More like "Microsoft is fucking up. Quick, do something that is shitty but isn't as bad as closing studios. Account registration requirements? Perfect! Fuck those poors in unsupported countries."

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

That's because they already did, Jim Ryan closed japan studio years ago.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You would think that when a company like Microsoft is catching so much shit, a company like sony would think it's a good move to do something good to look even better. But somehow they see it as a challange to be even worse somehow

[–] nous@programming.dev 32 points 6 months ago

I think their though process is more along the line of:

Hey, Microsoft is getting all the bad attention ATM, let's see how much shit we can sneak in while people are distracted.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No matter how poorly thought Sony's international release plan is for PC, that's far easier to assume brief incompetence than malice around. Firing people who made a GOTY is a whole different level of evil.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They did it a second time, so what is it now? Dependable incompetence?

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

What did they do twice?

There’s been one debacle based around PSN, as a service, only being available in certain countries, and Helldivers initially launching in others to simplify their launch.

As of yet, I could believe there are Sony execs that didn’t even realize such a gap existed for their PC releases, and are still deciding what they can legally do. (Premiering their service in new territories isn’t simple, and a lot of their PC investment, plus their multiplayer workings, might be based around the account expectations)