Helldivers 2 PSN Related Country Purchasing Restriction for Steam

tl;dr - Helldivers 2 was removed for purchase on Steam for countries unable to create PSN accounts. This was not reverted.

tl;dr Steam Console command - Replicable results by performing: Run > steam://open/console > Execute command: package_info_print 137730

As many are aware, on May 6th Sony has rescinded their mandatory PSN account linking that was scheduled for May 30th. Although this is a big win, many are not aware that the same countries that were going to be restricted due PSN limitations have already been restricted on Steam as of May 4th (SteamDB - Change 23416542 - https://steamdb.info/changelist/23416542/). This was not reverted.

You can find current information regarding this through Steam console:

• Open Steam console (Run > steam://open/console)
• Execute command package_info_print 137730 (This is the command to print current information for 137730, which is the sub/package for Helldivers 2)
• Here's the current output for that as of this posting:

    
] package_info_print 137730
PackageID : 137730, change number : 23416565/23416565 
"137730"
{
    "packageid"		"137730"
    "billingtype"		"10"
    "licensetype"		"1"
    "status"		"0"
    "extended"
    {
        "allowcrossregiontradingandgifting"		"false"
        "AllowPurchaseFromRestrictedCountries"		"0"
        "PurchaseRestrictedCountries"		"AF AG AI AL AM AN AO AQ AS AW AX AZ BA BB BD BF BI BJ BL BM BN BQ BS BT BV BW BY BZ CC CD CF CG CI CK CM CU CV CW CX DJ DM DO DZ EG EH ER ET FJ FK FM FO FX GA GD GE GF GG GH GI GL GM GN GP GQ GS GU GW GY HM HT IM IO IQ IR JE JM JO JP KE KG KH KI KM KN KP KY KZ LA LC LK LR LS LY MA MC MD ME MF MG MH MK ML MM MN MO MP MQ MR MS MU MV MW MZ NA NC NE NF NG NP NR NU PF PG PH PK PM PN PR PS PW RE RS RW SB SC SD SH SJ SL SM SN SO SR SS ST SX SY SZ TC TD TF TG TJ TK TL TM TN TO TT TV TZ UG UM UZ VA VC VE VG VI VN VU WF WS XD YE YT ZM ZW"
    }
    "appids"
    {
        "0"		"553850"
        "1"		"2506210"
        "2"		"2506220"
        "3"		"2506240"
        "4"		"2506250"
        "5"		"2506260"
        "6"		"2506280"
        "7"		"2506300"
    }
    "depotids"
    {
        "0"		"553851"
        "1"		"553853"
        "2"		"553854"
    }
    "AppItems"
    {
    }
}


  

• Notable fields: AllowPurchaseFromRestrictedCountries=0 (Meaning do not allow from Restricted Countries); PurchaseRestrictedCountries={List of Countries}

You can also find a better formatted version of these limitations on SteamDB here: https://steamdb.info/sub/137730/info/

Hope this helps put things into perspective. Come to your own conclusions regarding this.

Edit: https://lemm.ee/post/31661746 - Steam announcement that these restrictions were requested by the publisher Sony and to find more information about this decision through them.

Edit2: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/third-person-shooter/helldivers-2-gets-delisted-in-more-countries-without-psn-access-blindsided-devs-call-for-it-to-be-available-worldwide/ Gamesradar post from another community post.

Edit3: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2024/05/ghost-of-tsushima-psn-steam-refunds/ Ghost of Tsushima related issue.