BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoValve loses a court case in the EU and has to pay 1.6 million euros in fines for geoblockingmezha.mediaexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down14
arrow-up1204arrow-down1external-linkValve loses a court case in the EU and has to pay 1.6 million euros in fines for geoblockingmezha.mediaBuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squaremoney_loo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoAh yes, that thing my brother likes to do where he VPNs into another country and then buys them at the greatly reduced local prices. Guess they were attempting to crack down on purchase frauds and legitimate buyers got burned too?
minus-squarePhanatik@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·1 year agoIt was punishing the consumer rather than the distributors abusing the regional pricing.
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoYes, but it was the part they have control over. The alternative is not having regional pricing allowing lower income countries to buy games at all.
Ah yes, that thing my brother likes to do where he VPNs into another country and then buys them at the greatly reduced local prices.
Guess they were attempting to crack down on purchase frauds and legitimate buyers got burned too?
It was punishing the consumer rather than the distributors abusing the regional pricing.
Yes, but it was the part they have control over. The alternative is not having regional pricing allowing lower income countries to buy games at all.