PlayStation Stars members now have the opportunity to use reward points to claim free copies of Helldivers 2 and Rise of the Ronin.
The lack of worldwide availability of Arrowhead Studios' Helldivers 2 on Steam is due to restrictions from PlayStation, not Valve.
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.
Sony would be stupid to let valve run the show. They would be bad at business if they did that.
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.
The Arrowhead Game Studios CEO has shed some new light on the mass restrictions of Helldivers 2 in 180 countries.
Sony needs to learn pc players are noting like console players. If they don't like something about the way you handle a game they will do everything to derail the game. Review bomb on steam, pirate the game what ever.
Sony should just stick to releasing single player pc games. Or don't allow crossplay so no need for PSN linking on pc. Or just stop releasing games on pc.
Sony is ruining one of the best 'live service' games to be released in recent memory... I don't understand publishers man... not just Sony, but all of them. Always about money, never the consumer
Star Wars is coming to Helldivers 2, unofficially that is, as a new mod revamps in-game models and sends players to a galaxy far, far, away.
the best deal i got on PlayStation stars was getting a 10 dollar PSN card with points and getting Assassin creed black flag with it for free this was a month ago and have finished the game {one of the best Assassin creed games for sure}
Doing the calculations you would save 10$ plus tax on helldivers 2 with the points over using them on psn credit. At least in canada.
Problem is i doubt i will ever get to 10k points. I got 2k points and i will probably use 1250 to get 5 off the FXVI DLC.
Every time I get enough points to buy a $5 credit to my wallet, that's what I do. 1,250 points for $5.
I don't think I'd save up that many points.
I mean, technically you have to spend enough money on the PSN store to acquire the points, but yea once you have enough you cash them in for these so it is free in that sense.
Sony should offer coupons that offer discounts, maybe pay a fee for like 2 or 3 more coupons to use for that month on whatever you wana buy like 50% off coupons, idk something lol