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This is annoying in a way, but really, how is this any different than buying an EA or Ubisoft game on steam? I mean, besides that it’s actually a good game. This bullshit has been normalized for awhile and isn’t a surprise.
Some of us don't buy that bullshit either.
Only because people like yourself allow it to be.
Gotta give it to EA and ubisoft tho, they really help me boycott them. I wish I could say it takes some effort to avoid their games or that I would buy them if they were good companies but damn, I don't think they released a single interesting game in the past 10 years
titanfall 2 (2016) is the only good game from EA in the last 10 years
I think you guys all missed the implication that I think EA and Ubisoft games suck. Why am I buying games that suck?
Your comment read like many I have seen in response, suggesting that "normal"= acceptable.
I don't really care if EA or Ubi games are good or not. In either case, the problem is not the game, it's the publisher.
Yeah, I could have worded that better.
I suppose I have accepted it as just the way it is and will be, which is a shame, but I don’t buy their products either. I would love to play the new God of War, but I don’t need to that badly. There’s plenty of other great games out there without this bullshit which I would rather support
I believe the issue is they are way more region limited and you could buy the game but not be able to access it due to that region limitation.
Could be wrong, all I know is from the hell divers chaos
They're delisting in regions without PSN. The irony of Helldivers is they backpedaled on PSN requirement but left it delisted in those countries. So people who already bought it can still play but new people can't buy, so the player base is steadily declining.
Because they're still planning to implement it
Yeah, the previous Sony games on PC can be bought anywhere in the world but in Russia, yet the latest cannot be purchased in 170 countries, including some EU members like Estonia and Lithuania.
Who says it is different? Some time ago, I wanted to buy South Park: The Fractured but Whole on Steam, but when I saw the Ubisoft account requirement, I immediately close the tab.
As you should, good job. I guess I failed to elaborate - I think unfortunately it will still sell very well, as has been demonstrated by other companies doing this. I don’t expect Sony to stop, they had the opportunity, are doubling down, and it does suck. I guess I have a hard time being outraged when really it’s nothing new. Same shit, different company.
It isn’t, and shouldn’t be normalised but criticised. Yet people buy into this shit anyway