The censored one is probably Niger
UPDATE - special thanks to @[email protected] for making a map showing the countries without access to PSN:
I want to live in ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️.
Looks like they censored the country Niger in their own post.
Steam censored it for them. Nobody would go and use hearts if they were to self censor. They’d use ****ing asterisks.
Fucking h*ck.
Did you just say the fuck word?
You’re G****mn right.
Niger is a known intentional misspelling of the n-word used to circumvent censorship. So this is an evolution of the Scunthorp problem.
Oh man, even all the small European ones are fucked. Andorra, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Monaco. Hilarious!
Wait, Luxembourg is not on this list? Wow.
I’m more surprised with the three baltic states
Sony still salty about USSR dissolution
Wasn’t Valve the one who pointed out that Russia was always pirating games not because they were inherently pirates but because the game releases had zero support for Russia lol. Hence why Valve was the first foreign developer/publisher that gained an actual foothold in the Russian market.
This is kind of like the same thing. Sony will just say something dumb like “we don’t allow PSN accounts in these countries because they’re full of pirates”.
The second problem is absence of regional prices in other markets but Steam.
They are selling games two (!!) or so times cheaper in RU region. For example, AAA game might cost 60 dollars or 6000 rub in US but it will costs 35 or 3500 rub in russian steam.
Even though I couldn’t afford games in the past and pirated them - at some point I started buying stuff just because it gives much better, hustle -free experience.
If I’m low on cash, I pirate. When I have cash, I buy up the games I want. If it’s a game I enjoyed years ago and it’s on sale, I grab it.
The idea that piracy results in lost sales is flawed. No one I know who pirates can purchase the game to begin with.
Is a library piracy? No? Cool, discussion over.
Isn’t this illegal according to EU law? It’s a common market but the Baltic states are excluded.
Overseas territories like French Guyana too. It’s fully part of France so you can’t exclude it like that.
Poor Niger can’t be mentioned on Steam apparently.
So where is 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍?
Someone didn’t realize Niger isn’t an offensive word.
Countries whose exchange rate likely made the game even more expensive, and you’ve taken it from them just to dox PC gamers on the PlayStation network.
This isn’t even enshittification. It’s outright fraud.
The silver lining: steam’s refund policy is good enough that most of them will get their money back. Hopefully that’s painful to Sony.
It launched 4 months ago. How are you assuming people who bought it and could play it are still in the 2-hour refund window?
Edit: I hear you. I hope Steam allows a special exemption refund for this issue…
Steam support usually makes exceptions for situations like this.
I don’t know what a PSN account is, but I’m surprised you can get one in North Korea.
I’ve always wondered how much we are lied to about North Korea.
I would imagine, very little
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people now have to create a PSN account in order to play. The people in these countries cannot create an account, so they are locked out of a game they purchased.
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You can request a steam refund even if you’re over 2 hours of playtime, it just isn’t automatic
The combined estimated total population of those countries would be roughly around 4.6 to 4.7 billion people.
After taking a look at the map, this sounds very, VERY off.
Hehehe
“Niger” is a swear according to valve?
Because it closely resembles a slur. Its one of those false positives. But the tool that replaces it likely isn’t context aware.
Nigeria please that is a stupid rule
I’m ghana have to ask you to calm down.
Grenada go and do that now aren’t you? Typical!
What Chad made this decision?
Only playable in countries with DEMOCRACY!!! HELL YEAH!!!
