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[–] sp6@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

I thought this might be a similar situation to Ghost of Tsushima where a PSN account is only required for online play, but Ragnarok has no multiplayer.

I don't understand why Sony is so insistent on this. PSN is still unsupported in 170+ territories; this requirement is just going to turn most of those "would-be" buyers in those territories into pirates.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago (5 children)

At this point I'm convinced that companies intentionally reduce access to their properties because making examples of a few pirates by making them pay millions of dollars is more profitable than legitimately selling games to a few thousand people

Would bet my life that that is why you can't legitimately buy most old Nintendo games online

[–] exscape@kbin.social 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Are there any cases of such payout actually happening...? I'm not buying it. (Literally and figuratively.)

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

No.

Commercial pirates or the people who initially leak a title might be targeted, consumers are not expected to pay significant damages.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Well famously Nintendo owns 1/3rd of every dollar Gary Bowser makes for the rest of his life

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