Sony has seemingly loosened regional restrictions on a number of its PC games, including God of War Ragnarök, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and Helldivers 2.
As spotted by Wario64, the changelogs for all aforementioned games listed on SteamDB show that a number of sale restrictions were quietly lifted yesterday, 13th June.
Although Sony made no public comment concerning the furore about sales restrictions invoked in countries where PSN isn’t available or shared any plans to address it, check SteamDB and you’ll see that the games have indeed trimmed down the number of countries where they’re unavailable
Sony appears to be removing regional restrictions on their Steam/PC games God of War Ragnarok steamdb.info/sub/833972/h… The Last of Us Part II Remastered steamdb.info/sub/1219787/… Spider-Man 2 steamdb.info/sub/1219797/… Helldivers 2 steamdb.info/sub/137730/h…
— Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social) June 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This all started, of course, when Helldivers 2 was review-bombed last year following a PSN requirement which led to the game being pulled from sale in 177 countries. The company quickly u-turned its decision following the backlash but not before several Sony-published games were caught up in the controversy. Most recently Stellar Blade found itself at the centre of the backlash even though developer Shift Up had stated a PSN account was only optional and not a formal requirement.
On the subject of Sony, president Hideaki Nishino recently stated the company is open to adjusting the price of PlayStation Plus in the future, as the company aims to “maximise profitability“.
The comments came as part of a discussion between Sony CEO Hermen Hulst and president Hideaki Nishino on PS Plus and the company’s future. Discussing Sony’s subscription service, Nishino stated: “We will continue to add more value and adjust our pricing strategy in a dynamic way to maximise profitability.”