Now if only I could see this on a map

Overlay it on that Steam active user map, so we can count all 8 people who’ll need to fire up that VPN they use for literally everything they already do online.

as someone who is in a country where services are regularly blocked and you need to use a VPN,

fuck off.

Hey, congrats! Sounds like you’ve already figured out the solution to this “problem”.

I notice that you specifically worded your comment to not address whether PSN is blocked where you are.

I’ll assume it definitely is blocked where you are, and you’re not just another PCMR-bro who thinks signing up for a PSN account will make people think they’re a “console gamer”.

since you didn’t fuck off let me explain.

i don’t play nor care about helldivers 2 but i can certainly emphasize with people that have had their favorite game linking to a service that is blocked/not supported. you either use a free VPN which good luck with shitty connectivity, high packet loss and ping, or use a paid VPN which basically converts all your games into a subscription that is most certainly not affordable for many 3rd world users, and at the end you are still probably dealing with the issues mentioned before since you are adding extra hops in your route. and that’s if you can get your hands on a working VPN which since most companies have their IP addresses known you get forced into shady VPNs automatically.

plus you are massively risking your data since you can’t trust the person at the other end, especially with free VPNs that could be loaded with viruses and spyware. in addition in most cases using a VPN can and will trigger false bot flags, causing either a temporary block or worse a ban, not to mention lying about your region when creating an account is in most cases is against TOS (although it’s unlikely you get banned for it).

for example i wanted to play titanfall 2 when it came out but couldn’t due to it being linked to EA account system which is definitely blocked here. never bothered with the official Ultima Online because EA. wanna play the free copy of GTA V? can’t download shit off Epic Games. wanna play any games made by Riot? you better get that DNS service ready cause otherwise you can’t get in. wanna update warframe? too bad the CDN service they use blocks your region (this was a long time ago i remember being pissed off about it).

so stop being an asshole online. we deserve to play games like other people without resorting to hacks in order to have a worse experience that was forced upon us. even ignoring all of my rant this decision is still against privacy of most users by handing their data over to yet another big company. i cannot imagine what would compel someone to make an ass out of themselves to call people that are against this cry babies.

Paid VPNs are dirt cheap worldwide. You’re all absolutely being crybabies. If you can already afford a PC capable of playing HD2, you can afford a few bucks a year for a reputable VPN.

But hey, it’s okay. In a couple days, the TikTok/YouTube influencers will find the next shiny piece of inconsequential PC gamer ragebait, and you’ll all move onto that.