I live in Vietnam and this game is unavailable in my region.

[QueenOfDeathAus]

Anyone know why that's the case? A Japanese game unavailable in Asia makes no sense

[Xengre]

Originally posted by VenoM:

Originally posted by Xengre:

Blame your government. Steam is also no longer available in your region anymore because Vietnam blocked Steam entirely and are pushing for domestic gaming products due to bribes.


No they're not. Xbox is, too.

That xbox store you talking about, Xbox games on pc available worldwide except russia.

Game Pass? No, it is also not available in Cambodia.

In fact, a ton of Xbox and gaming related services are extremely restricted world wide just like Sony's https://www.xbox.com/en-US/regions

If you don't mean Game Pass on PC then it isn't "Xbox games" but just simply PC games which is an unrelated matter.

[VenoM]

Originally posted by Xengre:

Originally posted by VenoM:

That xbox store you talking about, Xbox games on pc available worldwide except russia.

Game Pass? No, it is also not available in Cambodia.

In fact, a ton of Xbox and gaming related services are extremely restricted world wide just like Sony's https://www.xbox.com/en-US/regions

If you don't mean Game Pass on PC then it isn't "Xbox games" but just simply PC games which is an unrelated matter.

Are you sure ?
Sea of Thieve https://steamdb.info/sub/983047/info/
GOT https://steamdb.info/sub/793537/info/

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by QueenOfDeathAus:

Ugh of course Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam we are all getting screwed here. I didn't realize this was a thing?

I am confused and maybe someone can highlight my ignorance : Why am I allowed to buy God of War then? That appears with no problem for me?

Let me explain, when the game was first announced Sony released it in all regions, but after the Helldivers drama, the forum was full of people in non-PSN regions making posts threatening how they're going to sue Sony and review bomb Sony and do this to Sony, because they were being sold half a game, they all said that the game should be delisted if they didn't have access to the entire game including the Legends MP mode.

So that's exactly what Sony did, they delisted it in all regions that don't support PSN.

Of course, they'll still sell single player games in non-PSN regions, you've just lost any Sony games that have a multiplayer component. And you can thank all the forum posts and twitter posts and offensive messages and threats to various Sony community managers for what happened.

[CheriSh21]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Originally posted by QueenOfDeathAus:

Ugh of course Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam we are all getting screwed here. I didn't realize this was a thing?

I am confused and maybe someone can highlight my ignorance : Why am I allowed to buy God of War then? That appears with no problem for me?

Let me explain, when the game was first announced Sony released it in all regions, but after the Helldivers drama, the forum was full of people in non-PSN regions making posts threatening how they're going to sue Sony and review bomb Sony and do this to Sony, because they were being sold half a game, they all said that the game should be delisted if they didn't have access to the entire game including the Legends MP mode.

So that's exactly what Sony did, they delisted it in all regions that don't support PSN.

Of course, they'll still sell single player games in non-PSN regions, you've just lost any 1st part Sony game that has any multiplayer component. And you can thank all the forum posts and twitter posts and offensive messages and threats to various Sony community managers for what happened.

Actually, it was the players from the non-PSN regions who weren't bothered about the PSN requirement. PlayStation consoles had always been sold in those countries, and they always just made PSN accounts using another region. It was the players from the PSN-available regions who were protesting the PSN requirement.

Btw OP, Sony is selling the game's Steam cd keys even in PSN restricted regions through exclusive 3rd party retailers, just not through the Steam Store, and at a higher price. Just check your local digital stores, although they were quickly sold out within a day here in PH.
https://steamdb.info/sub/1025015/

[Xengre]

Originally posted by VenoM:

Originally posted by Xengre:

Game Pass? No, it is also not available in Cambodia.

In fact, a ton of Xbox and gaming related services are extremely restricted world wide just like Sony's https://www.xbox.com/en-US/regions

If you don't mean Game Pass on PC then it isn't "Xbox games" but just simply PC games which is an unrelated matter.

Are you sure ?
Sea of Thieve https://steamdb.info/sub/983047/info/
GOT https://steamdb.info/sub/793537/info/

Yes, it depends on the game and restrictions for that game.

See this https://support.seaofthieves.com/articles/360000718708-What-regions-can-I-purchase-Sea-of-Thieves-in

Also see this https://support.seaofthieves.com/articles/360014194400-Steam-FAQ

Will Sea of Thieves be available in my country/region?

This game will be purchasable in all countries where the Steam store is available, and the list of supported languages is being expanded for the Steam release. However, if your language is not supported, the game will default to English.

If you look at the Horizon Zero Dawn and other Sony games you will see no restrictions for countries other than Russia, Japan (depending on version), etc. It just depends on the game and that list on Steam isn't entirely comprehensive, unfortunately.

There could also be matters like Sea of Thieves requires a Microsoft account... for the multiplayer, but not the single player, similar to GoT. As for why Sony delisted in countries that don't support PSN despite not requiring PSN for single player, similar to Sea of Thieves example my speculation is to avoid legal issues around not offering the full game as promised but with their poor communication it is anyone's guess until they say otherwise. Perhaps, at some point, they will release a special version that is single player only for those countries. Who knows.

In short, it is complicated unfortunately.

[Yew Nough]

Originally posted by WokesAreGross (RepliesMuted):

theres a certain fitgirl with a sixpack that can help ya out with that.

I heard she had a repack instead of a sixpack, I found that kinda strange.

[DoktorFeelG00d]

get a vpn

[thnmrjl]

My theory: Maybe Sony want to sell more PS so people from locked region force to buy a PS4-5 and the game???

[DemonChicken]

What about the other games Sony has published here on steam? Like God of War and Marvel’s Spiderman?
And if one of the games is already purchased, can we play them even on non-PSN countries?

[Donaldo Trumpado]

Because Sony hates you and your money

[Da]

According to this package, it might be possible to activate via key: https://steamdb.info/sub/1025015/
But you should ask a key vendor first about it.

[pollster]

Blocked in my country too. I guess we're not a "fortunate son"

[TOB]

Originally posted by Bisquetz:

Well first off the devs are actually American, but yeah the Japanese publisher which is Sony have started to block their games on Steam on regions where you can't make a PSN account.

List of regions affected: https://steamdb.info/sub/962153/info/

So yeah sadly Vietnam is one of those regions, but if you really want the game there's a place where you can get it for free... Yarr.

Thanks for the link, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is this frustrating, why would they make a game and then ban it in a 172 countries? Isnt that the opposite of profitable

[LeftPaw]

This playstation account thing is so dumb. They must be losing a ton of money and for what?
Nobody wants their stupid account because it's a massive security risk. They need to drop this requirement or update their security.

[Zuppiera]

Originally posted by Bisquetz:

Well first off the devs are actually American, but yeah the Japanese publisher which is Sony have started to block their games on Steam on regions where you can't make a PSN account.

List of regions affected: https://steamdb.info/sub/962153/info/

So yeah sadly Vietnam is one of those regions, but if you really want the game there's a place where you can get it for free... Yarr.

Arghhh, let's sail!