What's up with Hitman Absolution in Asian countries?

[JellyStorm]

When I got to the store page of Hitman Absolution, I got this message:

"Notice: Purchases made in this country will only be playable in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam."

I mean what is this? I just checked out steamprice.com and the price doesn't seem to be cheaper than the US version so what's the deal?

[Shun]

yea what's up with that? I'm currently on vacation in Asia I don't want to buy a game I can't play back home

[Jippen Faddoul]

This happened because a lot of people were using proxys to buy games for $5 in asia, rather than $50 in the US, due to different prices in different regions. Game developers didn't like that, so they region locked.

[JellyStorm]

Originally posted by Jippen Faddoul:

This happened because a lot of people were using proxys to buy games for $5 in asia, rather than $50 in the US, due to different prices in different regions. Game developers didn't like that, so they region locked.

Like I said, the price is not cheaper than the US version, It's still $9.99 so I don't think it has anything to do with this.

[Salted Penguin]

Originally posted by Jippen Faddoul:

This happened because a lot of people were using proxys to buy games for $5 in asia, rather than $50 in the US, due to different prices in different regions. Game developers didn't like that, so they region locked.

Can't you still play this game through a VPN that says you're in Asia though, despite the region lock?

[JellyStorm]

Bump, seriously, is it censored or something like that? The price is $9.99 so I don't think it has anything to do with different prices in different regions.

[💢𝓐ℓ ¢нємιѕт💢]

Originally posted by Jippen Faddoul:

This happened because a lot of people were using proxys to buy games for $5 in asia, rather than $50 in the US, due to different prices in different regions. Game developers didn't like that, so they region locked.

Do you this for a fact or just some random BS?

[Ritardog]

prolly bs since he didn't even bother to check out the price in asia

[sandy]

i am in asia and i can't even gift it to my friend who is in the same country in me ? Why ? The purchase as a gift function was greyed out.Anyone help?

[JellyStorm]

Well, I got the US version from trading with other people so the problem is solved I think.

Originally posted by Berpin:

i am in asia and i can't even gift it to my friend who is in the same country in me ? Why ? The purchase as a gift function was greyed out.Anyone help?

Also happened to me, seriously Square Enix, what the ♥♥♥♥ are you trying to do here?

[Warondar]

Could be a number of reasons, none as sinister as some may elude to, whatever that may be. There's all kinds of laws on distribution rights, currency rates from region to region, content censorship, and so on. Just ask the company itself if you want to know exactly why it is the way it is. I'm sure we'd be eager to find out what they say.

[Regime]

It's quite strange. Same thing happened to Tomb Raider.