Sony just Repeated what Destroyed Helldivers 2

[@vextakes]

Sony havin their EA Orgin/Ubisoft Uplay moment on PC...

[@bankaimaster999]

Sony fanboys were crying about Sony losing its exclusives to PC! Until you realize its limited to certain countries via the PSN scam.

[@handsomemre]

as someone who have played helldivers 2 for like 112 hours , i dont think psn account killed the game the problem with helldivers 2 is that theres just no new content to play , why would i play the same content that ive played for 110 hours i have nothing left to do so i quit

[@lewie110]

@@handsomemre i played for 327 hours, i absolutely quit when the psn sign in became a thing,. 177 different countries were blocked from playing a game they bought and had a couple hundred hours in. i clicked ignore for all sony games on steam.

[@vladdeqzira9692]

YES, I like the videos in which Sony gets trashed! MORE!!

[@Swifter101]

I understand that almost everybody prefers steam I do as well . but the others are just trying to compete with exclusive etc there is no other way to compete steam is so entrenched to point people don't even think about . so when some other company whats to have there own platform on pc people cry so much if don't like what they are doing don't buy anything they make case closed.

[@Efsaaneh]

>Don't like getting pirated >Don't let people in 170 countries buy your game >Don't let people who buy your games play unless they sign in to your garbage service Yeah, im just gonna sail the seas again

[@R3TR0J4N]

Dude this sums it up.

[@CarTastic-fv6eo]

You have to be online to play single palyer only game XD.

[@InnerFire6213]

Your whole plan depends on the fact that they didn't put denuvo on ragnarok. You are at their mercy. Only because it sold so well on ps5 sony didn't care to put denuvo in it

[@HuggyBuddyOwO]

​@@InnerFire6213 you're saying that as if Denuvo-protected games are the only good games that existed.

[@TheBigBallsOfFury]

@@InnerFire6213 Exactly, dumb circular logic for these people. So much cope.

[@jesseomollo9405]

Region block your game (✔️) Force PSN account (✔️) Can't login (✔️) Lose players (✔️)

[@mauriciohiure2192]

also blocking 4gb cards to even launch the game

[@jeffreyugochukwu1942]

@@mauriciohiure2192 Game's a bit more demanding to run than 2018, so the higher minimum VRAM count was justified.

[@exodia7488]

@@mauriciohiure2192 4 GB Graphic Card in 2024 is criminal

[@__-fi6xg]

@@jeffreyugochukwu1942 it doesnt matter, there are low graphics mods on pc for popular games

[@mauriciohiure2192]

@@exodia7488 even if it is, so what? they shouldn't block people from accessing the game just because they have a 4gb card, 3050 ti 4gb released like 2 years ago and if it depended on Sony that card would already be dead, if it's gonna run like ass then just give the option for the consumer to see that if they want better performance they need more vram, not straight up force them to upgrade like this

[@whiskytangi]

The most downloaded mod for GOW:R is to remove the sony ps account requirement

[@joseijosei]

I got it too lol. The first time I tried the game I didn't have to log into my PSN account, so I was playing it just fine until an update. Am I the only one?

[@kyouksterm208]

got nuked

[@CabbageSalesman]

​@@kyouksterm208the mod is gone?? And here was me having some hope

[@kyouksterm208]

@@CabbageSalesman yeah both nexus page and github are down right now the "OTHER" mod is a crack

[@AlbinoMothDragon]

​@@joseijoseiturn updates off, play offline, the game has no online features

[@alentanor]

Already refunded it. The moment a single player game need internet connection, it's not worth buying.

[@Bruno-fw6nw]

It isn't even required wth

[@Ghost_wolf7275]

I'm pretty sure you didn't look at the options

[@thaias9654]

This is something I already practice with heavily with mobile games. If the description/tags/trailers/etc don't mention/show online or multiplayer and the game requires internet when I launch it for the first time I uninstall it. Glad I wasn't interested in this game because it would've been the fastest refund in existence.

[@Pharozos]

@@Bruno-fw6nw Then how does it authenticate with Sonys server if you are offline?

[@alentanor]

@@Pharozos It doesn't need to. It's already bought through steam. The reason you buy from steam, or epic store is that they are taking care of the deal with the publisher{Like sony} When you buy a can of preserved tomato, you only deal with Target or Walmart, you don't need to deal with whoever made it. That's the same with games, they made it, it's now downloaded through steam servers. A single player game doesn't need internet connection. That's their whole reason to exist, if they demanded an internet connection, or a sign-in to an account other than whatever I bough it from, they don't deserve being player, and should be refunded.

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

It's been repeated many, many times, but I'll say it again, "Piracy is a service issue. If you want to stop piracy then you need to take care of customers and provide a better service than what the pirates can provide."

[@tarekcat1]

Bold of you to assume somebody followed this advice

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

@@tarekcat1 In terms of?

[@ariffirdaus5376]

​​@@tarekcat1its so funny when the pirated version dont have the psn requirment, or even denuvo for that matter, downloading rn

[@jundesuwa]

Hail lord gaben

[@ReigoVassal]

​@@tarekcat1 Netflix in around 2017 follow that advice and actually reduce the number of piracy. The advice does works.

[@Vews]

"If paying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"

[@bankaimaster999]

That's right, we not pirating anything but we are borrowing it.

[@deltacsgo_]

love you man. op comment

[@navisoul-oi8mo]

great comment

[@bfhandsomeface409]

So you steal everything you rent? LOL

[@FIVESTRZ]

Just gonna borrow this until it’s time to delete it.

[@Renzo_Benzo]

Sony has been absolutely losing their fucking minds lately

[@esko911]

Woke brain virus is a deadly virus.

