ... Assburgers.

Sony’s like your typical cyberpunk mega corp villain

@Zeus-ww4gj

26 күн бұрын

lmao Arasaka vs Biotechica 😂

@disasterincarnate

26 күн бұрын

we have plenty of modern day villainy, no need to go fiction.

@michaeltheundeadmariachi4494

26 күн бұрын

​@@Zeus-ww4gjNah, Sony is Arasaka while Microsoft is Militec, making Nintendo as Kang Tao

@Zeus-ww4gj

26 күн бұрын

@@michaeltheundeadmariachi4494 lmao I forgot about kang Tao 😅😅 lol

@barbe00brune

26 күн бұрын

microsoft is doing the same thing, do you only have a problem when sony does it?

Important to note, PC Helldivers in non PSN nations can NO LONGER visit the store to change their review or even check the game itself

I guess is about some restrictions that they have from countries that they do not provide support outside of their platform(playstation) for live service games . Some regulations are in placed for that I suppose... does not make any sense to be hated and loose costumers for just some emails .

Well. Where did I put my pirate hat?

@Dan016

26 күн бұрын

Right? Gotta brush off the dust and install that program i was using back in the day 🏴‍☠️🫡

@Leturane

26 күн бұрын

It dangerous to sail alone take this “gave cutlass”

@Blur4strike

26 күн бұрын

I've already dusted off mine and gotten my blunderbuss ready.

@iSTEFIXi

26 күн бұрын

i never took mine off 🏴‍☠️

@rps215

26 күн бұрын

When was the last time I used my torrent client? Almost completely stopped pirating since Steam made payment easy for me which others followed.

I find it crazy that you can't make a PSN account in Japan, where Sony HQ is located, and where Ghost of Tsushima is set in.

@ReinMixTape

26 күн бұрын

Sony as a whole is there (mostly), but the Playstation brand is head quartered in California.

@ravenwraith1017

26 күн бұрын

sure that is crazy, but what is crazier is the DPRK, Belarus, Iran, etc. being included in these lists like it is at all shocking PSN is not supported in these places lmao

@catfox7854

26 күн бұрын

@@ravenwraith1017 Why shouldn't it be supported?

@vernonparker5154

25 күн бұрын

@@catfox7854Because those are Third World totalitarian hellholes where they don’t have time to play games. They spend every day wondering if the government is going to kill them for the slightest infraction

does it have anything to do with larger hacking/pirating communities from these countries or that they are behind embargos?

Sony was gifted goose laying golden eggs, and they decided to fucking eat it!

i cant get over the obligatory "nice" gets me every time

Friendly reminder that Sony always has done stuff like this, but people just ignored or forgot it, since they were so dominant. Sony has constantly been fighting against and lobbyed against crossplay and other clients and platforms. This is just the most extreme action in a very long series of user control they have done ever since PS2.

@disasterincarnate

26 күн бұрын

yeah i remember reading about Warframe many years ago when their devs first talked about adding cross-play, it became obvious quickly that sony and microsoft "complications" lead to that getting torpedoed until much, much later.

@crazyluigi6664

26 күн бұрын

Wait, what did they do for the Playstation 2 again? I know most of the shit from 3 onward, but I don't recall anything in particular that was truly wretched for 2.

@mightypancake2211

26 күн бұрын

@@crazyluigi6664 probalby when there were two games consoles that could go online and had the same game. But they needed different servers cause no cross play.

@jorochimaru

26 күн бұрын

You only mention crossplay, yet most of their games have crossplay enabled...

@Atlas_Redux

26 күн бұрын

@@jorochimaru NOW they do, youngster. And it was not something they wanted. They also have closed several studios and are notorious for laying off people.

Ive often thought if these companies, have a secret competition with each other. To see who can piss off gamers the most!

PSN requirements or not, why can’t Sony just fucking port BloodBorne already

As someone who played GOT on PS4 and was planning on buying it a second time for my pc friend so she can experience it, i now understand way better the predicament in which the Helldivers community finds itself today.

The gaming industry is truly in hell right now bro

I wonder if the purchase block means they are going to enforce the account linking at some later time, or maybe find another way to do it.

Unfortunately those people living in restricted countries have to turn pirates.

it is always in a companies best interest to upset as many people as possible if they can do so without actually losing significant sales because it tells them how much they can get away with

It almost feels like the execs at Sony said "hey, all those PC gamers are buying our games but not our subscription service. Let's turn all that untapped revenue into a gold mine"!

@kinghyperheart1571

25 күн бұрын

And now the PC players are seeing what they're up to and saying "get the fuck outta here!"

I knew it from the moment you uploaded saying "wE WoN!" lol.

we dive together, or not at all!

I have a nagging suspicion Arrowhead's CEO knows the reason why Sony is so insistent on camping on the bad side of this issue (doubling down even with the Baltic countries' removal), and he's either bound by NDAs, stonewalled by his PS partners, or he's playing. If your partner does something insane, your first question to them would be, 'why are you doing this?' The fact though that they're fighting Sony on this, regardless if they're keeping mum on Sony's reason(s) forcibly or not, is the more important takeaway of course. Just saying he also ought to share what he knows from their discussions, ie if he isn't legally bound to keep silent about it. What did Sony say in response, and when did they say it? Man, what a mess. Wtf, Sony?

