Ghost Of Tsushima Director's Cut Delisted In Regions Over PSN Requirement

Summary

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cutappears to have been delisted in countries that can’t access the PlayStation Network. This comes afterHelldivers 2was controversially set toforce PC players to link with a PSN account to continue playing, a move thatSony eventually reversedafter it was met with intense backlash and review bombing.

Despite this backlash, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut will still have this requirement for its multiplayer offerings. While developer Sucker Punchreassuresplayers that they won’t need a PSN account to play the game in single-player, a recent update to its Steam page indicates that countries without PSN won’t get access to the game at all.

Ghost Of Tsushima Director’s Cut Restricted In More Than 150 Countries

This development was spotted by SteamDB, which keeps track of updates made to store pages on the platform. Here, we can see that Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut won’t be available for purchase in 179 regions.Helldivers 2 was restricted in this exact wayafter the PSN requirements were revealed, and as noted above, it’s still delisted in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, although it’s unclear why.

However, according to Sucker Punch, those who live in countries that do have PSN will only have to link their accounts if they want to access the multiplayer. The single-player offerings should work just fine, although this just makes the decision to remove the game from so many other countries all the more unexpected.

The launch of the Director’s Cut will be the first time that Ghost of Tsushima has been available to play outside of PlayStation.

The move has once again angered PC players, who were already frustrated after the debacle with Helldivers 2. When announcing that it would remove PSN requirements from Helldivers 2, Sony said that it is “learning what is best for PC players” and that the “feedback has been invaluable”. However, just days later, Sony is seemingly persevering with PSN requirements in Ghost of Tsushima, so much so that the long-awaited PC port cannot be released in countries without it.

Sony and Sucker Punch are yet to comment on this development. In the meantime, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is set to launch on May 16. It remains to be seen if this move is reversed before then, or if those living in countries without PSN won’t be able to access the game via Steam.