[@excalibur2596]

Sony wakes up everyday wondering how they can throw away even more of their money into the fire pit.

[@KnightofAges]

This is what happens when execs don't have to suffer the consequences of their errors. When a regular worker effs up, s/he can lose her/his job. When an exec effs up, absolute worst they can get is a massive paycheck of millions to leave the company, or then get a big bonus and get moved to another top position at another department. Lack of accountability is ruining a lot of industries, including the AAA gaming one.

[@XxWarmancxX]

Welcome to what a lack of competition does

[@Ryantheman17]

Yeah and Xbox hasn't it sure they said they do this before hand

[@AliYassinToma]

When piracy gets you a better experience, you should never buy the game...

[@vextakes]

i aint even sure if piracy gets by it

[@doniherald7745]

@@vextakes try it bro

[@AliYassinToma]

@vextakes already on fitgirl repacks with this bypass and with the 6gb vram limit removed

[@AliYassinToma]

​@doniherald7745 he cant theyll delete his video

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

I bought through Steam, Sniper Elite 4, does not work on Win 11. Went on the high seas, got a working copy that plays fine.

[@mikowizo8604]

What they did is practically free advertising on the Piracy of their games 😂

[@bananaborn4785]

lisen, sony really REALLY needs to see your browser search history, its very important to them and without it they cant make your SINGPLE PLAYER game work properly

[@VF0312]

This was blocked in many regions. So I travelled to the high seas

[@SaucerX]

My people from the old continent never disappoint

[@KJNTW2004]

Pirates of the Caribbean theme song**

[@solanumtuberosa]

The waters are interconnected so no region block

[@R3TR0J4N]

😂 omg poetic

[@jacktheripper4323]

My ancestors' blood is kicking in

[@Swagarot]

my friend bought the game and had issues with the psn account, then he found out there it was already cracked and just applied the crack to the steam files and refunded lol, how is sony this dumb, actually refusing to take money

[@LOOTLORD605]

damn son. sweaty hardcore.

[@Swagarot]

@@LOOTLORD605 its not really hard to apply cracks these days not sure why you think its hardcore lol

[@BoltzHG]

@@Swagarot Never was, I remember cracking games as a kid. Its often dumb easy to perform and even some "harder" to apply cracks often just have extra steps that you often are told of how to perform in the readme file.

[@LOOTLORD605]

@@Swagarot just a fun sentence dear.

[@carl4889]

For mega corporations, it's not about money but about control.

[@Kakaroti]

There is a reason why I have SONY on my publisher ignore list on STEAM alongside Ubisoft, Activision, Blizzard and EA.

[@Doggo954]

Are they brands that always require 3rd party accounts on steam?

[@LowBudgetGamer-o6l]

​@@Doggo954Yes and they can't make games, only cash grabs.

[@PlayingUnfairly]

You forgot to add Rockstar Games

[@adamdunne6645]

@@LowBudgetGamer-o6l Sonys exclusives on pc are not cash grabs lol. Many of them are genuinely great games, including God of War.

[@conorfromouterspace]

​@@PlayingUnfairlygod the rockstar launcher is so horrible that i pirated gta v... which i own!

[@MeanKoreaNZGamer]

Sony 2026 : If you want to play Playstation multiplayer games on PC, you need to join PSN and PS+ monthly payment plan. It's coming

[@demon-hunter1498]

I went to cancel my psn+ after I got it to play with a group that kicked me shortly after. Even before that I looked and unless you pay for the best version it's just shit Xbox gold with no free games

[@VirtuousWanderer]

I can't see that going well at all. When (and if) that happens there will be some MAJOR backlash likely not limited to simple review bombing. I am pretty sure people have sent death threats for less

[@MeanKoreaNZGamer]

@@VirtuousWanderer People said the same thing when Sony and Microsoft started charging for online multiplayer.

[@thebluehat6814]

​@@VirtuousWandererpeople said there'd be major backlash if they were made to pay to play multiplayer on their switch.

[@olakpasa6486]

If that happens Im not playing a psn game anymore. I was a ps4 user, I payed for ps+ for years, then they rose the prices "its for a better experience" they said, bullsh*t games where the same as always, worse monthly free games and then the region lock stuff. I moved to pc last year and I don't regret a thing.

[@karelzabijak321]

What they want: Data, Email, Password (when they will hack you), You can't even play the game in more then 100+ countries You get: a game

[@rQuilln]

In fact, Helldivers 2 still DELISTED on steam in 121 Countries (including my country), even After they removed the PSN shenanigans.

[@asakayosapro]

Petty pathetic snoy is petty pathetic

[@JayCeeCreates]

and it's surprising nobody wants to talk about this anymore

[@dukkiegamer1733]

​@JayCeeCreates why? They didn't want those people to get that game originally anyways. Is scummy, but they're allowed to not sell their games in certain regions. The issue was that people who bought the game in those areas lost access to the game AFTER they bought the game. They reverted that part. But they made sure no extra people form those regions can buy the game.

[@seafatt]

​@@dukkiegamer1733yes, don't ever buy any games that Sony has their hands in.

[@dukkiegamer1733]

@@seafatt sure. You're missing out, though.

[@kerotomas1]

Just remember this isn't the good old original japenese Sony anymore, this is the trash american lead Sony. Get used to things like this.

[@Nando75549]

This is Yanky Sony now.

