Game Over? Why Digital Ownership Feels More Like Borrowing

AsimLionheart1d 10h ago

“So what your saying is gaming is a privilege that locking it down to what you call “underdeveloped” counties is great fuck them right lets just skip over the fact they were all playing this game and other Steam games 0 issues”

I think you are a little confused here. Do you understand what a game being “delisted” means? Nobody from those countries has been blocked out of Helldivers 2. People who bought the game and have it installed can STILL play it just fine. Sony delisted the game in unsupported countries which means that you cannot purchase it or download it anymore. That only means no new players can enter the player base.

Secondly, this is not some outrageous decision coming out of the left field. There are tons of games that are not available for purchase in various countries. One Helldivers 2 player from Russia stated in the above Reddit thread that more than half of the Steam Library is not available for purchase in their country due to various reasons. Similarly, many games are delisted in the Middle East which contain offensive material for those cultures. Any company is well within its rights to decide where it wants to sell its product.

Finally, the argument was if there were enough Helldivers 2 customers in those countries to lead to a drastic decline in the player base if they were blocked out of the game. However, all those players who have the game on their PCs can still play it which makes your argument moot. Furthermore, the fact remains that the number of players in all those countries makes up only a tiny and inconsequential portion of the total player base. Therefore, they cant possibly be responsible for the decline in playerbase as you claim.