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Helldivers 2 now delisted in 177 countries (steamdb.info)

submitted 3 months ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Looks like Arrowhead might be moving forward with PSN despite "internal discussions".

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[-] simple@lemm.ee 189 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What a disaster this is for absolutely no reason.

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 116 points 3 months ago

Just corporate greed for more of you data to sell.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 13 points 3 months ago

This one made me wonder if they don't get telemetrics about how people are playing the game to improve the game (or build a new game) from without doing this. And if that same data would be valuable to data brokers in general or if it's more valuable as an internal trade secret.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 33 points 3 months ago

They already have this data to improve the game. They basically have a DM watching everything and managing play. This is just for Sony.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes, it would be just for Sony to get it; not meaning to say it isn't collected at all by the developer. Before this, I would have thought they'd share that with the publisher (this case Sony) anyway.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

I'm sure they do. I mean this is for Sony to pad their numbers for active paying accounts.

[-] Wytch@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 months ago

Well now it seems they've become the dog with two bones

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I expect media companies to be greedy. What feels absurd is when they act out of blind, unmonetized efforts of control that seem to hurt their bottom line - like forcing employees to commute instead of work from home.