Jaded Alyx Editor-in-chief at SpecialCancel.com Verified Oct 25, 2017 40,215 Stellar Blade can be pre-ordered on PC, however as per sony's longstanding policy: People are complaining, and it seems the Stellar Blade X account did not know this was going to happen:   Last edited: Friday at 1:42 PM NovumVeritas Member Oct 26, 2017 11,131 Berlin Seems Sony fucked ShiftUp over here ? (Bad communication)  dex3108 Member Oct 26, 2017 24,745 One day Sony will pull out their head from their own ass. NovumVeritas said: Seems Sony fucked ShiftUp over here ? (Bad communication) Click to expand... Click to shrink... They f-ed Arrowhead too because if i remember correctly Arrowhead never fully implemented PSN account into Helldivers 2 but sony still region locked that game while it was hot.  Trick_GSF Member Nov 2, 2017 1,644 This thing is so, so dumb.   Linus815 Member Oct 29, 2017 24,097 sony is so ass   Dest Has seen more 10s than EA ever will Coward Jun 4, 2018 16,028 Work Sony has gotta figure this shit out   Audiblee Member Mar 14, 2025 1,551 What is the reason it's blocked? Because PSN isn't in those countries?   senj Member Nov 6, 2017 8,698 It's a hell of an act, what do you call it? "Sony's PC Publishing Strategy"  super-famicom Avenger Oct 26, 2017 30,601 New Pope is furious   NeoRaider Member Feb 7, 2018 9,166 Audiblee said: What is the reason it's blocked? Because PSN isn't in those countries? Click to expand... Click to shrink... But PSN isn't even required for few months now... And this is a 3rd party game.  Jawbreaker Member Oct 25, 2017 8,998 New York City Classic. Hope this can serve as a catalyst for breaking down the region blocks.   NovumVeritas Member Oct 26, 2017 11,131 Berlin dex3108 said: They f-ed Arrowhead too because if i remember correctly Arrowhead never fully implemented PSN account into Helldivers 2 but sony still region locked that game while it was hot. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Yeah I remember that. People were pretty angry about this. Sony is so out of touch on PC..   Audiblee Member Mar 14, 2025 1,551 NeoRaider said: But PSN isn't even required for few months now... And this is a 3rd party game. Click to expand... Click to shrink... What is the reason then? I guess I'm confused.   senj Member Nov 6, 2017 8,698 Audiblee said: What is the reason then? I guess I'm confused. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Nobody knows. There does not appear to be any good reason.   Arubedo Unshakable Resolve Member Dec 24, 2018 1,219 Sony are the dumbest PC publisher i've ever seen, what even is the point region locking the games when they removed every PSN account restrictions?   cowbanana Member Feb 2, 2018 16,364 a Socialist Utopia At least they spent big bucks on Denuvo to watch their abysmal launch numbers on Steam, lol.   dex3108 Member Oct 26, 2017 24,745 NovumVeritas said: Yeah I remember that. People were pretty angry about this. Sony is so out of touch on PC.. Click to expand... Click to shrink... i mean they show it constantly, even with pricing. Their games are late and almost full price if not full price at PC release. Even if there was no region lock i get brand new games for 30-50 euros like Expedition 33 and Mafia The Old Country, while their late releases are 50-80 euros.  nsilvias Member Oct 25, 2017 30,114 cowbanana said: At least they spent big bucks on Denuvo to watch their abysmal launch numbers on Steam, lol. Click to expand... Click to shrink... oof the first? sony game with denuvo   SirKai Member Dec 28, 2017 10,174 Washington This continues to be the biggest Sony Playstation fumble in years. They've made the PSN linking optional and STILL region lock their PC releases! I genuinely, fully, do not fucking understand it.   jitteryzeitgeist Member May 26, 2023 9,180 A quiet place Sony can't be stopped. SirKai said: This is the biggest Sony Playstation fumble in years. They've made the PSN linking optional and STILL region lock their PC releases! I genuinely, fully, do not fucking understand it. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I can wrap my head around most corporate decisions and at least see the weird MBA bro logic behind them. Nothing Sony is doing makes any fucking sense, even with that mindset.  Kneefoil Member Oct 25, 2017 4,953 I'm guessing region availability is limited to countries with PSN accounts because of this completely optional thing.   NovumVeritas Member Oct 26, 2017 11,131 Berlin dex3108 said: i mean they show it constantly, even with pricing. Their games are late and almost full price if not full price at PC release. Even if there was no region lock i get brand new games for 30-50 euros like Expedition 33 and Mafia The Old Country, while their late releases are 50-80 euros. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Yeah. The price point for this game is also really hilarious. It has the same price when it was released new on Playstation 5. It's fucking dumb. Also using Denuvo and doing this PSN crap, Sony doing everything this will go wait for sale direction or it will bomb.   Polk Avenger Oct 26, 2017 6,011 Audiblee said: What is the reason then? I guess I'm confused. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I wonder if that's just default settings for Sony PC releases and nobody bothered to change that.   harinezumi Member Oct 27, 2017 20,530 Buenos Aires, Argentina   J-Skee The Wise Ones Member Oct 25, 2017 13,287 NeoRaider said: But PSN isn't even required for few months now... And this is a 3rd party game. Click to expand... Click to shrink... They publish it, so they treat it like everything else. It's a smaller that no one really cares about, but Midnight Murder Club is also like this.   Raysoul Fat4All Ruined My Rug Member Oct 26, 2017 3,459 HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA! A year has passed, GoT and Helldivers 2 are still region locked. Then this happened.  dex3108 Member Oct 26, 2017 24,745 Polk said: I wonder if that's just default settings for Sony PC releases and nobody bothered to change that. Click to expand... Click to shrink... It's not, they are aware because it was 170 regions up until few months ago when they unblocked 40 countries.  