• @Broken_Monitor
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    64 months ago

    This is annoying in a way, but really, how is this any different than buying an EA or Ubisoft game on steam? I mean, besides that it’s actually a good game. This bullshit has been normalized for awhile and isn’t a surprise.

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      how is this any different than buying an EA or Ubisoft game on steam?

      Some of us don’t buy that bullshit either.

      This bullshit has been normalized for awhile

      Only because people like yourself allow it to be.

      • @Dagnet
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        204 months ago

        Gotta give it to EA and ubisoft tho, they really help me boycott them. I wish I could say it takes some effort to avoid their games or that I would buy them if they were good companies but damn, I don’t think they released a single interesting game in the past 10 years

      • @Broken_Monitor
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        74 months ago

        I think you guys all missed the implication that I think EA and Ubisoft games suck. Why am I buying games that suck?

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          54 months ago

          Your comment read like many I have seen in response, suggesting that “normal”= acceptable.

          I don’t really care if EA or Ubi games are good or not. In either case, the problem is not the game, it’s the publisher.

          • @Broken_Monitor
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            34 months ago

            Yeah, I could have worded that better.

            I suppose I have accepted it as just the way it is and will be, which is a shame, but I don’t buy their products either. I would love to play the new God of War, but I don’t need to that badly. There’s plenty of other great games out there without this bullshit which I would rather support

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      134 months ago

      I believe the issue is they are way more region limited and you could buy the game but not be able to access it due to that region limitation.

      Could be wrong, all I know is from the hell divers chaos

      • @tehmics
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        64 months ago

        They’re delisting in regions without PSN. The irony of Helldivers is they backpedaled on PSN requirement but left it delisted in those countries. So people who already bought it can still play but new people can’t buy, so the player base is steadily declining.

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          44 months ago

          The irony of Helldivers is they backpedaled on PSN requirement but left it delisted in those countries

          Because they’re still planning to implement it

      • @Rose
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        24 months ago

        Yeah, the previous Sony games on PC can be bought anywhere in the world but in Russia, yet the latest cannot be purchased in 170 countries, including some EU members like Estonia and Lithuania.

    • @VeryImportantUser
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      94 months ago

      how is this any different than buying an EA or Ubisoft game on steam?

      Who says it is different? Some time ago, I wanted to buy South Park: The Fractured but Whole on Steam, but when I saw the Ubisoft account requirement, I immediately close the tab.

      • @Broken_Monitor
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        44 months ago

        As you should, good job. I guess I failed to elaborate - I think unfortunately it will still sell very well, as has been demonstrated by other companies doing this. I don’t expect Sony to stop, they had the opportunity, are doubling down, and it does suck. I guess I have a hard time being outraged when really it’s nothing new. Same shit, different company.