{"id":188427,"date":"2025-06-16T07:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/188427\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T07:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:37:10","slug":"sony-unlocks-regional-restrictions-for-some-pc-games-in-more-than-100-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/188427\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony unlocks regional restrictions for some PC games in more than 100 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out that region-locking your games makes it harder to sell more copies. First discovered by <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:knj5sw5al3sukl6vhkpi7637\/post\/3lrj3gsdkr22v\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wario64;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Wario64<\/a>, Sony has lifted regional restrictions for several of its titles that are available to play on PC through Steam. Sony hasn&#8217;t officially announced the removal of these region locks, nor the reason why, but God of War Ragnarok, The Last of Us Part II Remastered, Spider-Man 2, and the hit co-op shooter Helldivers 2 can be purchased once again in 177 countries that were previously prohibited, as seen in database changelogs.<\/p>\n<p>To understand why Sony decided to limit sales of its games in certain countries, we have to revisit when the video game publisher announced it would require Helldivers 2 PC players to link their Steam accounts to the PlayStation Network. This controversial decision prohibited players in countries that didn&#8217;t have access to the PSN, so Sony also removed Helldivers 2 from being on sale in those locations. The publisher <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/sony-quickly-backs-down-on-helldivers-2-psn-requirement-for-pc-players-120030227.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:quickly backtracked;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quickly backtracked<\/a> on that move, even later <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/pc\/sony-is-ditching-the-psn-login-requirement-on-some-of-its-pc-games-183259677.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:removing the PSN requirements;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removing the PSN requirements<\/a> for other titles like Spider-Man 2.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the PC release of <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/pc\/stellar-blade-heads-to-pc-on-june-11-185536164.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Stellar Blade;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stellar Blade<\/a>\u00a0on June 11 resurfaced Sony&#8217;s PSN login requirement debacle. The game&#8217;s developer, Shift Up, was able to work with Sony to loosen restrictions and make a PSN login optional, allowing for an explosive launch where the game saw a peak of nearly 200,000 players in its opening week. Now, PC gamers across the world can play Stellar Blade and Helldivers 2 without needing a PSN account. However, there are still some Sony titles on Steam that are heavily restricted, like Ghost of Tsushima and Until Dawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It turns out that region-locking your games makes it harder to sell more copies. 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