Have they reinstated the games back in the 177 countries they delisted it in? Can those people who paid for the game still play it?
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Negative reviews should remain until the purchase restrictions put in place on Steam for non-PSN countries have been reverted.
Until then this looks like a temporary move for damage control and they'll try this again when refunds are less likely and wont be from restricted countries.
https://steamdb.info/sub/137730/history/?changeid=23416542
Democracy has not won yet.
There was a theory that the purchase restrictions were put in place by Valve, not Sony (because those countries couldn’t make an account without violating TOS). If so, Valve might shortly remove the restrictions.
Getting abusive parent vibes from the language of Sony's post.
Corporate PR speak always sounds cringe and I despise it. Just be humans you fucking pricks.