Their not there.

"Wow so ok according to this site the entire population of the world is in America right?"

The entire population of the world is not in America but the entire gaming market is definitely located in the developed countries. The countries that were blocked are mostly third world countries where Sony has no official presence because the market is non-existent or too small to care about. My country is on that list too. The people here are just too poor to care about playing video games. They can't even understand English or any other major world language. Only a lucky few like me who were born into middle-class or wealthier families and got a good education are the ones who can afford and care about playing video games. The market is too small in such countries so Sony doesn't care if the 4 people in my country playing Helldivers 2 previously can't play it anymore. They never mattered in the first place. Do you really think people living in Afghanistan, Somalia, and Sudan made a huge part of the player base?

@GamingSinceForever

Oh here comes grammar cops spending there life justifying that Diploma.

@Pixykont

Oh here we go i am talking facts but its about sony so i am labeled as a "hater"

@AsimLionheart

So what your saying is gaming is a privilege that locking it down to what you call "underdeveloped" counties is great fuck them right lets just skip over the fact they were all playing this game and other steam games 0 issues still are playing non psn games just fine.

But you are coming off as a American with that attitude look at all the population here they have internet/steam and were playing it fine before but nope you and it looks like alot more hate these "underdeveloped" people makes sense with your countries track record.

I am stating that one week they all played the game said game had tens of thousands playing well over 100 peak then sony banned/block them all and now the population of the game had a massive decrease in player count.

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
The Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Cote d' Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Cuba
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San Marini
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
The Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

I would like to add ghost of Tsushima has made this list grow to 200 even japan very good chance sense its the same tos helldivers is in the same boat

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You can't argue with sonyboys, sony can do no wrong.
Sony is also killing off blu ray so when ps6 is digital only what will the boot lickers say then?

I'm surprised the blu ray story isn't on this site.

Just remember one thing, when ps6 is digital only, it won't be bc with your physical media... just saying.

@jack

Wow you sound so neutral lol. Relax

@jack, recordable media including blank bluray discs, ie self writing media, not discs for games and movies... atleast read the stories first eh?
Sony don't even produce most of the discs for bluray, they outsource them....

"So what your saying is gaming is a privilege that locking it down to what you call "underdeveloped" counties is great fuck them right lets just skip over the fact they were all playing this game and other Steam games 0 issues"

I think you are a little confused here. Do you understand what a game being "delisted" means? Nobody from those countries has been blocked out of Helldivers 2. People who bought the game and have it installed can STILL play it just fine. Sony delisted the game in unsupported countries which means that you cannot purchase it or download it anymore. That only means no new players can enter the player base.

https://www.destructoid.com...

https://www.reddit.com/r/He...

Secondly, this is not some outrageous decision coming out of the left field. There are tons of games that are not available for purchase in various countries. One Helldivers 2 player from Russia stated in the above Reddit thread that more than half of the Steam Library is not available for purchase in their country due to various reasons. Similarly, many games are delisted in the Middle East which contain offensive material for those cultures. Any company is well within its rights to decide where it wants to sell its product.

Finally, the argument was if there were enough Helldivers 2 customers in those countries to lead to a drastic decline in the player base if they were blocked out of the game. However, all those players who have the game on their PCs can still play it which makes your argument moot. Furthermore, the fact remains that the number of players in all those countries makes up only a tiny and inconsequential portion of the total player base. Therefore, they cant possibly be responsible for the decline in playerbase as you claim.

@just looken

You say banned in 170 countries

Then you say psn allowed in 90 countries

Well wtf one is it cause there's only 195 or so countries in the world

Also alot of us said the sht was stupid. We also find it odd though cause sonys not the only one to take the approach.

Your information is wrong. HD2 was declining before the psn controversy. Sony gave AH permission on how to proceed with their game following the network issues that plagued the launch if the game. In other words, AH decided to remove the psn requirement temporarily without properly informing customers about its eventual requirement. AH is at fault here, NOT Sony.

The game mostly died because of poor balance choices that continue to this day as well as bad community management where AH employees would behave condescending towards players. The game become boring and repetitive for most people, end of story!

Furthermore, to your point about the locked players, as stated before the game was on decline before the controversy and therefore before players were blocked from buying the game. Meaning the game had already peaked before the game was locked out of certain countries so that is not the reason the game has poor numbers. Not to mention, Sony only locked the ability to purchase within those countries, the players who already own the game can continue to play it.

You can stop parroting MS talking points now.