Star bladeThe steam introduction was mysteriously blocked in countries such as Egypt, Vietnam, Estonia and Kuba.
Although there was no formal statement about why sales were blocked in over 100 countries around the worldIt is believed that the list basically fits the list of places where PlayStation Network is not available.
But here is a misleading thing: Star blade NO Require players to sign up to PSN to play, which caused players to wonder Why ON earth Sales have been confined.
It is possible that the block does not appear, not because the star blade requires a PSN connection, but because it offers optional one. Although not yet confirmed by the programmer or Sony itself, some are Speculation It can be because players are invited to register via their PSN account to secure the optional skin for EVE.
The game is not available in ~ 130 countries in the Steam and Epic Games store. pic.twitter.com/d79a3hruut
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More interestingly, it seems that the change itself was surprised by limitations. While the team responded to some unhappy tweets on X/Twitter, asking the applicants where they liveThey still have to provide further information about why the game is blocked in some countries.
Despite the offer of millions of fans, the possibility of enjoying experiences, which otherwise were closed with the exclusive console, Sony left its implementation on the PC, with Many players blowing up the company for mandatory requirements for the connection of PSN. This meant that players had to have an account and connect them to enjoy the chosen game at all, even if the title was one game for one player, such as God of War or The Last of Us. The requirement led to Reaction from PC players in territories where PSN is unavailable.
The drama first went to the Helldivers 2 community in May last year, when PlayStation announced that Steam users will have to connect the PlayStation Network account for playback. The company, however, quickly received this decision inverted course Just a few days later.
Since then, this was additionally intensified by the fact that PSN is not available in some countries, what caused Helldivers 2 to be removed at this time in about 177 countries. Recently, in January 2025, Sony He stated that he would no longer require players to connect the PlayStation account account to enjoy some of its PC gamesAnd instead I offered bonuses for those who do it.
Computer version Stellar Blade starts through Steam on June 11 In addition to a number of features specific to the PC, including AI shifts via NVIDIA DLSS 4 and AMD FSR 3, unlocked defeat, Japanese and Chinese voice, Ultrability support, higher resolution textures and DualSense support for heptic opinions and triggers.
Review of Star IGN blades He returned 7/10. We said: “Star blade is great in all the most important ways of action, but boring characters, flawless history and several frustrating elements of RPG mechanics prevent him from gliding along with the best species.”
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