PlayStation’s Doing It Again: Marvel Tōkon Fighting Souls Blocked in 132 Countries Over PSN

PlayStation’s Doing It Again: Marvel Tōkon Fighting Souls Blocked in 132 Countries Over PSN

From The Outerhaven Productions (Written by Keith Mitchell) on | OpenCritic

As noticed by ResetEra user Chairmanchuck, Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is appearing on SteamDB, and it looks like the game won’t be available in 132 regions across the world. This is the same nonsense that has plagued prior PlayStation games that made their way to PC, including Helldivers 2 (before that PSN requirement was removed), Until Dawn, God of War Ragnarök, Ghost of Tsushima, and Stellar Blade.

Sony hasn’t confirmed anything officially, of course. We’re left piecing this together from a database instead of a statement, which at this point feels like the company’s actual communication strategy.

Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls screenshot showing of fightersHere’s the real issue, though. PlayStation Network is only officially available in a fraction of the countries where Steam and Epic operate freely, and Sony still hasn’t done anything to fix that. Not a roadmap, not a timeline, not even an acknowledgment that it’s a problem. Every time a PC release requires that PSN link, it slams shut in the same 100-plus countries, over and over, because the...

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