Sony opens the regional restrictions of some personal computer games in more than 100 countries

It turns out that locking your games in the area makes it difficult to sell more copies. Discover for the first time Wario64Sony raised regional restrictions for many of its titles available to play on the computer through Steam. Sony has not officially announced the removal of the area’s locks, nor the reason, but The God of War Rajnarok, the last of us, the second partand Spider-Man 2And photographing cooperative shooting Heldivers 2 It can be bought again in 177 countries that have been banned previously, as shown in changing the database.

To understand why Sony decided to limit its games sales in some countries, we must reconsider when the video game publisher announced that it would require Heldivers 2 PC players to connect their Steam accounts to the PlayStation network. This controversial decision banned players in countries that could not reach PSN, so Sony was also removed Heldivers 2 To be offered for sale in those sites. publisher I retreated quickly In this step, even later Remove PSN requirements For other titles such as Spider-Man 2.

Recently, the PC version from Stars On June 11, the disaster re -logged into the Sony PSN. The SHIFT Up developer managed to work with Sony to reduce restrictions and make login to PSN optional, allowing an explosive launch as the game witnessed the peak of nearly 200,000 players in its opening week. Now, computers can play all over the world Stars and Heldivers 2 Without the need for a PSN account. However, there are still some Sony titles on steam bound, such as Ghost Tsuhima and Even dawn.