[@kiryuukazuma04]

@@Nando75549 Californian Sony

[@ItHamBoi]

@@kiryuukazuma04 is that the dragon of dojima

[@TheCocomunges]

I mean, like 90% of sony first party games are made in the west. Makes sense the power and influence moved over there. Sucker Punch, Santa Monica, Naughty Dog, Bungie, Bend etc are all American. Only japanese 1st party game i can remember is Astro bot in the past few years

[@blackrahk2037]

Sony has never made PC Ports before genius 😂 What are you talking about?! They don't NEED PC sales. Thats why they give PC players the take it or leave it attitude on old games.😂😂😂

[@daviddesrosiers1946]

Not on the Steam Deck you don't. The game is verified on Steam Deck and it works fine with no sign in, because Sony's BS doesn't work with Linux. Go figure.

[@c99kfm]

Still, I'm not giving my money to reward their scummy behavior, even if I'm not affected.

[@daviddesrosiers1946]

@@c99kfm Nor should you. I'm simply pointing out that Sony will still collect money in a sale, even if they don't get the data, and all their excuses for why you MUST have a PSN account are a pack of lies. The Helldivers episode has already blown the lid off that BS.

[@wyattbarnett3877]

wtf thats amazing

[@ashtentheplatypus]

i literally tried it at launch on my linux system, and it gave me an error because the PlayStation sign in overlay was crashing. i guess maybe i shouldve waited a day or two before returning it

[@daviddesrosiers1946]

@@ashtentheplatypus I think it has something to do with compatibility with the Proton layer Steam Deck uses. I'm ignorant of Linux workings mostly. It's all black magic how they get it to work.

[@lolmao500]

Sony : we learn nothing. We keep losing hundreds of millions of $ in crappy games like Concord and Fairgames... We never make the games our players keep asking us for years and years... Truly its a miracle that Xbox isnt wiping the floor with Sony.

[@poppyalt7427]

Have you seen Microsoft and Xbox lately? They are not fairing any better at all. A lot of people say or think Nintendo is the one wiping the floor with both but they've got their own issues too

[@asakayosapro]

@@poppyalt7427woke and DEI nonsense have contributed if not caused all of this nonsense Consider the fact that *THEY HATE GAMERS* and that the likes of disgusting trash like sweet babby inc exist is a tell all on what they have been trying to do - sabotage by forced and gradual infiltration

[@gamerbeast3616]

Cant say fairgames is shitty before its out lol

[@encrylix9092]

Nintendo been doing their own thing while continuing to bully smaller studios (sued Pocketpair (Palworld)) and harass their community. Xbox just CRATERED this year.

[@APunishedManNamed2]

@@encrylix9092 Nintendo has also gotten shitstomped in the handheld market due to Valve, so there's that too.

[@ndevvarma]

The hilarity that they want us to create a PSN account for a PC game is not lost on me. They could easily have just made it an option for existing PSN users, to get trophies or whatever for the folks who want them.

[@NIKHILKUMAR-ri7mb]

EXAMPLE OF WHY PIRACY IS JUSTIFIED...........

[@themongol1475]

har har ride the high seas and take the plunder .

[@Martial_Autist]

_Fifteen men on a dead man's chest. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. Drink and the devil be done for the rest. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!_

[@consumerjtc5835]

Do what you want 'cuz a pirate is free.

[@chromatrescu]

NexusMod already fixed this issue, there's a NO PSN Login mod :) Also for 4GB VRAM GPU, you also have a bypass VRAM mod :D Just make sure choose the proper RTX / GTX card that similar to ur current gen GPU

[@DavidBerger-g2h]

Thx

[@bjarnis]

I'm totally against PSN account linking, have never had a console and never will. Sony's servers have crappy security too, so won't take the risk. If we have to use a mod or download a crack to play it offline, it's just not worth it. Didn't really like the first GOW port to PC anyway.

[@chromatrescu]

@@bjarnis again modders fixed it for you. Thats how us PC rolls, and honestly PC looks 150% better than the PISSER PS5 PRO due to DLSS/DLAA and Native AA FSR3.1 lol

[@Macho_Man_Randy_Savage]

won't they just remove it?

[@supahas3821]

@@chromatrescuyou sound like a 12 year old

[@Bajaju]

I still dont understand how Sony still havent learned their lesson after Helldivers 2.

[@cyclonous6240]

We won't understand it as Sony only sees money coming from investors by showing them how much PSN nos they have boosted by launching games on PC.

[@bjornskivids]

I don't see how Sony customers still haven't learned their lesson and keep giving them money

[@cyclonous6240]

@@bjornskivids Never ever underestimate a Sony fans' decisions. Most of them think, PS is way better than a PC.💀

[@arenzricodexd4409]

Because they are hell bend to push their ecosystem. They don't care if they lose majority of sales because of that. And ultimately they want pc gamer to play their games on their console in the future.

[@xzorn2981]

they are getting allergic to money

[@Mopantsu]

The irony is that those countries excluded from PSN access will just pirate it when it's eventually cracked anyhow.

[@tarekcat1]

The real irony is that even Japan is excluded

[@Akia95]

Bought it, couldn't play it with PSN in my country, refunded and then pirated it. The irony is that it was up on sites within 1-2 hours with Ragnarök xD

[@uningenious]

​@@tarekcat1JAPAN???? AIN'T NO FUCKING WAY!!! FOR A COMPANY FROM JAPAN!!!

[@tarekcat1]

@@uningenious yeah lmao it doesn't make any sense and jusy feels like misinfo

[@AnotherGenericChannel]

@@uningenious Don't know if it's released in Japan but the company that made Helldivers isn't from Japan. They are from Sweden.

[@vivusbrydyr4039]

Moral of the story: if you're an aspiring gamedev team, the worst you can do is get hired by a giant publisher.

[@Arhenbuh115]

if it pays the bills... they will eventually move on and create something new leaving an empty husk of a dead IP to the publisher

[@vivusbrydyr4039]

@@Arhenbuh115 People don't usually go into game dev just so they can pay the bills. General IT jobs pay much better.

