Helldivers 2 Dev Wants It To Be Available Worldwide, Restrictions Are From PlayStation & Not Steam

The lack of worldwide availability of Arrowhead Studios' Helldivers 2 on Steam is due to restrictions from PlayStation, not Valve.

[thorstein]

To be clear though, Steam does not restrict use of their platform in any country. So, to say that Sony delisted games in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and other similar regions is disingenuous. The taliban doesn't allow video games in Afghanistan.

There are many restrictions in many countries. Painting this as a false dichotomy of Sony or Valve ignores all other layers of what is going on.

Just be honest in your journalism about what countries are left out. Those countries should a) have internet access b) allow the game.

[H9]

There's literally almost 170 countries and mentioned 3, and Taliban banned PUBG only, do you seriously think that these countries that had games all this time, suddenly decided to ban games when Sony wanted to put PSN as a restriction

[thorstein]

You and 7 other people haven't seen the "list" of 170 countries that have been bandied about.

And why is it my problem that you haven't informed yourself about which countries are on that list?

[H9]

@thorstein I have seen it, I see countries that haven't banned the game or any game and almost all of them have banned less games than USA did, your whole point is nonsense

[thorstein]

Learn to math:

There are 195 countries where Steam is available (195 countries in the world).

There are 73 countries where PSN is available.

Helldivers was delisted all the countries without PSN.

195-73=122 countries that could have possibly delisted Helldivers.

According to you, Helldivers is only available in (math: 195-170=) 25 countries. Article claims is 180 so 15 counties.

Now choice: do I believe Sony, Steam, Arrowhead who have stated clearly how many countries is available in: 73.

Or random internet guy (and lying journalists) that believe it's only available in 25 or 15..

Nah, I'll go with Sony, Valve, Arrowhead on that one.

[H9]

@thorstein what a way to evade criticism what does that have to do with me saying that the countries you mentioned didn't ban the game and Taliban does allow gaming!

And btw you learn math because here's the full list
https://gamerant.com/helldi...

I have seen Sony cry babies in my life but you sir take the cake

[thorstein]

No you're right. Helldivers is only available in 1/3 of the countries where PSN is available.25 countries. Got it. And that source is a journalist. Not Sony, Arrowhead, nor Steam.

Thanks. I feel so much better now that my fellow Helldivers are not in the countries they say they're in because random internet guy says so.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Have you told Arrowhead yet, they don't seem to know that you can only buy their game in 25 countries.

No math and no critical thinking.

Yeah, I'm a crybaby for knowing math and realizing that the journalists just keep repeating the same thing from a reddit thread without thinking it through.

Wow, what a burn.

[H9]

God what a sheep you are, so you would actually believe Sony a company that is doing the harm, rather than the actual static? You know what, you be you, hope Sony will acknowledge you one day and keep riping you off and stealing your money, if you are into Stockholm syndrome that much have you tried being a apple fan, they can milk you just as well!

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Yikes

[anast]

Sony would be stupid to let valve run the show. They would be bad at business if they did that.

[Angyobangyo]

Bad business, lol. Imagine calling Sony's most successful game on PC "bad business" thinking thinking all this drama was Valve's fault. Valve didn't delist the game, Sony did!

[Amplitude]

I pray for the day that Valve bans developers from forcing account linking and separate launchers for games on Steam. There's absolutely no reason for it, it often breaks Steam Deck games, it's privacy-invading, spams up your email inbox, and worst of all it's just extremely annoying.

[Extermin8or3_]

They will never do this because publishers will start their own stores up again instead and take the games off steam. Microsoft, EA, Sony, Ubisoft all so that and that means Bethesda game studios and Activision titles too. Steam would be dead in the water and just a store for indies.

[Amplitude]

Ok I pray for the day that Valve bans them and then the world government bans all other stores other than Steam

[repsahj]

If your prayers will come true. Steam will have fewer games and new competitions. XD