Sounds like they will be bringing the PSN requirement back for future games maybe. The only thing they probably learned was to announce the requirement for account linking from the start and make it more vissible
Sony has written off those countries for years of PS sales, its been a resounding yes for them since long before they started inching into the PC market
I think for the executives the only reason to release old games on pc is to bring more players to their console, and if they can’t have a psn account that means they will nvr buy a PlayStation. That’s my guess
Definitely the third option. They’re going to wait until Helldivers hype dies down then quietly reimplement the requirement when much less people are tuned in. Guaranteed.
Probably bullshui but there’s a 3rd option that they have legal reasons not to operate servers in some of those regions and helldivers was violating those restrictions. It takes more than a week to review the legal code in 180 countries, review the internal policies in place and audit the game for any violations all with the added complexity that arrowhead and sony are independent entities.
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Sounds like they will be bringing the PSN requirement back for future games maybe. The only thing they probably learned was to announce the requirement for account linking from the start and make it more vissible
Is that worth the loss of sales from those 177 or whatever it was extra countries? That’s the part that confuses me.
Sony has written off those countries for years of PS sales, its been a resounding yes for them since long before they started inching into the PC market
It seems the answer is yes.
I think for the executives the only reason to release old games on pc is to bring more players to their console, and if they can’t have a psn account that means they will nvr buy a PlayStation. That’s my guess
Definitely the third option. They’re going to wait until Helldivers hype dies down then quietly reimplement the requirement when much less people are tuned in. Guaranteed.
Probably bullshui but there’s a 3rd option that they have legal reasons not to operate servers in some of those regions and helldivers was violating those restrictions. It takes more than a week to review the legal code in 180 countries, review the internal policies in place and audit the game for any violations all with the added complexity that arrowhead and sony are independent entities.