Make this mandatory so that funding from the actual causes go to where they are responsible for and to expose crimes against the planet. Maybe then they’ll care when they lose money from their negative actions and exposed crime affecting their sales.
This could be the case, as with the reviews tanking, there was an influx of refunds being made on Steam. It’s strange that only PSN restricted countries were chosen though. Hard to say with what little we know.
All regions available. The change added all the current restrictions.
Good comment! This is why I mentioned everyone to come to their own conclusions and supplied an easily replicable action to verify instantly by the user. I also think we should sit back and see what unfolds, but still not forget this is still a thing.
tl;dr - Helldivers 2 was removed for purchase on Steam for countries unable to create PSN accounts. This was not reverted.
tl;dr Steam Console command - Replicable results by performing: Run > steam://open/console > Execute command: package_info_print 137730
As many are aware, on May 6th Sony has rescinded their mandatory PSN account linking that was scheduled for May 30th. Although this is a big win, many are not aware that the same countries that were going to be restricted due PSN limitations have already been restricted on Steam as of May 4th (SteamDB - Change 23416542 - https://steamdb.info/changelist/23416542/). This was not reverted.
You can find current information regarding this through Steam console:
- Open Steam console (Run > steam://open/console)
- Execute command
package_info_print 137730(This is the command to print current information for 137730, which is the sub/package for Helldivers 2) - Here's the current output for that as of this posting:
] package_info_print 137730 PackageID : 137730, change number : 23416565/23416565 "137730" { "packageid" "137730" "billingtype" "10" "licensetype" "1" "status" "0" "extended" { "allowcrossregiontradingandgifting" "false" "AllowPurchaseFromRestrictedCountries" "0" "PurchaseRestrictedCountries" "AF AG AI AL AM AN AO AQ AS AW AX AZ BA BB BD BF BI BJ BL BM BN BQ BS BT BV BW BY BZ CC CD CF CG CI CK CM CU CV CW CX DJ DM DO DZ EG EH ER ET FJ FK FM FO FX GA GD GE GF GG GH GI GL GM GN GP GQ GS GU GW GY HM HT IM IO IQ IR JE JM JO JP KE KG KH KI KM KN KP KY KZ LA LC LK LR LS LY MA MC MD ME MF MG MH MK ML MM MN MO MP MQ MR MS MU MV MW MZ NA NC NE NF NG NP NR NU PF PG PH PK PM PN PR PS PW RE RS RW SB SC SD SH SJ SL SM SN SO SR SS ST SX SY SZ TC TD TF TG TJ TK TL TM TN TO TT TV TZ UG UM UZ VA VC VE VG VI VN VU WF WS XD YE YT ZM ZW" } "appids" { "0" "553850" "1" "2506210" "2" "2506220" "3" "2506240" "4" "2506250" "5" "2506260" "6" "2506280" "7" "2506300" } "depotids" { "0" "553851" "1" "553853" "2" "553854" } "AppItems" { } } - Notable fields: AllowPurchaseFromRestrictedCountries=0 (Meaning do not allow from Restricted Countries); PurchaseRestrictedCountries={List of Countries}
You can also find a better formatted version of these limitations on SteamDB here: https://steamdb.info/sub/137730/info/
Hope this helps put things into perspective. Come to your own conclusions regarding this.
Edit: https://lemm.ee/post/31661746 - Steam announcement that these restrictions were requested by the publisher Sony and to find more information about this decision through them.
Edit2: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/third-person-shooter/helldivers-2-gets-delisted-in-more-countries-without-psn-access-blindsided-devs-call-for-it-to-be-available-worldwide/ Gamesradar post from another community post.
Edit3: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2024/05/ghost-of-tsushima-psn-steam-refunds/ Ghost of Tsushima related issue.