[@wolfstorm5394]

It's crazy how the Caribbean being basically sandwiched between north and south America yet we get no PSN access

[@ElJosher]

Puerto rico has PSN. Don’t why the map doesn’t mark it as red unless I’m missing something…

[@wolfstorm5394]

@@ElJosher I'm guessing those are sort of a gray zone, because I noticed there are other countries besides Puerto Rico that are not on the list of supported countries, but also still not on the list of unsupported countries either

[@Codyslx]

Yeah, Jamaica here. A couple hours away from the us coast but we get left out anyways.

[@Kwijibob]

@@wolfstorm5394 Puerto Rico is a part of the USA

[@wolfstorm5394]

@@Codyslx Smh, that's rough man, I think it's about time these companies and the necessary people put it the effort to sort this crap out, it makes no sense putting a restriction on digital goods, we got internet access just like everybody else, we have currency just like everybody else, everyone is familiar with currency exchange

[@0Wayland]

Do I even want official release of Bloodborne on PC anymore...

[@waifuhunter9709]

I do. I can play it for free

[@chris42069]

No just wait for PS4 EMULATOR

[@waifuhunter9709]

@@chris42069 people said ps3 emulator is up and running for years But it still cant run god of war 3 or gow accension. Which are 2 games i really want to play actually. But emulator is not working for them. I just hope that emulator dont take 15 years to be as good as ps2 emulator. I am still waiting on ps3 emulator to be on par with ps2 emulator

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

Graceborne. You are welcome.

[@Capybarin]

Data harvesting is the thing that most people doesn't believe or/and doesn't care at all. At least, 99.8% people around me. I can't tell how global that is.

[@LiLBitsDK]

oh it's everyone, so frigging oblivious to what is going on... but but I just give my info then I can play braindeadgame_01 who cares if they know anything about me I have nothing to hide... if the state demanded a camera installed in their arse they would accept it...

[@Gurem]

The fact u signed in rather than refunded immediately is where u went wrong.

[@thechugg4372]

Average Sony fanboy tbh. Theres a reason they havent stopped.

[@jimbonater]

This is why I cancelled Netflix I travel for work and constantly needing to prove my identity got very old.

[@YourFellerRav]

"You are a pirate harry"

[@wobba4436]

for liberthy for freedom

[@brandonwirtz2308]

I HAVE a PSN account. I'm a huge PC player, with a PS5 in my living room. This outright stopped me from purchasing GoWR. Even without the PSN requirement, I refuse to purchase any other PS games until they remove this BS. Sony has destroyed the faith people have had in them with this.

[@goldenhate6649]

Given how often PS gets ‘hacked’ (more like openly selling its files), I won’t touch this now due to this bullshit.

[@Dominic-wh9qk]

How does it affect you

[@ArthurMorganII]

@@Dominic-wh9qkyeah, they’re overreacting. Sure, it may be annoying, but if it makes you not want to the buy the game is just crazy.

[@nerohollywood3879]

Hope you have this attitude for all publishers/companys that do this not just sony otherwise you just a bitch trynna look cool.

[@lewisofthehoood]

@@ArthurMorganIIur the only normal person with Arthur Morgan as their name

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Me, who lives in a country where PSN is unavailable: Oh no....anyway.

[@Akia95]

Sail the high seas brother! ^^

[@Phoenix973]

Yarrr !

[@kadebass6187]

The helldivers situation was an insanely naive read. There was two options to read it as don’t ship a game and then put a login screen later Or Put a login screen at launch instead The idea that Sony didn’t learn any lesson from that situation is dumb. They just didn’t come to the conclusion people wanted. The worse part about this is, they get away with this just fine as it is and everyone is acting surprised

[@Striker.Cosplay]

Don’t worry modders will find a way to bypass it

[@erubianwarlord8208]

already have thank fuck

[@dragonman910]

I don't care how good the game is. If you require me to sign into a sketchy service to play a SINGLE PLAYER game, I'm not interested.

[@SomeOrdinaryJanitor]

i already dislike PSN for the fact you're paying additional costs to use your own internet you're already paying for.

[@ZenTunE-]

Your loss then, sony games happen to be among the best in the gaming industry but if you'd rather play mediocre games without sign-ins, go ahead 😂

[@zage932]

The only requirement is completely skipable if you just start the game offline. Plus it's only used to track your trophies/achievements.

[@baraka629]

​@@ZenTunE-"best in the industry" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ZenTunE-]

@@baraka629 Uncharted, TLOU, God of War, Spiderman, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima. Yes, indeed among the best in the industry.

[@leonfrancis3418]

Arrr, me mateys. Don yer garb and take yer positions. Today, we take on the high seas.

[@themongol1475]

i'll be up in the crows nest.

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

Aye aye, Captain!

[@UnskippableAD0]

Sony is just desperate for numbers🙄

[@bankaimaster999]

Which makes less sense considering Xbox is nowhere to be seen

[@chriswihulu]

​@@bankaimaster999 do you really think, that even if Xbox wasn't a factor, that they wouldn't want to see the number of accounts grow???

[@974cerebrate]

sony thinks bad buzz is still buzz

[@triadwarfare]

Not just sales numbers, otherwise, they would just have dropped the PSN requirement.

[@k45oz29]

Ghost of Tsunami will be the last game where we were able to fully play a great game with no PSN account required to play a "Single Player " Game. And i am glad it was a great experience

[@cloutboybebop8949]

Remember when all you needed to play a game was the system and the game. I'm starting to not remember anymore with how long this has been going on for.

[@mightypancake2211]

Raises hand. Game console or PC and the game disc or cartridge. and they started slowing down on that stuff around the 2010s... now we have a nearly full digital market. And since 2020 all the AAA companies have been trying to crater themselves only kept up by blind fans of the publishers.