andshrew Member Oct 27, 2017 2,897 Audiblee said: What is the reason then? I guess I'm confused. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Sony really messed up with all the drama around this last year, so the assumption would be Sony legal say these are the countries we do business in (ie. countries where PSN is available); and those are the only countries we will now sell in whether or not a PSN login is required.  Xando Member Oct 28, 2017 37,627 Don't understand why they don't learn. Like why even walk into this PR mess with every game   P40L0 Member Jun 12, 2018 9,582 Italy super-famicom said: New Pope is furious Click to expand... Click to shrink... Dead! 🤣   HardRojo One Winged Slayer Member Oct 25, 2017 28,859 Peru Title needs an update to sound less clickbaity, made me think countries were blocking the game for some reason and hides the fact that it's Sony's actual policies causing this, something we've known for a while now and shouldn't be hidden in the title.   dex3108 Member Oct 26, 2017 24,745 Xando said: Don't understand why they don't learn. Like why even walk into this PR mess with every game Click to expand... Click to shrink... Because there is actually no PR mess. Nobody questions them from outlets, people who can't play game kinda don't have anywhere big to complain for Sony to notice so they simply don't care.  Bishop89 What Are Ya' Selling? Member Oct 25, 2017 42,737 Melbourne, Australia Sony you buffoons. My god   OP OP Jaded Alyx Editor-in-chief at SpecialCancel.com Verified Oct 25, 2017 40,215 HardRojo said: Title needs an update to sound less clickbaity, made me think countries were blocking the game for some reason and hides the fact that it's Sony's actual policies causing this, something we've known for a while now and shouldn't be hidden in the title. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Not sure how you got that from the title though.   Letters Prophet of Truth Avenger Oct 27, 2017 5,199 Portugal What possible reason could there be for this decision? What's the problem with people buying from other random regions? Or lying about location when creating PSN accounts? Does it devalue the data they sell on people or what? I'm genuinely curious about the reason from their point of view for such an unpopular decision. Kneefoil said: I'm guessing region availability is limited to countries with PSN accounts because of this completely optional thing. Click to expand... Click to shrink... How nice of Sony to avoid making players feel sad or upset because of missing out on this one costume.  Last edited: Thursday at 1:04 PM Fulcrum Member Nov 7, 2022 2,088 I didn't know it required PSN. Guess I won't be buying it on PC. Maybe I'll grab it on PS5 sometime.   Arubedo Unshakable Resolve Member Dec 24, 2018 1,219 Fulcrum said: I didn't know it required PSN. Guess I won't be buying it on PC. Maybe I'll grab it on PS5 sometime. Click to expand... Click to shrink... It doesn't require PSN tho.   HardRojo One Winged Slayer Member Oct 25, 2017 28,859 Peru Jaded Alyx said: Not sure how you got that from the title though. Click to expand... Click to shrink... The title doesn't mention Sony at all, so my first thought wasn't Sony's policies. It's just as I said, the title should reflect the fact that it's because of Sony.   dex3108 Member Oct 26, 2017 24,745 Jaded Alyx said: Not sure how you got that from the title though. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I agree with that post, you should have added "devs apparently weren't aware how dumb Sony is"  OP OP Jaded Alyx Editor-in-chief at SpecialCancel.com Verified Oct 25, 2017 40,215 HardRojo said: The title doesn't mention Sony at all, so my first thought wasn't Sony's policies. It's just as I said, the title should reflect the fact that it's because of Sony. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Ok fair enough, I just assumed it was obvious since it's a Sony-published title.   Sabretooth Member Oct 27, 2017 5,673 India What are those unknown country codes? What shadow nations is Sony hiding from us   Fulcrum Member Nov 7, 2022 2,088 Arubedo said: It doesn't require PSN tho. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Oh, I misread. Guess I'll find out when it releases.  Mobius and Pet Octopus Member Oct 25, 2017 16,813 Jaded Alyx said: Not sure how you got that from the title though. Click to expand... Click to shrink... It's how you said it was blocked when it's actually the product doing the blocking.  Catchphrase Member Nov 28, 2023 2,322 Sabretooth said: What are those unknown country codes? What shadow nations is Sony hiding from us Click to expand... Click to shrink... AN is Atlantis, clearly   sderttreds Member Jan 6, 2023 1,249 oh what, sony is the publisher? won't really trust them with steam release   chrominance Sky Van Gogh Member Oct 25, 2017 16,264 HardRojo said: Title needs an update to sound less clickbaity, made me think countries were blocking the game for some reason and hides the fact that it's Sony's actual policies causing this, something we've known for a while now and shouldn't be hidden in the title. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I sort of get where you're coming from, and someone who isn't aware of Sony's policies around this could definitely be confused. At the same time: did people actually think 130 countries all decided, independently or in concert, to block Stellar Blade? How often do 130 countries agree on ANYTHING?  Greywaren Member Jul 16, 2019 13,085 Spain Reset the "Sony fucks things up for no reason" clock once again.   Acidote Member Oct 26, 2017 5,834 cowbanana said: At least they spent big bucks on Denuvo to watch their abysmal launch numbers on Steam, lol. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Thanks, I didn't notice that. Removed from the wishlist.   Raysoul Fat4All Ruined My Rug Member Oct 26, 2017 3,459 Title should be "In a very baffling decision, Sony doesn't want these countries to play Stellar Blade on PC"   jitteryzeitgeist Member May 26, 2023 9,180 A quiet place chrominance said: How often do 130 countries agree on ANYTHING? Click to expand... Click to shrink... Just about every nation on earth agrees on one orange, bloated, stupid thing being awful, but that's about it.