The lack of worldwide availability of Arrowhead Studios' Helldivers 2 on Steam is due to restrictions from PlayStation, not Valve.
A new Major Order promises a new Stratagem for the dedicated players of Helldivers 2. Fans are united in the efforts to complete the mission.
The Helldivers 2 fans were given an opportunity by the new CCO to think of the most exciting idea for a new Stratagem for Eagle-1.
There are dozens of Stratagems to choose from in Helldivers 2, and one player has used 840 hours of gameplay to determine the most popular.
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.
Yikes
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.