Can't play because my country is not in Playstation approved regions

[KURAJBERfo'life]

How sad is that? They are forcing people do pirate games. I wanted to buy it outright for a full price and i can't because my country is still not approved. Don't want to run through hoops just to end up buying 60 euro game. Ridiculous. When will they add all countries and make their games available to everyone? Though it would be the end of it when they added their games to PC but i guess something always has to come up.

[Grimzy]

Publicado originalmente por KURAJBERfo'life:

How sad is that? They are forcing people do pirate games. I wanted to buy it outright for a full price and i can't because my country is still not approved. Don't want to run through hoops just to end up buying 60 euro game. Ridiculous. When will they add all countries and make their games available to everyone? Though it would be the end of it when they added their games to PC but i guess something always has to come up.

You can blame your countries government for that. Because likely they have some requirements for Sony that are too bothersome and it is not worth it for them.
Despite what a lot of people think majority of the problem why PSN not being available in regions / countries are government laid outlines for such services.
For example there are countries in EU where you will not be able to make a PSN account unless you submit a copy of your countries ID card (that is a requirement the government put on).

[Syl]

No, he still can blame Sony for this because Sony is requesting that an PSN Account is necessary to play the game and not his country...

[KURAJBERfo'life]

Publicado originalmente por Syl:

No, he still can blame Sony for this because Sony is requesting that an PSN Account is necessary to play the game and not his country...

Exactly. Insane that I want to spend money on something but it's not beeing made available to me and it's not even a new game that I'm gonna throw 60 euroes at. Crazy.

[Grimzy]

Publicado originalmente por Syl:

No, he still can blame Sony for this because Sony is requesting that an PSN Account is necessary to play the game and not his country...

Not really. It is the same exact thing as Battlenet, 2k, rockstar, ubisoft and others are doing.
The only difference is the restriction with is not even Sony's fault.
And they inform you clearly about it from the store page, so it is all there black on white.

If they made PSN available in his region but government put on a required state ID verification by sending in a copy or other government issues ID's you would be here complaining about them "getting your data" while it would be completely enforced on them.

So if you want to complain complain at the actual root of the issue and not those caught in it.

[KURAJBERfo'life]

Publicado originalmente por Grimzy:

Publicado originalmente por Syl:

No, he still can blame Sony for this because Sony is requesting that an PSN Account is necessary to play the game and not his country...

Not really. It is the same exact thing as Battlenet, 2k, rockstar, ubisoft and others are doing.
The only difference is the restriction with is not even Sony's fault.
And they inform you clearly about it from the store page, so it is all there black on white.

If they made PSN available in his region but government put on a required state ID verification by sending in a copy or other government issues ID's you would be here complaining about them "getting your data" while it would be completely enforced on them.

So if you want to complain complain at the actual root of the issue and not those caught in it.

What the root of the issue? Please elaborate. It is absolutely Sony's fault.

[Epic The Incandescent]

Root issue is single player game REQUIRING additional online components. They Aught to make it Opt In and reward players with in game stuff to just make them WANT to use the PSN.

[Grimzy]

Publicado originalmente por Epic The Incandescent:

Root issue is single player game REQUIRING additional online components. They Aught to make it Opt In and reward players with in game stuff to just make them WANT to use the PSN.

I agree on this except for the part where you just blame Sony, because it is not just Sony enforcing this, like I said earlier, Battlenet, Gethseda, Ubisoft, Rockstar, 2k and so on are doing the exact same thing. So we should blame all of them equally.

Publicado originalmente por KURAJBERfo'life:

Publicado originalmente por Grimzy:

Not really. It is the same exact thing as Battlenet, 2k, rockstar, ubisoft and others are doing.
The only difference is the restriction with is not even Sony's fault.
And they inform you clearly about it from the store page, so it is all there black on white.

If they made PSN available in his region but government put on a required state ID verification by sending in a copy or other government issues ID's you would be here complaining about them "getting your data" while it would be completely enforced on them.

So if you want to complain complain at the actual root of the issue and not those caught in it.

What the root of the issue? Please elaborate. It is absolutely Sony's fault.

So it is sony's fault for not wanting to open PSN servers in a new region and eat responsibility of government issued guidelines regarding the data they store and instructions for example to share it with said government?

If I had my own company I would not do it either, why should I take the responsibility of something that was forced on me?

[KURAJBERfo'life]

Publicado originalmente por Grimzy:

Publicado originalmente por Epic The Incandescent:

Root issue is single player game REQUIRING additional online components. They Aught to make it Opt In and reward players with in game stuff to just make them WANT to use the PSN.

