Region locks on Steam for several PlayStation PC ports have been removed.
Previously, most ofPlayStation‘s PC ports couldn’t be purchased in regions that didn’t support PSN. While there were workarounds for this issue, including the relatively simple steps of makingSteamand PSN accounts for different regions, these region locks frustrated affected players.
While the argument for a mandatory PSN can be made for multiplayer titles, such as the now-defunctConcord, the inclusion in strictly single-player titles has previously attracted the ire of players.
Now, it seems that most of PlayStation’s biggest PC ports, includingGod of WarRagnarok,The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered,Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, andHelldivers 2have removed the regional restrictions from their respective Steam listings.
Sony appears to be removing regional restrictions on their Steam/PC games God of War Ragnarok steamdb.info/sub/833972/h…The Last of Us Part II Remastered steamdb.info/sub/1219787/…Spider-Man 2 steamdb.info/sub/1219797/…Helldivers 2 steamdb.info/sub/137730/h…
The backlash to the PSN inclusion in Helldivers 2 was such that Sony itself u-turned and removed the requirement, saying at the time it was“learning what’s best for PC players.”
When the requirement was added for the PC version ofGod of War Ragnarök, one player even created a mod that removed it, but it was taken down at the creator’s request,in case of action from Sony.