[@nimbus4899]

Huge thanks to Sony for forcing 180 countries to pirate the game and avoid that psn login bullshit

[@gamerbeast3616]

Then you are stealing

[@nimbus4899]

@@gamerbeast3616 they forced my hands I could buy this stupid game any day but I am region locked so if they want to play dirty then we can keep it nasty

[@Arhenbuh115]

@@gamerbeast3616 if they dont even want to sell it to you cant really call that stealing

[@qwertyzorovague]

​@@gamerbeast3616if a game can't be legally bought in your territory, is it really stealing if you pirate it in that territory?

[@RainerAC]

@@gamerbeast3616 is it stealing if it isn't legally purchasable

[@chinogambino9375]

Refund, refund, refund. This is forever DRM.

[@MohamedMejri9]

When I open the Steam page in my country (Tunisia), it says it's not available in my location and I can't even see the game, even though I bought 90% of Sony's PC games in the last few years. Now they're basically shutting the door in front of their customers, and they don't realize that it's not going to end well for them. I will never make a PSN account, even if it's available. Sony seriously doesn't understand PC gamers.

[@l-shadow1775]

0:39 how i felt when doing capcom id account

[@mark.082]

Wow, I remember when I pirated games when I was younger because I didn't have the means to buy them myself. Now depite being able and wanting to purchase them I still resort to piracy to get around the corpo bullshit and requirements and because they run better too. What a long way we've come.

[@Akia95]

Yeah the amount of times i bought something and couldn't play it due to performance, which i later found out was due to the online parts of a singleplayer game, refunded and pirated only to find out the crack improved it and i was running 120 frames no issues xD

[@zemel2050]

Sony is being so idiotic. Just add an option to sign in though PSN. If they do they get some free gear or skin and if not they can just play without it. People will then actually sign in through PSN for the free gear

[@KimoKimochii]

that’s a good idea 😂

[@kirby21-xz4rx]

Very good idea

[@plzletmebefrank]

Yeah, it's tried and true. Tell people they get free stuff for logging in to whatever. It's rarely received negatively by players and pulls a fair number into that kinda stuff.

[@triparadox.c]

When someone random on YT knows MORE about better business practices than actual conglomerate businesses... Man...

[@zemel2050]

@@triparadox.c Its called common sense

[@AntonioLexanTeh]

Proudly pirated it. F all the anti consumer practices. Proudly bought Wukong.

[@TartarSauceIsNotDead]

Will be pirating that also. I'm not supporting China with all of the crap they're doing right now with the Philippines and Taiwan and everyone else.

[@Daya97228]

I kind of agree. But it's virtually impossible to pirate Wukong even if you wanted.

[@unsub-r5i]

@@Daya97228he bought Wukong and pirated Ragnarok. Might want to re-read what they said xD

[@Daya97228]

@@unsub-r5i And? I totally understood what he wrote. I was just saying there isn't a choice regarding Wukong. You read me?

[@lord_viper_amk5155]

if some 1 wanted to go sailing where would they catch a relatively sea worthy ship?

[@TheSpeKtraGaming]

Steam, Epic ❌ Fit Girl, Skidrow✅

[@aleefamran2441]

Lmao I found my boys

[@gerferies]

xatab ✅

[@mehmetefe8553]

My pns account got stolen,they used my credit card to purchase 700 dollars worth of games, AND I COULD NOT GET IT BACK FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH

[@mauriciohiure2192]

yes this is bad, but honestly the worst part about the release of this game is not even LETTING PCs with cards with less than 6gb vram even launch the game, people needed to make a workaround just to play the game they paid for lmao

[@panmajin6895]

I can kinda get why, tho. Their thought process is >bro with potato pc tries the game>runs like shit>negative review. And seriously, these days 6gigs of ram is NOT enough for playing new AAA games. Used 1070 costs what, $100? Come on...

[@mauriciohiure2192]

@@panmajin6895 the irony is that they ended up getting way more negative reviews for blocking it to 4gb vram card users than if they didn't lol, no wonder they dumped this decision and unblocked it for everyone to play

[@panmajin6895]

@@mauriciohiure2192 true. gatekeeping is always punished by gamers. Should display a warning when starting the game and that's it. Should be the player's decision if he wants to experience the wonderful world of textures not loading properly, freezes, crashes and whatnot, lol

[@adamdunne6645]

@@mauriciohiure2192 to be fair, if they recommend 6gb and the user ignores that and buys it anyway, it's their own stupid fault 😂

[@mauriciohiure2192]

@@adamdunne6645 kinda, but cmon, no game ever blocks you from playing it because of vram ever, if it was directx i'd understand, but vram? nah

[@__-fi6xg]

at this point, piracy is required to have fun on pc

[@kirby21-xz4rx]

It's just a account that doesn't take away from the experience if you think so your delusional 😂

[@moister3727]

​@@kirby21-xz4rx Tell me the benefits of a Sony account if you won't buy a Playstation

[@kirby21-xz4rx]

@@moister3727 many people I've seen (including me) have both a Pc and PS5, nice try though 👍

[@moister3727]

@@kirby21-xz4rx No point in disscussing with you

[@El_Pickle7]

​@@kirby21-xz4rxdo you seriously consider that as a valid argument? Hahaha

[@silenthero2795]

Another screw up is that is still on going is if your PSN account region and the disc region is different (yes, discs have specific regions), you CANNOT play any DLC even free ones. My PS4 disc is SEA region but my account is US so I couldn't play the Valhalla DLC even though you can play the base game normally. I have to create a new PSN account with matching region and only then did it work. This region nonsense is making things difficult to buy Sony games if they will eventually pull something like this in the future,

[@asakayosapro]

Region coding should just go away altogether, it’s a pointless ancient relic of useless BS

[@lesslighter]

@@asakayosapro its still used because the players (literally physical drives) are encoded to use them unless you get a digital only blu-ray player... but thats stupid

[@AdV3nt5187]

This is absolute bullshit, wtf are they doing setting and locking regions...

