The more confusing thing is a change on February 8th, where they add a Russian edition to their game if I interpret it correctly.
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I didn't buy it before because it had kernel level anticheat which is incredibly invasive and unnecessary for a PVE game, and now I'm really glad I didn't buy it.
You dodged a fuckin missile man.
Like a hunter dodging an EAT.
I wonder how many times I will have to see a publisher significantly harm their reputation in the PC market in a yolo bet to set up their own ecosystem and store.
I thought Sony had been conservative and decided against it when their first steam releases hit but with this move it seems possible that a Sony PC ecosystem was always in the works and it just wasn't ready for those original releases. Oh well.
Its also wild how much Stockholm syndrome console players have for their corporate overlords, where they think that having a purchasing decision affecting level change forced on them after purchase is an ok move to make, just because the possibility of it was nestled in the fine print
Delisted in Puerto Rico, part of the US. Amazing.
Also delisted in parts of loads of EU countries like the Netherlands and France.
Yeah french people are down voting it in mass. I asked for a refund in my steam wallet coin too. I don't want to hurt steam, only psn
First their drm is based around the assumption that you're a criminal, and now this. I'm kinda glad I didn't buy it.
Yeah same, bunch of my friends had been playing it for a week or two, but between the in game story, the season passes and the utterly intrusive DRM, I figured I'll wait for a good sale at least. Well, guess I'll be saving 100% on this, now!
To be fair there is a lot of speculation that the delisting is actually entirely from steam's side not sony or arrowhead. Nothing is confirmed of course but the thought is that steam is throwing the kill switch on selling in these countries right now because obviously the publisher hadn't thought this out and just straight up doesn't have a plan for it. Valve may be doing this to put extra pressure on the situation drying up sales a little prematurely and more importantly to protect Valve from legal repercussions. Again this is entirely speculation but it makes a lot of sense, Arrowhead and Sony have been pretty quiet.
If Valve did it, which I would expect, that's a smart move.
Same old shit with everything. A company makes a move that users don't like. The company just ignores all the flak they are getting online. The uproar calms down and then things continue.
We're seeing this more and more. Windows with ads, Amazon adding ads to their prime video account holders. Spotify moving lyrics to their premium subscription. The past couple of years are shit and companies continue to do whatever the fuck they want.
~~The cm's have literally said it's Sony. Why would there be speculation that it's steam?~~
Edit: I misunderstood. I meant that the whole initiative was from Sony. Kroxx was talking about the delisting in specific. I don't have any info on that.
Yeah I've not seen them address the delisting anywhere yet, if you have a link or anything please add it I'm trying to stay as updated as possible on this.
Edit: I also edited the first line, I had written "this" originally and I replaced it with "the delisting" because I can see how it was a little ambiguous before.
To be fair there is a lot of speculation that this is actually entirely from steam’s side not sony or arrowhead.
Oh, that the delisting is Steam side? I thought you meant in general. My bad. I'll edit that.
Did they say it is specifically Sony that delisted it in those countries? Where did they say that?
I misunderstood. I meant that the whole initiative was from Sony. Kroxx was talking about the delisting in specific. I don’t have any info on that.
A community manager in HD2 Discord has said that the mandatory account linking is a Sony directive.
It appears that Steam had delisted the game in countries that PSN is not available in.
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