Sony is keen to get more people on PSN and is porting a lot of games to PC, but it's shooting itself in the foot by region-locking games like Horizon Forbidden West that don't even require an account to play.

Rather than meaning some type of slight toward Pope Francis or King Abdullah II of Jordan, what unites the countries unable to purchase Horizon: Forbidden West on Steam since January 21 is their lack of access to the PlayStation Network.

A lmost a year after its release, Sony region-locked the PC port of Horizon: Forbidden West. Then, just as suddenly and without a word, the company reversed its decision. The comp