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Helldivers 2 now delisted in 177 countries (steamdb.info)

submitted 6 months ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Looks like Arrowhead might be moving forward with PSN despite "internal discussions".

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[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 155 points 6 months ago

The accounts are so important that you're willing to lose sales in that many countries?!

[-] yukichigai@kbin.social 108 points 6 months ago

While 177 countries sounds like a lot, it's not where the majority of players are. PSN operates in the top 15 countries by GDP and the top 4 by population.

Of course there's still the question of why they work in so few countries when literally none of their competitors (that I know of) have those limitations.

[-] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 6 months ago

It's because it's a Japanese company. I'm not saying this out of racism but because they're known for being archaic in how they do certain things. Like game modding and work schedules. Their public transit is top fucking notch though.

[-] Renegade_roosteR@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

I think the mistake was ever thinking that one company is "good" while the other is "bad". Companies are just different flavors of bad once they grow above a size of, well, once they are companies.

[-] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Only because we didn't know better when we were kids.

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Their public transit is top fucking notch though.

I've been to Japan a few times. Only Tokyo is super accurate with time. Go to any other Japanese city and it's no different from any other city in the world. Late trains. Buses that are 10 mins late or not even showing.

Can we kill this narrative that Japan is hyper efficient with public transportation?

[-] Soundhole@lemm.ee -4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I thought you were being racist until you said that thing about public transit, so we're good 👍

EDIT: I was making a dumb joke, y'all. I thought OP did not need to worry about sounding racist at all so I was trying ricochet off of that. Sorry, pretty clearly did not land right, I apologize.

[-] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 6 months ago

That wasn't in response to my racist comment but in response to the archaic comment. They're as much archaic in procedure and bureaucracy as they are advanced in tech.