Hotline
Miami
2:
Wrong
Number
was
at
the
centre
of
a
few
controversies
when
it
released
nearly
a
decade
ago.
Yet
somehow
all
these
years
later,
the
game
is
still
causing
problems,
at
least
for
Australians.

Sony
has
sent
out
Emails
to
people
(thanks
to
ResetEra’s
Bishop
89
for
grabbing
a
screenshot)
telling
them
that
the
game
“has
not
received
a
proper
rating
from
the
Australian
Classification
board”
and
they
have
therefore
“taken
steps
to
remove
the
product
from
customers
who
have
obtained
the
game
through
PlayStation
Plus.”

Sure
enough,
a
quick
search
of
the
Aussie

PlayStation
store
reveals
nothing.
It
has
been
wiped
from
existence.
Anybody
checking
the
game
in
their
game
library
reports
finding
a
lock
symbol.

Hotline
Miami
2
was
notably
not
available
for
Australia
when
it
launched
because
the
Australian
certification
board
would
not
grant
it
a
rating,
essentially
banning
the
game.

However,
in
2019
the
game
appeared
as
part
of
a
Switch
collection
alongside
the
original
Hotline
Miami.

That
version
was
quickly
pulled
down,
though.

But
fans
were
hopeful
everything
had
finally
be
sorted
out
when
Hotline
2
popped
up
in
Australia
12
months
ago.
Via
PS
Plus,
hopeful
customers
could
get
it
separately
or
as
part
of
the
Hotline
Miami
Collection.

It’s
currently
unclear
how
or
why
it
has
taken
an
entire
year
for
this
issue
to
come
to
light
and
for
the
game
to
be
removed.
Somehow
it
seems
to
have
slipped
through
PlayStation’s
cracks,
though
the
publisher
must
also
be
held
accountable
as
they
must
have
been
aware
it
wasn’t
properly
rated
and
yet
was
still
available.
It’s
possible
they
might
face
some
legal
repercussions.
Presumably,
they
will
have
to
cough
up
the
cash
to
refund
everyone
who
bought
the
game.