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Sony Confirmed To Be Behind HD2 Delisting Of 180 Countries, Not Valve (lemm.ee)

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[-] Donut@leminal.space 20 points 6 months ago

Why would Valve delist a game? Can you elaborate on what kind of speculation was made?

[+] Kroxx@lemm.ee -8 points 6 months ago

The idea was that the weekend of the review bombing AH and Sony weren't communicating a lot/ didn't have a plan for countries where the game was already sold but could no longer be played.

So it was speculated that Valve might have pulled sales because they wanted to protect themselves from any legal repercussions, while all the dust settled. At the very least it would look like they tried to do something if it ever went to court.

It made sense to me but I live in the US. If you break into someones house here and hurt yourself, the homeowner is liable legally even though the criminal was breaking and entering into the homeowners home. The country is so sue happy that many companies are very proactive on legal matters.

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Any articles for this speculation or uncertainty? Because that's also something Valve would be quick to shut down and point to Sony, for legal reasons.

Or is this all reddit threads from people who don't understand how steam works?

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

No, YOU'RE the one claiming speculation. The null statement is "Without a PR statement, we don't know who delisted the game". The speculation was "We believe Sony delisted it." It just means he's not satisfied by any evidence in place. You don't demand sources to make someone disprove a speculative.