Steam and arrowhead both allowed the sale of the game in non-compatible markets.

No. Sony handles the publishing on Steam. Sony set the countries allowed for sale -- neither Steam, which is only the platform, nor arrowhead, who did not publish the game, have any responsibility in the matter. You're taking away blame from Sony which is the single culprit for that mistake

against your bias and narrative

If being a regular person who just wants to enjoy the things they pay for in peace is bias, and being fed up with this crap is narrative, what does that make you?

Stop trying to normalize exploitation by greed, and stop normalizing the acceptance of it.

Just because Sony can manufacture a bait and switch with some boilerplate doesn't mean they should. Regular people should not be blamed for being exploited when purchasing in good faith. The developers made a game that works, clearly, and Steam delivered it, so they are culpable, but if Sony can stop their horseshit, and this all goes away, it is clear who really is to blame.

Was it actually for sale in countries that don't allow psn accounts, or did people spoof locations to buy the game from those countries? I've been trying to find this out the past two days and still haven't gotten confirmation that the game was or is for sale on steam in a place like Egypt. All I've seen is people saying it was for sale there, but it's all coming from assuming it is, because others also not from any of those countries have made the same claim.

So; can anyone from a region that doesn't support PSN confirm if they were able to buy HD2 with their correct region selected? I just genuinely want to know, because if so, I would think at least those individuals should be able to get a refund, even though they ignored all the warnings about the psn requirements.