Apparently it’s 177 regions but I don’t know how to check.

  • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    you just know that this was an internal decision from Sony, made without any input from developers, and the deciders probably used a lot of cool words like KPI, metrics, engagement and brand awareness

    stonks-down

    • BountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.netOP
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      6 months ago

      Yup. “think of all the new users psn will have!”. No actual benefits, just line go up on graph to make shareholders happy. Most efficient system 🤡

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      6 months ago

      I’m 100% sure this was a decision made by Sony. Apparently this was intended from the word go but they had technical issues during launch and disabled the PSN requirement 20-30 minutes after launch and are now trying to turn it back on.

      The photo-ID thing seems to just be the UK’s incredibly invasive security state making demands. I’m not clear if other countries actually require photo ID, i haven’t been able to find any clear information.