@ChikaBambus Not intending to downplay the whining about an extra account but the part which was an actual problem was that Sony took the games off the Steam store for markets where Sony doesn't permit creating a PS account. Sure enough I personally have PS accounts from 3 continents for purposes but even that didn't help me if I wanted to pay for a game on Steam. It's better now but I think it took months for the Ghost of Tsushima region lock to be removed after the whole Helldivers 2 fiasco got mitigated.
This PC debacle has seriously been grinding my gears. I've been gaming on the Playstation since PS1 and have had an out of region PSN account since it became a requirement for fully utilizing the console with the PS3. Transitioned more towards PC when the PS5 released with not that much to justify its existence. Thousands of currency given to Sony over the years while in reality I was not even allowed to own the account. Why even sell Playstation hardware and games in regions where PSN isn't allowed? Why is the problem at hand about games on PC being locked out from unsupported regions but not about Sony not adding more supported regions to PSN? Why are those unsupported regions not blocked from accessing PSN while on Playstation hardware?
Clearly it can't be such a big problem if people have been able to use out of region accounts for nearly 20 years so why not just acknowledge that a person living in country A registering to country B with false credentials is not so much different as a person living in country C registering to country C with false credentials.
Even if local currency can come into play at some stage for managing store prices, several European Union countries which use EUR as a currency are also blocked from creating accounts...
Not saying that I'd take any drastic steps such as completely abandoning the Playstation platform for all of eternity but this crackdown is definitely making me more cautious about any future currency given to Sony until they actually permit my country to have an account.
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Re: Rumour: Sony Backtracking on PC Strategy, Shifting Towards PS5 Exclusivity Again
@ChikaBambus Not intending to downplay the whining about an extra account but the part which was an actual problem was that Sony took the games off the Steam store for markets where Sony doesn't permit creating a PS account. Sure enough I personally have PS accounts from 3 continents for purposes but even that didn't help me if I wanted to pay for a game on Steam. It's better now but I think it took months for the Ghost of Tsushima region lock to be removed after the whole Helldivers 2 fiasco got mitigated.
Re: Sony Delists Ghost of Tsushima PC from Steam Regions in Line with Helldivers 2
This PC debacle has seriously been grinding my gears. I've been gaming on the Playstation since PS1 and have had an out of region PSN account since it became a requirement for fully utilizing the console with the PS3. Transitioned more towards PC when the PS5 released with not that much to justify its existence. Thousands of currency given to Sony over the years while in reality I was not even allowed to own the account. Why even sell Playstation hardware and games in regions where PSN isn't allowed? Why is the problem at hand about games on PC being locked out from unsupported regions but not about Sony not adding more supported regions to PSN? Why are those unsupported regions not blocked from accessing PSN while on Playstation hardware?
Clearly it can't be such a big problem if people have been able to use out of region accounts for nearly 20 years so why not just acknowledge that a person living in country A registering to country B with false credentials is not so much different as a person living in country C registering to country C with false credentials.
Even if local currency can come into play at some stage for managing store prices, several European Union countries which use EUR as a currency are also blocked from creating accounts...
Not saying that I'd take any drastic steps such as completely abandoning the Playstation platform for all of eternity but this crackdown is definitely making me more cautious about any future currency given to Sony until they actually permit my country to have an account.