121 countries are unable to make PSN accounts, which means that they are unable to use the PlayStation Store. In a digital-exclusive future—which looks likely for the PS6 after Sony announced plans to cease production of game discs in 2028—that means everyone in those countries will be locked out from purchasing titles on the platform.
While I’ve played mainly on PC for 30+ years, I’ve owned most of the consoles, lately due to kids playing on them.
PS6 will be the first non-contender. Simply not gonna even think about getting it. On xbox and playstations earlier we have loaned games from local library, and thats great for kids.
Maybe I’ll have to build pcs for them now. Bad time for that, too.
I’m not a Playstation fan, I just want to play on the sofa, so I bought it just for that. It was a PS1, PS3, PS4, PS5… ooh wait, in fact I did have nearly all of them
PS6? No way. For me the PS always was a good offer for couch gaming.
Unless Sony changes course, a future PS6 looks mighty unattractive, price and usage-wise.
My next “console” will be something with Steamos or Bazzite or any wine/proton install. Maybe something that I can also use for running LLMs when I work.
If memory wasn’t so expensive, I’d already have ordered a 128G Strix Halo box (good enough for most games, good enough for a lot of local models)
Im already pissed that games like shovel knight and celeste are banned/ unavailable in my country.
Sony is probably like “fucking over those shit hole countries will be worth it for us to fully control the north American, European and Japanese game sales. Fuck em”
VPN (at least until they are deemed illegal)
A VPN won’t do to much good for people that don’t have internet, or a connection stable enough, or fast enough to download a 60gb game.
Not to mention unlimited plans is not something everyone has either.
It also doesn’t preclude the device using other means than IP to detect location.
I hope someone cripple their security, then people living in those 121 countries can grab a jolly roger and help fuck them over, since they always sell their hardware at a loss anyway