@catfox7854

26 күн бұрын

Baltics did not have access to PSN so... Of all post-soviet countries only Russia and Ukraine have access to it, regardles of some of them being in EU now.

@Theresa-yx5wg

25 күн бұрын

I think it's also the case that, because Arrowhead doesn't own the Helldivers IP and the right to distribute it, Arrowhead runs the risk of both lawsuit and being basically fired, since Sony could theoretically just tell them to take a hike xD I feel like it's a situation where if they aren't careful with what they tell people, the studio would basically have their stewardship of the IP taken from them.

I feel that Steam should step in and just tell Sony to kick rocks. If Steam just said they couldn't restrict their games then it would either force them to delist the game altogether or be forced to keep the game up with no restrictions

Getting an ad for this game on PC before this video is iconic

Sony wants us to PIRATE THIS GAME. AHOY MATIES

@Dan016

26 күн бұрын

🏴‍☠️🫡

@PeteSykes.1

26 күн бұрын

On their Microsoft Windows PC's... Hmmm😮😂😮

I blame the people who put their foot off Sony claiming that they won.

@stanknight9159

26 күн бұрын

100%. Don't lift foot until you here a snap. Had them but nope, people got duped by a tweet.

@Xidphel

26 күн бұрын

@@stanknight9159 I'm always down to hear a bone snap.

@thefool8224

26 күн бұрын

if it was me i would leave a permanent negative review and refund the game and never look back. i was fooled by a live service game once, only to get banned just after the refund period, never going to happen again.

@jimbeaux89

26 күн бұрын

Ummm why do you blame owners of the game instead of SONY? No one is to blame than Sony for this stupid fucking shit

@trutyatces8699

26 күн бұрын

@@jimbeaux89 found the culprit.

Oh, they learned. They learned that if you want to force people into doing something dumb and counterproductive, you don't start on a beloved IP. You start with the ones that won't make too much noise so "dumb" becomes the norm.

"By the powers of Lawyers: WE'll SCREW YOU!"

Not like everyone getting together could change anything. Don’t bother people. Oh wait.

@lightdarksoul2097

26 күн бұрын

I don't know if ghosts have that kind of sway most of its fans have loooong ago beaten the game

@awxrdg5256

26 күн бұрын

The fanbois won't like this comment cos they bow down to their corporate overlord

@InvntdXNEWROMAN

26 күн бұрын

Apes. Strong. Together.

@AlpenSkyWatcher

26 күн бұрын

Which of Sony's physical assets do they actually destroy?

@_Cetarial

25 күн бұрын

It's funny because you _didn't_ change anything.

I think it's clear why Sony did this. They want to put back the PSN requirement but they are going to wait 6months or so till things blow over. With those countries banned from purchase, they think it will be easier to accept once the requirement is reinstated.

@zid9611

26 күн бұрын

Yup. Once country hits about 50% of the base in that area form people that signs up willingly to psn. They're say it requires there now.

@beezzarro

26 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure that they will allow you to get a refund if they try to do the exact same thing

@davidl6272

26 күн бұрын

@@beezzarro Steam will, if Sony tried to add it again they'd get mass refunds again, all people have to say in their refund request is that "Sony altered the user agreement, I no longer agree with it." and Steam will 9/10 refund you, that's how a lot of people got refunds who had like hundreds of hours when all this stuff first started. They *might* try again, but I find it doubtful. They're not used to dealing with a third party platform like Steam, it's not just a storefront, its an entire ecosystem, they can't just change stuff like that out of nowhere. It might be their IP but it's being played/bought on Steams ecosystem, and that gives Steam a lot of power because they control refunds etc, Sony hilariously tried to do what they've been doing for years in their own playground, good thing they're not there anymore. Now if Sony made their own storefront...well that'd be a different story.

@Theresa-yx5wg

25 күн бұрын

I think the main thing stopping Sony atm is the EU's GDPR (and UK's equivalent). Sony has a pretty solid foothold in those regions, but if they slip up, there's a good chance they'll get sued by the EU and UK, and potentially get the game, or even the whole of Playstation, banned from operating within those countries. In other words, there's a good chance they lose even more if they pull this shit again xD

@kevinrosario2729

24 күн бұрын

If they do, I hope they add cross-save. I'm currently playing on PS5 but want to also play on PC without having to restart my progress.

Remember the Video Game Crash of 1983? Yeah, we need a sequel ASAP.

The Baltic countries are almost always getting a shitty end of the stick. The PSN, for some freaking reason, just can't support Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, despite all of them being the EU member states. Sony is just stupid 🤦

This is their punishment to the helldivers community “You dont want PSN? Then you dont get to play then”

@HansKlopek

26 күн бұрын

Exactly. They're waiting out the players.

@ejmthegreat1309

26 күн бұрын

Can you even call it a punishment since this is what the pc community fought for? They demanded Sony stop selling in unsupported regions and they did it!

@Kevin-sg1sz

26 күн бұрын

you dont want psn you cant play the multiplayer which is crossplay

@redgeneral5792

26 күн бұрын

Then they ban all Sony products. Sony: **surprise pikachu face**

@redgeneral5792

26 күн бұрын

@@Kevin-sg1sz Not like I wanted to play with console peasants.