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Not really, a big chunk of players had good reason to be angry. PSN accounts aren't available in half of the world, and the Steam listing was initially set up to allow anyone to buy the game, so many people would have been locked out of what they paid for. Steam opened up extended refunds due to extenuating circumstances but only after the controversy blew up.


> so many people would have been locked out of what they paid for.

And that's an important point, Helldivers is not an f2p game, it's a $40 upfront game, with cosmetic IAPs on top.




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