Sony PlayStation finally gets rid of PC game region locks after an entire year — but some still remain (www.windowscentral.com)
from simple@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world on 14 Jun 11:58
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simple@piefed.social on 14 Jun 11:59 next collapse

I noticed this earlier when Helldivers 2 appeared on my Steam page out of nowhere. It really is about time.

katze@lemmy.cafe on 14 Jun 13:26 next collapse

What a shitshow it was from Sony. But I’m glad the games are back, especially The Last of Us 2. The second season of the show was underwhelming, but the game sits an 90% of positive reviews.

QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world on 14 Jun 16:32 collapse

Out of the 133 countries where Helldivers 2 was previously locked out of, now there are only 7:

1. Belarus
2. Cuba
3. Iran
4. North Korea
5. Russian Federation
6. Syria
7. Viet Nam

steamdb.info/sub/906471/

Update: now there are 8… Japan was added to the list: steamdb.info/sub/137730/info/

However it looks like Japan has its own individual game package so players aren’t actually locked out over there.

Edit: formatting

zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com on 14 Jun 17:31 collapse

The others I can think of logic for, but why Vietnam?

Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world on 14 Jun 18:48 collapse

Steam is banned in Vietnam because it couldn’t/wouldn’t comply with their restrictive content laws.