[Kipters]

No. They sold the game worldwide, and the FAQ explicitly said linking an account was worldwide, then they switched on the requirement and changed the FAQ.

Except it's impossible to create a PSN account in a lot of countires, countries where it was possible to buy and play the game and now it's too late for a refund, so people are stuck with a game they now can't play anymore.

Then they proceeded to gaslight people ("it just takes 2 minutes").

Then they withdrew the game from 177 countries (out of ~195 depending how you count), so people not only they couldn't buy it anymore, but people who had already bought it lost access to it.

It's a shitshow, they completely destroyed players' trust with this.

[beardedwizard]

Which impacted country are you in?

[Kipters]

None. My country is supported by PSN and I have an account as I've owned multiple PlayStation consoles, but does it matter?

[zzbzq]

Yes, because the phony outrage is really peculiar. Millions of angry nerds raging out about having to log into a game. Pretending it's because they care about the rights of their fellow gamers in 70 countries who don't have PSN, most of which also don't have running water, and almost none of which are English-speaking parts of this English-language outrage movement.

(Meanwhile there's a holocaust happening.)

[Kipters]

So unaffected people can't disagree with it because it's not even a nuisance for them? That's kinda selfish.

By the way, many developed countries that have running water and where people also speak English are affected too (and don't think there is no outrage in other languages), including (but not limited to) Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Bahamas, Belarus, Bosnia, Cayman Islands, Estonia, Georgia, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Maldives, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco and even San Marino, which is basically a neighborhood in Italy.

[beardedwizard]

that's a bingo. the outrage is performative.

[Sirizarry]

Yes yes there’s a holocaust, a few wars, plenty of human rights violations, people going hungry, and a bunch of other shit but frankly I don’t care and your holier than thou attitude doesn’t help instill any passion in these topics for me or anyone else reading your comment. Go read ayn rand or some shit