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Steam clean is making it harder to get inexpensive games from other regions

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Valve is making it even more nasty for region hoppers to arrest Steamer games at a cheaper price.

Steam's regional pricing means the cost of a spirited a great deal varies from country to rural area, depending on the cost of living and other factors. Information technology's still up to the publisher to correct a price, merely territorial pricing is for the most part intended to make purchasing games fairer to those who'd normally have to pay out the wazoo. Despite its intent, it's extendable been used by people looking to cop a game for cheaper than what they would pay up in their home country.

Eastern Samoa noted by SteamDB, the latest change substance you can only change your Steam clean account's area once every three months. It's been an ongoing attempt by Valve to crack go through on people exploiting cheaper prices in other countries. Last summer, living was made more difficult for VPN users when Steam clean began requiring a payment method registered at whatever country you were nerve-wracking to buy from. Grabbing Incomplete-Life from Argentine Republic with a US accredit card? No lavatory act up.

IT seems like a bit of an unnecessary addition considering how difficult it already is to change countries on the vanish, but perhaps people were still easily circumventing the organisation. While it shouldn't affect most people—I ass't imagine many are upping sticks to a different country over four times a year—it'll live a spanner in the works for determined bargain hunters.

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