simple@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSony PlayStation finally gets rid of PC game region locks after an entire year — but some still remainwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down12
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkSony PlayStation finally gets rid of PC game region locks after an entire year — but some still remainwww.windowscentral.comsimple@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareQuadratureSurfer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoOut of the 133 countries where Helldivers 2 was previously locked out of, now there are only 7: 1. Belarus 2. Cuba 3. Iran 4. North Korea 5. Russian Federation 6. Syria 7. Viet Nam https://steamdb.info/sub/906471/ Update: now there are 8… Japan was added to the list: https://steamdb.info/sub/137730/info/ However it looks like Japan has its own individual game package so players aren’t actually locked out over there. Edit: formatting
minus-squarezipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThe others I can think of logic for, but why Vietnam?
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoSteam is banned in Vietnam because it couldn’t/wouldn’t comply with their restrictive content laws.
Out of the 133 countries where Helldivers 2 was previously locked out of, now there are only 7:
1. Belarus
2. Cuba
3. Iran
4. North Korea
5. Russian Federation
6. Syria
7. Viet Nam
https://steamdb.info/sub/906471/
Update: now there are 8… Japan was added to the list: https://steamdb.info/sub/137730/info/
However it looks like Japan has its own individual game package so players aren’t actually locked out over there.
Edit: formatting
The others I can think of logic for, but why Vietnam?
Steam is banned in Vietnam because it couldn’t/wouldn’t comply with their restrictive content laws.