Regional Lock?

[Sean Hur]

I have this game and want to see the Store Page but I couldn't get through.
Is South Korea belonging to the restricted countries?

[Laptop]

Not as far as I know.

store.steampowered.com/app/221380

Copy and paste the above link to an external web browser. What do you see?

[Sean Hur]

Originally posted by Laptop65:

Not as far as I know.

store.steampowered.com/app/221380

Copy and paste the above link to an external web browser. What do you see?

It shows an Error .... "Unable to load information about this item."

[Laptop]

Hmm that is pretty odd, can't think why it's doing that.

You're not on a VPN or anything are you?

[Sean Hur]

Nope, just regular one. And I could get through and see the AOE III's Store page.

[Laptop]

Hmm... I can't think why that is at all.

The developers will see this soon and have a look what's up. If you're concerned you may the 85% off sale - maybe a friend is willing to buy it for you and then you gift the money over? It is very, very cheap so...

[Sean Hur]

But I have this game...

[Laptop]

Oh... I'm confused now.

You own the game but can't view the store page?

[Sean Hur]

Yes, that's why I was curious about.....

[Sean Hur]

Even supporting the Korean language, why, regional lock?

[76561198072433336]

As the product is not rated by the Korean rating agency, it's not currently available for sale there per their request. :-[

[Sean Hur]

Even who does own this game, unable to review this game and see the Store page....

[Laptop]

Originally posted by MS Ryz0n:

As the product is not rated by the Korean rating agency, it's not currently available for sale there per their request. :-(

South Korea's not really strict though is it? Have they simply just not reviewed it? Or have they banned it?

[76561198072433336]

Originally posted by Laptop65:

Originally posted by MS Ryz0n:

As the product is not rated by the Korean rating agency, it's not currently available for sale there per their request. :-(

South Korea's not really strict though is it? Have they simply just not reviewed it? Or have they banned it?

Digital only distribution is in general much less strict than physical, however Korea is a bit more stringent and requires a rating for digital sales in the region. They consider the product unrated currently and thus it is not available. I don't have any details on if or when that would change.

[Laptop]

Originally posted by MS Ryz0n:

Digital only distribution is in general much less strict than physical, however Korea is a bit more stringent and requires a rating for digital sales in the region. They consider the product unrated currently and thus it is not available. I don't have any details on if or when that would change.

Huh... and I thought North Korea was strict.

I'll do some research on it I guess ._.

[Sean Hur]

Originally posted by MS Ryz0n:

Digital only distribution is in general much less strict than physical, however Korea is a bit more stringent and requires a rating for digital sales in the region. They consider the product unrated currently and thus it is not available. I don't have any details on if or when that would change.

It's really strange and doesn't make any sense at all. Then how the hell Blizzard such as Starcraft series and Diablo series has got the approvals from South Korean Government?