• kautau@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Steam shouldn’t sell products in a country where you cannot use them

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      6 months ago

      You’re absolutely correct, how many of those reviews are pointing the blame correctly? I haven’t seen a single one yelling at Steam or arrowhead for selling the game in these markets that wouldn’t be able to play the game.

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        6 months ago

        There’s no way Steam is 100% in charge of what regions a game is available in. The publisher absolutely has a say in where, and if it was available in all regions at the start that was on purpose.

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            The company that published the game likely updated the region it can be sold in. Steam just offers a platform.

            Steam/valve is literally not to blame at all for any of this. Do you work for epic games or something?

            I’m all for putting the blame where it needs to be, but you’re just shooting at all parties involved indiscriminately. Like blaming a rental company for a death in a traffic accident because they own the car.

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              Steam/valve is literally not to blame at all for any of this. Do you work for epic games or something?

              That’s a good one. Mind if I steal it for future usage?

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                6 months ago

                Go ahead lol. It was the only thing that came to mind as to why you’d want to try and put blame on valve over this whole fiasco.

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              It is also wholly possible that Steam changed the availability themselves, so you can’t take all the blame away from them, but like I said originally, this is Sony’s fault first and foremost as the publisher would have first say on regional availability.