[Kipters]

No. They sold the game worldwide, and the FAQ explicitly said linking an account was worldwide, then they switched on the requirement and changed the FAQ.

Except it's impossible to create a PSN account in a lot of countires, countries where it was possible to buy and play the game and now it's too late for a refund, so people are stuck with a game they now can't play anymore.

Then they proceeded to gaslight people ("it just takes 2 minutes").

Then they withdrew the game from 177 countries (out of ~195 depending how you count), so people not only they couldn't buy it anymore, but people who had already bought it lost access to it.

It's a shitshow, they completely destroyed players' trust with this.

[beardedwizard]

Which impacted country are you in?

[Kipters]

None. My country is supported by PSN and I have an account as I've owned multiple PlayStation consoles, but does it matter?