It's been almost five years since PlayStation, in a move that was still relatively unprecedented at the time, slowly but surely began to relax its exclusivity policy. While the Japanese publisher still resists the idea of porting its games to competing consoles (with the exception of LEGO Horizon Adventures), a number of them have nevertheless ended up arriving on PC in many countries. And apparently, they should be even more so very soon.
PlayStation updates its policy on PC exclusives
As revealed by Wario64 on Bluesky, it appears that Sony is indeed subtly starting to update its policy on regional restrictions linked to the PlayStation Network, which previously prevented hundreds of countries from being able to access certain exclusives on PC. Because even though PSN services are now permanently installed almost everywhere in the world, there are still many areas where players do not necessarily have access to them for various reasons.
In fact, by requiring a PSN connection to be able to launch games on PC, PlayStation prevented millions of players from being able to enjoy titles like The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, God of War Ragnarök, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 or Helldivers 2. Inevitably, this led to strong reactions on social networks, which then prompted Sony to announce last January that this restriction would eventually be lifted. And it seems that the publisher is finally taking this path today.
An official statement is still expected
At the time of writing, no official statement from PlayStation has yet been made on this subject. However, if the Steam database is gradually starting to be updated, it probably means that we shouldn't be too long before we hear about it. Moreover, note that Days Gone Remastered and Stellar Blade, two PS5 titles that recently arrived on PC, have no PSN restrictions. This is therefore a clear sign that a change in policy is underway at Sony.
Source: Bluesky
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