Edit: Interestingly there are 3 unknown country codes in the list of deisted regions previously, so optimistically it might just be them correcting it and they would start selling world wide again.
Also some people say this might put them in violation of EU laws, but I’m no law expert nor an EU resident.
Edit 2 [update]: screenshot from someone who got denied a refund. Looks like it’s confirmed to be Sony’s decision.
They shouldn’t have to start over, they’re not owned by Sony, Sony just published the Helldivers games for them and likely owns the IP.
They would just have to walk away from the best selling franchise they’ve ever had, which is difficult. They seem to have scruples, but they’re also humans who probably want to live comfortably and feel secure in their futures like the rest of us. If I’m being honest, if it were me, I’d probably take the money because life’s hard enough as it is.
Hard to say how it’ll all shake out.