Reality vs Adventure Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Sony has suspended the Playstation store in Russia, suspended consoles and all hardware/software, and blocked the launch of Gran Turismo 7 to Russians as well as all shipment of games. They also have donated $2 million to help victims. Microsoft has also halted sales to Russia and since Microsoft is a tech giant, they are helping Ukraine against cyberattacks from Russia. Also, Russians have been blocked from participating in esports. There are also game developers cutting ties with Russia. https://news.yahoo.com/sony-suspends-playstation-store-console-004340947.html https://www.channelfutures.com/security/microsoft-helping-ukraine-government-against-mounting-russia-cyberattacks https://www.thedrive.com/news/44690/sony-refuses-to-launch-gran-turismo-7-in-russia-for-now https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/07/ea-and-microsoft-announce-end-of-sales-to-russia-hi-rez-reroutes-russian-profits-to-ukrainian-aid/ Head_Hunter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 My speculation is that with Intel and AMD not providing chips to Russia, I would suspect new Azure/O365 customers would be included as it will be much harder to scale out with equipment not easily provided. Microsoft could probably go through China or do some shady dealings in the backend to get the equipment, but with the Russian Ruble losing value it probably would not be worth the trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Barida Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 14 hours ago, Reality vs Adventure said: Sony has suspended the Playstation store in Russia, suspended consoles and all hardware/software, and blocked the launch of Gran Turismo 7 to Russians as well as all shipment of games. They also have donated $2 million to help victims. Microsoft has also halted sales to Russia and since Microsoft is a tech giant, they are helping Ukraine against cyberattacks from Russia. Also, Russians have been blocked from participating in esports. There are also game developers cutting ties with Russia. https://news.yahoo.com/sony-suspends-playstation-store-console-004340947.html https://www.channelfutures.com/security/microsoft-helping-ukraine-government-against-mounting-russia-cyberattacks https://www.thedrive.com/news/44690/sony-refuses-to-launch-gran-turismo-7-in-russia-for-now https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/07/ea-and-microsoft-announce-end-of-sales-to-russia-hi-rez-reroutes-russian-profits-to-ukrainian-aid/ Good or bad news? I can't say, but what's important is that the war got to end to save humans that are being killed in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Your post is very informative, Russia is definitely at the receiving end of everything. They've seen more of the restriction from the both video game companies, it's a shame that they caused it by forcing war to Ukrainians, they couldn't have taken far though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 It's a shame that we've had to come to this because some of the people in Russia won't be supportive of the war against Ukraine. But sanctions like these just have to be implemented because it helps put more pressure on Putin and his government. It's not major since it's just gaming sanctions but when you put them all together, it creates a huge problem for the people of Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egghead Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 That's ridiculous. What has the war got to do with normal gamer. The war is not between common Russians and common people of Ukraine. It is between Ukarine and Putin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 It's not just gaming. Microsoft is also a PC giant. Microchips are required to build computers, and everything else that is an electronic device. If they halt all sales and deliveries to Russia, their economy will end up being crippled, which will mean that Putin won't be able to do much of anything for his war against Ukraine. Yes it will also affect the citizens who have done nothing wrong, but we can't really avoid that. Also there are some gamers who only game online. If they can't game with their friends in Australia and Brazil, then they're kinda screwed unless they learn to game offline. My question here is, what about VPN's? Couldn't they subscribe to one and set their location to the states or some other country? Would that be a loophole that would get them around the sanctions that are keeping them from the online services set by Sony and Microsoft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 When it comes to the world of Internet, anyone can claim any region of their choice and bypass moderation. When my country banned Twitter, it wasn't easy for when using Twitter for business, they diverted to using VPN and it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 A lot of companies have pulled out of business in China since their invasion of Ukraine but that doesn't seem to bother Vladimir Putin at all. Sony and Microsoft did what they had to do and I stand with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