[@pwnomega4562]

They're so desperate, for me, a PC enjoyer to buy a PS5. Needless to say we shouldn't have to do this because we didn't or won't buy ir in their ecosystems.

[@vjbd2757]

Imagine if you're not in the countries not supported by PSN. God thing the seven seas and modding exists.

[@corvus_armatura7595]

Hilariously, islands in the Caribbean like Cuba don't have PSN.

[@uningenious]

Japan doesn't even have PSN despite being where Sony originated from. Insane.

[@Monsterman10]

Oh well, time for pirata action

[@vytautasme2989]

I literally cant buy the damn game on steam because my country is not on supported list by sony (europe btw), so theres only one option: piracy

[@theodorefilkins3462]

I would have refunded the game and explained that you shouldn't need a psn account for a PC game that's single player, I would have then review bombed it

[@Prxkh_1]

As a ps4 and pc player, I initially didnt think this was a problem. But seeing it from a pc only perspective. That friggin sucks

[@smith7602]

If the consoles are going the way of "Launcher/Store" on PC, then pushing people to get an account helps get them into your walled garden. I don't like it but I am fully expecting them to move off of Steam and have the PSN Store on your PC.

[@Chrissage-Gaming]

A Sony launcher will just hurt them, most PC gamers want their games on Steam, look at Epic game stores for example, give out free games every week and even when they have exclusives most people will wait for it to come to Steam. I have no issue signing into a PSN account, actually like how the trophies are linked. Sony PC launcher won't work, they will come back to Steam tail tucked between legs if they try it, for sure.

[@oceanbytez847]

They can do that. It's their business. I can not install their dumb store and sail the high seas, it's my internet connection. I will say that too many people let Epic ass fuck them, so Sony is emboldened after seeing epic pull so many stunts without consequence.

[@mightypancake2211]

@@oceanbytez847 its not just epic, got origin, ubisoft's direct U, and a few others. Just made me not want to get more of their games. and even regret getting a few games cause so many PC store launchers take up too much space and PC gpu/cpu usage. Its why killed one of my laptops and crippled my tower till I remeoved the extra launchers.

[@jonesy66691]

It would be funny if they tried to push PS+ on pc for multiplayer access.

[@jesseomollo9405]

If PC players accept that shit, then they will be as useless as the playstation fanbois.

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

PC players would instantly ignore the game, if they forced PS+ I wish Console players would do the same. But they're fine with paying 80 bucks a year to play Online.

[@ISaIGoI]

They are going for it, just matters of time!

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

@@ISaIGoI And watch the PC players crucifying them :P PS+ will be DOA on PC.

[@GetWellSoonR.E.M.]

Oh they’ll absolutely try it. Corporate greed knows no bounds. But unlike many PlayStation players, the PC community will make them eat shit lmao.

[@Ssebyt12]

i can feel it "How to crack god of war on pc"

[@Ssebyt12]

well i found the game

[@kentacy69]

Well that took long 🤣

[@Ssebyt12]

@kentacy69 yea, i find god on gam3r 🤣

[@Piev_]

ya i found it too on fitgirl. dont know when im gonna play it though because im still planning to upgrade my pc before the end of the year

[@aboodsaad8790]

@@Ssebyt12 but it is safe and playable

[@DogOfWar64]

I beat the story and for the final mission I got an achievement and I noticed that only 3% of people had that achievement so I guess a lot of people are dropping this game before even finishing it. The Ironwood mission was miserable to play but i didn't think people would stop playing completely lol

[@elihodsdon2276]

"There's no way they did that again, that'd be stupid." "... They definitely did it again."

[@Apsolon]

These game companies need to learn that the only reason we buy the single players game is because it is more convenient than pirating it.

[@LycanFerret]

True. Having all your games on Steam is very convenient. But pirating them means you have more ownership over the product. When you remove the convenience, pirating is the only option left. It's like buying fast food vs. cooking at home. Convenience vs. a better product.

[@madthane_]

You can never hate Sony enough. I still hate them for that Helldivers 2 fiasco.

[@JeZu999]

To recover the money wasted in concord

[@jonscriffignano]

The fact that they can’t release their games on pc the same day as the ps5 is actually crazy

[@dawonbowser299]

I bought it and when I saw the sign in prompt I refunded 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@onomatopoeia162003]

Just like I have been saying. Sony needed their own launcher on the PC

[@Ch1l1C0nCarnag3]

I wouldn't have an issue with logging into my Playstation Account if it was optional. Earning both Steam Achievements and Trophies at the same time is a win for me. But FORCING it is the lowest of the low. It's so stupid that you would think they're playing Russian Roulette with a Makarov.

[@Vulcanfaux]

This has me wonder. Would they be ballsy enough to release a multiplayer game, that requires you to have psplus to play their game on pc. Not the single player ones, the multiplayer ones.

[@pegcity4eva]

My copy doesn't require it.😂

[@Essu_]

Now hold on. The issue we had with Helldivers was that they snuck it in AFTER we bought it. Ragnarok tells you on the Steam page (and when they announced it) that you needed a PSN account. So you KNEW this was going to happen.

[@VirtuousWanderer]

It's mainly that PC players don't like to be required to use a consoles proprietary account to play a game on PC. It would be like playing nearly exclusively on console and being required to sign into a Steam or competitors' proprietary account system to play a game. It's frustrating and more or less a way to artificially boost account membership (also a way to fish for targets to send SO MANY spam marketing emails and other BS) they just want to be able to play the games that they paid for without all of the extra worry, and headache.

