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[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It's simple.

If the money gained by selling user data is greater than sales lost to piracy because of the required account, it's a win for the company. They probably figure those countries that can't create a PSN account are lost sales anyway, so screw em, right?

Bastards

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It's blatant aggression against ones' own customers like this that really makes me want to take a shit.

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Right on Jim Ryan's desk