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Helldivers 2 went from one of the most beloved Steam games to one of the most hated pretty quickly
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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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This isn’t something they tried to sneak past people, they were upfront about the issues and said there would be a grace period before they implemented the pairing originally planned at launch.
Edit for source jan it was part of steams requirements
So they sold it to people they knew couldn't comply with the TOS, then started enforcing the TOS four months later.
They know where their customers live. They know customers ignore system requirements if the game works.
Steams the one selling it, not Sony. And the restrictions were active for about a week.
You seem to missing quite a few extremely important details.
It’s up to the publisher to choose which countries Steam should let players buys the game