[@starfrix9240]

It wasn't hidden for Helldivers 2. It was written on the steam page that a PSN account is required. The issue was that you could just skip the linking part and the game was sold everywhere, even to countries where PSN wasn't available. The main issue was that a few months after the game launched, Sony was trying to force players to link an account thus creating a situation where players from countries where PSN wasn't available where at risk from being banned since creating an account using a false country could result in a ban according to Sony TOS

[@lesslighter]

@@starfrix9240 which is why its now delisted on countries who can not access PSN

[@AdV3nt5187]

100%, that is exactly why I never bought it. In this guy's defense here he is showcasing how hard it is to sign in on top of that.

[@559925]

Funniest part is that you don't even need a PSN account to play the game on console 😂

[@work5542]

This is false, you do need an account. You can't use a PS5 without a PSN account.

[@Frontalllll]

because you are playing on ps which requires a psn account...

[@VipapkStudiosOfficial]

They are doing the same now with the upcoming Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered... absolutely shameful!! :(

[@truekiropfan8329]

Yup, I have the original HZD: Complete Edition for PC, and won’t ever be upgrading to the remaster, won’t ever buy Forbidden West, and won’t be playing the upcoming LEGO Horizon Adventures game that releases in December, all because I am a PC only player who just wanted to enjoy a really good game/game series that just happened to originally be PlayStation exclusive, and I don’t own now and never intend to own a PlayStation console.

[@VipapkStudiosOfficial]

@@truekiropfan8329 I'm just going to pirate it. Big middle finger to Sony. Nothing against Guerilla because I am sure they don't like the change either, but it's beyond them as Sony is the publisher. Knowing Nixxes they'll keep it Denovoless so probably cracked within the hour of release.

[@truekiropfan8329]

@@VipapkStudiosOfficialLEGO Horizon Adventures has the option of online co-op however, so unlike the two non-LEGO ones and that VR nonsense one, Call Of The Mountain, it’s not truly 100% single player. It makes a little more sense requiring a PSN account then the LITERAL REMAKE OF A SINGLE PLAYER GAME THAT NEVER REQUIRED IT THEN AND STILL DOESN’T NOW, but as a PC player without a Playstation console to my name, I CAN’T be bothered to spend 500+ dollars on a PlayStation Console just for one game that looks interesting when the rest of the exclusives for the console are all either terrible or just not games I would ever be interested in, let alone buy and play.

[@TheHunt890]

This also affects Linux players the most. The game works perfectly under Proton, but the PlayStation SDK Runtime does not, which requires you to use a the (SteamDeck=1 %command%) launch option, which forces the players to use a controller because it disables mouse input for some reason. All this because Sony thinks they need to force PSN on everyone.

[@dragonman910]

The previous GOW came out on steam two years ago in 2022. That didn't need PSN. How have things regressed so far in 2 years to require PSN now?

[@pinktuna3693]

400m spent on a woke life service game happened

[@dragonman910]

​@pinktuna3693 yeah. Cough cough Concord. I guess they have to make their money back somehow. I'm looking at you too ps5 pro. 😂

[@Arhenbuh115]

in "affected regions" you can still buy the original but not ragnarok

[@pinktuna3693]

@@Arhenbuh115 yeah the only games locked so far are the GOW sequel, Ghost of Tsushima and Helldivers 2

[@amirashkavandi5981]

Imagine that the price of the game is 1/4 of your monthly income, then you are not even allowed to enter, at least Sony games will crack on the first day

[@db4ks]

"do what you want because a pirate is free, you are a pirate"

[@spliffingrat5469]

11:31 so where is the cape? and all the other promises from that time? what about arrowheads CM and DMs stepping out of line and not getting fired? they claimed to be on our side, yet havent done ANYTHING to show that they are on the players side... fck, they almost killed their game because of balancing... cuz you know a PVE game with power fantasy gotta be balanced.... they promised constant updates and content drop. but very fast it came down to jackshit in the past 5 months...

[@vgamedude9811]

I think a big part of this game flopping compared to the first as well is the Sweet Baby Inc involvement and the fact that they added a black girl into a game about Norse mythology.

[@Arhenbuh115]

some people are willing to eat the inclusivity bs part just to continue the cliffhanger the original was

[@vgamedude9811]

@@Arhenbuh115 Im not personally. If I felt the need id just sail the seas. I thought the first was kind of overrated honestly. But after putting that many hours in something I can see wanting a more thorough conclusion.

[@Gabriel-eq9tx]

Didn't gave a fuck, had a blast

[@vgamedude9811]

@@Gabriel-eq9tx Yeah support the downfall of the w3st! you go girl! remember to always boycott if some bl@ck character magically gets swapped to be wh1te though!

[@Bunger62]

Still played it, loved it, Angerboda alone is better than Wukong

[@Christopher-ty2gc]

My pc if 15 years old ....... I see there's no need to upgrade it in 2024

[@c99kfm]

That old, GPU and all? You might want to consider getting one of the new mini PCs with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU (damn, such a stupid name). You'd get (much) better performance in a package you might well fit into your pocket, depending on how tight you like your jeans. Sure, your current system works fine, but resizing from a tower to something that small with a much lower power consumption is something that would be compelling to me, at least.

[@LowBudgetGamer-o6l]

I just upgraded mine, was 10 years old with ddr3 ram and a GTX 1060 6gb. I bought some new games to try out my new PC, just to realize that they all suck, now I'm back to playing older titles. Don't upgrade yet, wait until games are fun again.

