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[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

They devs say the knew of the requirement from Sony and it was also part of the store requirement since it was listed, so why would they list it for sale in those countries? It seems Steam should have some limitation in place on their end, and the Dev picks sales on Steam, not the publisher.

Theres shit to go to everyone here, not just Sony in this case. And no one seems to want to accept personal responsibility for not reading the game requirements and ignoring the splash screen when you first loaded the game. Everyone who bought and missed all the warning flags should also take a look back at themselves before complaining about something that was always going to be required and was at the very start at launch.

[–] August27th@lemmy.ca 51 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Did the CEO of Sony write this? A bait and switch scam is fine apparently, as long as there's some legalese to protect the company in there.

It seems Steam should have some limitation in place on their end, and the Dev picks sales on Steam, not the publisher.

Then what is the job of the publisher? To perpetrate scams it seems, because seemingly the devs published the game just fine all by themselves to Steam. If they didn't do that right, the publisher suddenly has no responsibility to make sure that was distributed correctly? Whose job is it to ensure the product is published in line with their inevitable goals, we wonder.

so why would they list it for sale in those countries?

Because they botched the bait and switch. And now Valve is cleaning up Sony's mess. Too bad they couldn't clean up Sony's mess of leaked customer data. I guess they can't fix it but prevent the next one by making publishers agree up front that they can't require data from players, in order to publish a game, but I digress.

no one seems to want to accept personal responsibility

No one should have to expect to be subject to a bait and switch scam in the first place. Which is what this clearly is, because if they were truly up front, they would have required the account on day one and had the appropriate region filters in place, so consumers could never be in this position.

Stop blaming the victims of corporate greed and scams; people should be able to reasonably enjoy things they paid for without being molested and exploited. Personal responsibility my ass when there should be laws to prevent this kind of thing in the first place.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 7 months ago

A publisher in gaming bankrolls a lot of the costs and hurdles. Why do you think developers often use publishers? You think they just want to have a boss and give a cut of the profits away for nothing?

[–] ech@lemm.ee 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

and the Dev picks sales on Steam, not the publisher.

Do you happen to have a source for this? It was my understanding that the publisher handled all distribution. Hence the name. And if I'm wrong, I'd like to fix my misunderstanding.

[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I never even had the option to skip linking accounts. Granted I bought the game within the first few weeks of release.

[–] PrettyLights@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The option to skip was there 20 minutes after launch until now.

It said required in the popup, but still had a skip button with no consequences.

[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Oh I guess I missed that. I wonder if I can unlink.

[–] CasualPenguin@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

Open minded but not sure I agree: is it really on the consumers to ensure that a product won't completely stop working for them?