I agree on this except for the part where you just blame Sony, because it is not just Sony enforcing this, like I said earlier, Battlenet, Gethseda, Ubisoft, Rockstar, 2k and so on are doing the exact same thing. So we should blame all of them equally.

Publicado originalmente por KURAJBERfo'life:

What the root of the issue? Please elaborate. It is absolutely Sony's fault.

So it is sony's fault for not wanting to open PSN servers in a new region and eat responsibility of government issued guidelines regarding the data they store and instructions for example to share it with said government?

If I had my own company I would not do it either, why should I take the responsibility of something that was forced on me?

Except that I'm playing all their games with no issues while I can't say the same for Sony. I don't mind making a PSN account but I simply can't. Not available for my country and there's no reason to not make it available.

[Foxador]

Sony doesn't need PSN for this game at all as this isn't a online game and it's not a form of DRM. It's just something that they're forcing users to have so that the CEO can say that the current PSN numbers are on the rise

The CEO of sony has gone on record for saying that numbers up good, numbers not moving is stagnant which means negativity. That the easiest and best way to get the numbers up is to make it a requirement even if it's not necessary as this drives the numbers up and has a chance of locking in these new potential customers as new loyal to the PS clan. IE, that once they sign up for the PSN they'll drop their panties and decide that they'll want every other PS game now and buy a ps5

[KURAJBERfo'life]

Publicado originalmente por Foxador:

Sony doesn't need PSN for this game at all as this isn't a online game and it's not a form of DRM. It's just something that they're forcing users to have so that the CEO can say that the current PSN numbers are on the rise

The CEO of sony has gone on record for saying that numbers up good, numbers not moving is stagnant which means negativity. That the easiest and best way to get the numbers up is to make it a requirement even if it's not necessary as this drives the numbers up and has a chance of locking in these new potential customers as new loyal to the PS clan. IE, that once they sign up for the PSN they'll drop their panties and decide that they'll want every other PS game now and buy a ps5

Yeah, that makes perfect sense.

[Demian DeVile]

This PSN account requirement is not only unnecessary for a single-player game, it also makes you dependent on Sony. Their guidelines are sometimes much stricter and most ToS prohibit changing game data, i.e. modding. This PSN requirement allows Sony to check the data if they want to and if, for example, you install a mod that replaces MJ's character model in Spider-Man 2 with the character model from the previous game, it can lead to you losing your PSN account. And with it access to all the games that are connected to it.
So you are giving Sony, another company that is not exactly known for being customer-friendly, remote access to all the games that you have to connect to this account.
There is a good reason why people don't have a PayStation and don't want one.
For me, the PSN account requirement is an absolute deal breaker. I would rather not play the games at all than create an account like that, and yes, I wouldn't create a UBI account again these days either.

[UGX Rorke]

i have the game but never spent a dime on it because of this psn requirement im not going to have a account when there own secuirty is about as safe as a chocolate fire guard

[Danjonkovich]

Sony should not require users to set up a PSN account for single player titles. Quite simply this alienates the PC fan base and restricts potential sales. I truly wonder why they've chosen to go this route. It can't just be about bolstering their PSN numbers...

If so many countries/regions are unable to access PSN for whatever convoluted reason(s), make the sign up optional until such time that PSN is made available to everyone, everywhere.

Sony are doing themselves no favours.

[UGX Rorke]

Publicado originalmente por Danjonkovich:

Sony should not require users to set up a PSN account for single player titles. Quite simply this alienates the PC fan base and restricts potential sales. I truly wonder why they've chosen to go this route. It can't just be about bolstering their PSN numbers...

If so many countries/regions are unable to access PSN for whatever convoluted reason(s), make the sign up optional until such time that PSN is made available to everyone, everywhere.

Sony are doing themselves no favours.

there next move is probibly forcing psn plus into there games just because

[UGX Rorke]

Publicado originalmente por Danjonkovich:

Sony should not require users to set up a PSN account for single player titles. Quite simply this alienates the PC fan base and restricts potential sales. I truly wonder why they've chosen to go this route. It can't just be about bolstering their PSN numbers...

If so many countries/regions are unable to access PSN for whatever convoluted reason(s), make the sign up optional until such time that PSN is made available to everyone, everywhere.

Sony are doing themselves no favours.

i just check The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered and there forcing PSN account on that game as well RIP the last of us