[@MrAnimescrazy]

No time to upgrade

[@themongol1475]

@@LowBudgetGamer-o6l just play retro games

[@Sondisberg]

Don't lie, you just don't have the money.

[@DaveGamesVT]

I just refuse to buy any game that requires a playstation sign in. You complain but you didn't refund. That's not going to help.

[@thefiresworddragon927]

It does not matter if anyone says "you don't need to do it", like we can't bloody tell they aren't shills. If it requires PSN, then it bans 180 countries, and blocks multiple of the remaining 20 like Ukraine from doing do. Cause I remember the guy who wouldn't have been able to play Helldivers 2 in Ukraine, a country that allows PSN, to play the game on PC, because he would need to make the PSN account on a PS5, completely defeating the point of the PC version.

[@Mycrosss]

I'm actually surprised that a company just doesn't allow me to buy God of War 1/2, Ghost of Tsushima and Helldivers. That's 200$+ that I'm willing to give them yet they made it unavailable for me to do so, crazy

[@Assyrianair4orce]

Sony said after helldivers 2 that all future playstation games on pc will need psn account so they gave u heads up

[@A-Ghorab]

Why the region block then?

[@lewie110]

thats why i clicked "ignore" for anything sony on steam.

[@anarchicnerd666]

Shoulda played Space Marine 2 instead XDXDXD I'm happy waiting for it to finally come to GOG with all the PSN crap stripped out - GOW already came to the platform not long ago with all the PSN crap removed and there's a few other games from Sony on there like Horizon and Days Gone. Patient gamers *always* win in the end :P

[@triskaideka13]

That map is inaccurate. Philippines is red but we're not on the list and we don't have access to PSN officially

[@HowToLinux]

IL just crack it, there is no way I buy something from a company that shits on its customers

[@davidhines7592]

the reason they are doing it was stated by sony execs: they want to tempt pc players to buy a console. thing is, consoles are limited to 30 fps? and the new $700 ps5 pro at 60 fps? i bought a gaming budget pc, 11400f cpu and 3050 6gb asus dual oc gpu, asus prime h510m-k and 1tb ssd and 500w psu - and it gets way more performance than the new $700 even before i upgraded to 32gb 3200mt/s ddr4, plus i have the options to upgrade more: i added a 2tb ssd and changed mb at same time to use 12400f, plus upgraded the psu to 650w and my last upgrade will hopefully be (when i saved up) 3060 12gb vram which will future proof me several years and allow me to upgrade to ddr5 mb and ram if i want, i can even replace the whole case for £50 with one has 4 controllable argb fans in from msi. the basic pc (11400f, 1tb ssd 16gb 3200 ram cl16, 500w psu and 3050 with no external power) cost £640. yeah thats more than $100 more than the console - and i spent more on it since. but i didnt need to upgrade it and it still beats the best console out there and will be viable in that state for at least 5 more years like the console, and then cost far less to just... upgrade the cpu and gpu instead of spend so much on a console. yeah so playstation thinks pc players, who can use controllers with pc versions of games or mouse keys, will be tempted to switch by having to run a psn account on top of everything else, to make investors happy with the lie of increased numbers. why would we, already having a better pc even if we all we own are gaming laptops from years ago, want to waste the money we can use to upgrade a pc even more, on an overpriced unupgradeable underpowered slow console just because they demand we make a psn account? this boils down to execs not being gamers no matter what they say. the execs of every game dev, every console maker, every publisher they hate the nature of any art. they have the same problem with hollywood - they dont have a product for the time it takes to develop then they dont know if the product will bomb or not and after a year or two they need to have another uncertain product ready to fill the earnings gap. what they WANT is regular income to please shareholders, with regular dividends. a bread company works that way so long as wheat flour is available and yeast, you can make bread because its in and out the door same day almost and every day you get income. this led to live service and season passes or for FIFA/EAFC, the yearly release and ultimate team - execs trying to crowbar a regular revenue stream into a creative art product. hollywood they do it by constant remakes of sequel remakes of old IP like marvel, and 'reboots' of series on streaming platforms and television. games are interactive though and players want to invest more in a game and not in a financial way. this is the same thing now with playstation. the idea is: tempt or hassle players off pc onto playstation and you dont have them just pick and choose on steam which they dont get as big a cut from as they do direct purchase on their own storefront or with their own version of a pass. add in every 5 years they have to spend more on a better yet still underpowered console to play the latest games at almost decent fps instead of spend 60% of that on a new gpu OR cpu and get way more performance. they live in a dream world.

[@PortalOfAwesome]

It's not just Sony. I've never been able to play Red Dead Redemption 2, and I was denied a refund. I've had it for ages on multiple computers but I can just never sign in to Rockstar to play it. I only want to play Single Player.

[@NLADanny]

When will modders fix this and take this shit off?

[@TVdosPatriotas]

I'm playing the pirated version. No shitty launchers and no accounts. Just straight into the game.

[@LordDaret]

They lost all that money on concord, gotta make it back somehow…

[@NinjAsylum]

No they didnt. Misleading Title. What they did to Helldivers was require the account MONTHS after the game launched and millions of people were ALREADY playing it. People that were then NOT able to 'continue' playing because they lived in an area where PSN isnt available. GoW is completely different. The account was required at release. Not the same thing at all.

[@ajschwartz3924]

Welp, I was excited to play this game. But just like Ubisoft, Playstation needs to get comfortable with me not paying for their games.

[@sniclops15]

"How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man!?"

[@Trampus10-4]

The only account I should have to log into is steam. Nothing else. No psn, microsoft, activision, nothing!

[@qzy-179SanTzxkW]

AAA games before 2015: Spider-man 1&2 movies AAA games after 2015: Spider-man 3 movie TL;DR: I dont remember 2015 at all

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

true