So its save to say that these shady "re-sellers" like gamekey3+1.you and others are pretty much screwed now?
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STEAM | October 2014 - Proper PC gamers buy a Wii U and Bayonetta 2
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So its save to say that these shady "re-sellers" like gamekey3+1.you and others are pretty much screwed now?
dat GFWL though :/
i really shouldnt be playing video games a day before my finals xD
I'm shady? :3
Well I'm not screwed since I'm only a middleman. I dont have an inventory full of games or anything. So this affect me like normal.
Though idk how liez must be feeling right now
salazar547
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so i can still get games with brazillian price if im from south america right??
Blak_Status
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Way to increase piracy Steam
gfwl games work fine on my end, but i guess it'll stop functioning when the service goes down? :I
I believe so. You just can't trade or sell them across region.
MGSV and Batman already have store subs, so unless Konami/WB add the flag voluntarily they'll be region-free. This is why Mordor was region-free during the pre-purchase period but became region-locked following launch (old sub -> new sub).
Edit: Actually, Batman doesn't. Looks like the app predates the point where Valve made it so publishing a new app automatically generated three subs (store + retail/dev/beta testing).
This looks amazing :O
billmcdougal
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So if the region locking is not retroactive, does that mean games that aren't out yet, but have store pages, are still good?
I ask because a friend of mine is interested in scoring the best possible price on Civilzation Beyond Earth...
I ask because a friend of mine is interested in scoring the best possible price on Civilzation Beyond Earth...
I'm shady? :3
Well I'm not screwed since I'm only a middleman. I dont have an inventory full of games or anything. So this affect me like normal.
Though idk how liez must be feeling right now
No no! I tried to be creative about a website whose name is apparently banned to type out
Didn't mean you (unless you are affiliated to them). Sorry about that :>Its just that i once ordered from that particular site before i knew they were just selling steam gifts from russian traders and had to wait days before i finally got my gift. I wasn't really pleased with that to say the least.
For the most part, yes, but there's nothing preventing publishers from region-locking them now (take Dead Rising 2, for instance).
CivBE is region-locked. All of 2K's new/upcoming releases are.
Also Dunder. Even though he isn't RussiaI'm shady? :3
Well I'm not screwed since I'm only a middleman. I dont have an inventory full of games or anything. So this affect me like normal.
Though idk how liez must be feeling right now
MarcoZombieCannon
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Yeah, okay.Way to increase piracy Steam
huh.... well guess i better play it quick then. Just took the plunge
Way to increase piracy Steam
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Duck Dynasty is out!
Lets all buy it to spite JaseC!!!
$39.99... lol
Does anyone else see what's happening with SpeedRunners events?
This is what happens after you let Pewdiepie into your product.
thank obama for finally gaben to be putting sanctions on putin for his crimes against the ukraine and all those people who took games for cheap from russian mafia to fund the invasion of peaceful neighbors /s
Hero Prinny
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awwww wtf man. leave it to valve to kill all the fun of cheap games.
CosmicQueso
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When Russia is all of a sudden 30%+ share of a game's sales region free when it's around 8% on the titles that are not region free, you can't expect everyone to just sit on their hands.
Nice
. Bought Tier 1. Wanted to have Super Hexagon and Aaaa! . And Osmos looks interesting O:Visualante2
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Every cloud has a silver lining :tear:
When the deals actually dry up is when I'll start to worry. And I expect my reply will be to buy way less new games.
Sell sell sell!! Honestly I have no clue, the Xbox Live currency conversion worked out quite well for me.Just got a mail saying that Mexican pesos will be used from now on and my remaining credit will be turned from USD to MX pesos.
This can't be good, right? Will we get screwed like the Aussies?
So MGSV might not be region locked but Batman is already?
Well if that the case the moment MGSV price become available, and its still free. We should all jump on that right away.
No no! I tried to be creative about a website whose name is apparently banned to type out
I was just helping out some people in getting cheap games, but I guess those days are over. I guess Dunder and Liez can only help people get old games and maybe if we're lucky new games.
Batman's unlikely to be region-free as it doesn't already have a store sub.
We had stats?
lashman
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don't get your hopes up ... MGR was region-locked right from the get-go ... in fact - it was the very first game to use the acrtag flag
Oh well.. Guess this mean I'm nabbing that Collector Edition from GameStop.. *grumbles*
The Dear Leader
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I guess I'll have to start paying near full price for games like some those unwashed console masses, the whole worlds gone to hell, thanks Gaben.
Hero Prinny
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aren't all other konami games region locked tho? I'd assume their biggest title yet would most definitely without a doubt be region locked. although if its not I'm going to buy that version first since it would only be a matter of time before it does get region locked
5 USD is like...5.50 in Xbox with some fluctuations at some prices. Here's hoping it doesn't end up too bad.
heres just hoping they don't cut off Asia this time.
Apparently those were the numbers on Morder before it got locked. Of course it's impossible to know how many of those sales would have happened otherwise, but it does indicate that the trading is becoming much more widespread. And as soon as it became the norm i think we all knew it would get cracked down on.
Rising and the standard edition of Lords of Shadow 2 are the only Konami games that are region-locked. The point I was making, though, is that there's a chance MGSV will be region-free since its store sub is relatively old whereas Arkham Knight almost assuredly won't be as it presently lacks a store sub and WB didn't remove ACRTAG from Mordor's post-release sub.
"Apparently" as in "that's what a Monolith/WB rep said" or "apparently" as in "allegedly"?
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Just got a mail saying that Mexican pesos will be used from now on and my remaining credit will be turned from USD to MX pesos.
This can't be good, right? Will we get screwed like the Aussies?
It really depends on what publishers have set the prices for their games in your region, and what Valve's "default" conversion will be.
Did your email have a date? Is it going live today?
EDIT: Looks like it's Oct 21st just like the Turkish Lira.
MMBosstones86
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This is just going to make me wait longer to pick games up.
oh well.
oh well.
The rumour was a fake Facebook post. Scamco hasn't said a word.
Kinda good for those who have over 1000 games
October 21st
Crimsonclaw111
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So region locking is probably the go to now.
Guess people got too greedy for publishers to ignore it anymore?
Guess people got too greedy for publishers to ignore it anymore?
RavenValor95
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Bulletstorm has such a bizarre tone, sometimes it feels like a Duke Nukem type of game that just doesn't care at all and other times it's super serious and dramatic and it's just...odd how it tries to swap between Dicktits and being all apologetic about how the main character basically screwed up everything for everyone because of his alcoholism.
it's defaulted to on though so this is volvo's doing
Same here. In the end I'm guessing I'll end up using less money. I'm not overly bothered by all this.
lashman
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next thing you know Ubisoft is going to come out and say that 90% of PC gamers pirate their games ... oh, wait ... they already did that a few years back
yeah, those reps are always sooooo trustworthy
Yeah. I'm just going to go from "Day One using keys" to "Wait for a Steam sale" (or Nuuvem).
It's a shame, but I understand why.
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