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Sony removed Helldivers 2 from sale in countries where PSN is not available. For example whole CIS region.
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Here are a few discord comments about the situation from a Helldivers 2 dev:
Wow, they're really burning down all of that good will, huh? It's like a car crash, you can't help but to keep looking at it.
Lol, what goodwill? Sony has been on my shitlist since the music rootkit debacle that bricked a bunch of CD players.
Came to the comments to say exactly this. The rootkit debacle was the end of the road for me and Sony. They're still exactly the same company, and this move proves it.
Im totally with arrowhead here. I wasnt aware of PSN being banned in countries either and at least theyre trying their best to make it right again. I dont think theyre burning goodwill, sony is though.
I'm with Arrowhead as well, none of this shit is coming from them, it's coming from Sony. The most you can criticize them for is partnering with Sony in the first place.
I think it's pretty shitty from Arrowhead as well, because they knew six months in advance that PSN requirement was going to happen and said nothing. That should've been stated front and center when people bought the game.
Considering this and No Man’s Sky having to spend YEARS clawing back good will, I think the lesson here is “don’t make deals with AAA publishers”.