Why Bandai Namco is banning my country?

[Wymn]

Since early 2023 Bandai Namco started to ban Venezuela from buying any late 2021 game up to date. From Doraemon to Sword Art Online Last Recollection.

Like for example, we could preorder Armored Core 6 but one day before the game release there was no option, not even a option to buy the game after release. Same thing with Elden Ring and Tales Of Arise, we could buy the game the first 2 months then out of nowhere now we can't even access to the steam page (Is this even legal for Steam? lol).

Why is only happening to Venezuela? and yes... already contacted people from all over the world and they can access to Bandai Namco and buy their games with no issues at all, go to steamdb and you will see Venezuela as the only country banned in their lastest games. I'm on a discord where there is people from Cuba, Nicaragua and others countries with WAY WORSE political situation and worse laws for games and virtual stuff and they seem fine. And yes, already talked with Bandai Namco support from their official website and they said they don't answer those stuff...

Two weeks ago we could even play for free Digimon Master Online and 2 days ago we can't... the game page now is not available, the only digimon available for us is Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth... for now i guess...

So... is there any logic and legal explaination to that? and please leave outside the international embargo and stuff because only Bandai Namco is the only company in all steam doing this to us. We even don't know if it steam or any other issues.

Alse we can't even buy Scarlet Nexus, as soon as i add the game to cart, there is no game added. Happens with delux and ultimate aswell.

On another note: we can buy just fine their lastest games in Playstation store and Xbox with no issues so... why we can't in Steam? I don't have a PS4/PS5 or Xbox Series S|X tho.

[Iceira]

Messaggio originale di Wymn:

Messaggio originale di Kral2012:

Also you are lying, they are the ones that are blocking some of their games here, not us, not the government, not steam, and again, you don't seem to get it but they are the only publisher that does that to us.

I just want to be able to buy Elden Ring and be able to support From Software with their products, but the publisher (in this case Namco Bandai) for reasons nobody knows blocks some of his games.

The problem is about cyber security laws, probably you didn't read what I reply to you. If not, go and read up there.

Messaggio originale di Iceira:

And so do you, a game company do not have access to ISP blocking list or router, they can have region sell lock that not same as blocking. as goverment can do, we has seen titles not sold in other region that not same as blocking.

Actually Bandai Namco hace access to your IP and other stuff related to your PC and your data. Is the very same popup you get as soon you start Elden Ring and other games and the same you have to accept if not, you cannot play the game.

Yet I already got the answer from a Japanese friend. Is up there.

OP you make mistake here, he has other security app issue in top of this, but you dont seem to know that, and now he hijacking thread, no game company or steam is responsbile for he block some games. ( thats hes own problem to deal with )

And no we cant help him here, thats derail of topic, any helper here can tell you that.

[Wymn]

Messaggio originale di Iceira:

Messaggio originale di Wymn:

The problem is about cyber security laws, probably you didn't read what I reply to you. If not, go and read up there.





Actually Bandai Namco hace access to your IP and other stuff related to your PC and your data. Is the very same popup you get as soon you start Elden Ring and other games and the same you have to accept if not, you cannot play the game.

Yet I already got the answer from a Japanese friend. Is up there.

OP you make mistake here, he has other security app issue in top of this, but you dont seem to know that, and now he hijacking thread, no game company or steam is responsbile for he block some games. ( thats hes own problem to deal with )

And no we cant help him here, thats derail of topic, any helper here can tell you that.

He have the same issue as me and every venezuelan with steam at Venezuela as region with Bandai's 2022+ game catalogue. Yet I already replied him with the answer I got from a japanese friend. Looks like he didn't see my reply to him. Don't know why he insists lol

And as for Kral2012 in case you miss... again the answer:

Since it all about a certain law of cyber security stuff in Venezuela, the only solution is: Venezuela accepts Bandai Namco ToS or Bandai Namco change their ToS for us (making a new region) which is unlikely. Or just buy a PS4/PS5 or Xbox Series and buy those game there. I'm likely to get a PS5 just because of that.

[Maw]

It's likely that your government has regulations that do not allow such games to be purchased or even viewed from your region. The publisher has no reason to ban your country as it only means less profit for them regardless of the amount

[Wymn]

Messaggio originale di Maw:

It's likely that your government has regulations that do not allow such games to be purchased or even viewed from your region. The publisher has no reason to ban your country as it only means less profit for them regardless of the amount

To be clear, there are other countries were they have the same regulations but those have a regional keys just for them and internally their ToS is not the same as rest of the world (ROW) or global version.

A example of that is Rusia, Japan and some other countries in EU. Don't know if the country pays for that or if the publisher do this.

The game will collect data in those versions in a whole different way.

Now that Venezuela is together in a new region with other countries, we hope to see some good changes with this in the future.

And for future people or Venezuelans, please do not hitjack the thread again.

[maro]

Messaggio originale di Satoru:

Well again YOUR GOVERNMENT is the cause. So go scream at them.

YOUR GOVERNMENT passed laws making companies not want to register.

YOUR GOVERNMENT did that. Not Bandai

what are you talking about? We can literally buy DOOM which is way more violent than Digimon. In fact, that law exist since 2009, and it is mainly against promoting the violent games and stuff, yet you see a lot of video gamestores selling fisical copies of those games. It is the publisher who doesn't want to sell it because yolo,

[Despoina]

Messaggio originale di Chompman:

A quick google shows this is something Venezuela did on their end to ban violent games and why it's just this one company I have no clue.

https://gettotext.com/game-news-why-has-this-country-banned-almost-all-video-games/

That same google also brought one of your old posts talking about it and clearly it was answered before:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1888160/discussions/0/3803905998737739837

Messaggio originale di Wymn:

Messaggio originale di Iceira:

OP you make mistake here, he has other security app issue in top of this, but you dont seem to know that, and now he hijacking thread, no game company or steam is responsbile for he block some games. ( thats hes own problem to deal with )

And no we cant help him here, thats derail of topic, any helper here can tell you that.

He have the same issue as me and every venezuelan with steam at Venezuela as region with Bandai's 2022+ game catalogue. Yet I already replied him with the answer I got from a japanese friend. Looks like he didn't see my reply to him. Don't know why he insists lol

And as for Kral2012 in case you miss... again the answer:

Since it all about a certain law of cyber security stuff in Venezuela, the only solution is: Venezuela accepts Bandai Namco ToS or Bandai Namco change their ToS for us (making a new region) which is unlikely. Or just buy a PS4/PS5 or Xbox Series and buy those game there. I'm likely to get a PS5 just because of that.

But this law has never been enforced, ffs I can buy Metal Gear, Doom, Paradox Games, etc. It was a law only made because they got pissy about Mercenaries 2 being in Venezuela and even that game didn't had that law enforced.

It's suspicious as ♥♥♥♥ that I right now can just buy every single doom game on steam, hell even old Bandai Namco games but not recent ones.

I can buy Dark Souls 3, I cannot buy Elden Ring's expansion. BN suddenly decided to block us for no absolute reason.

I mean ffs I can buy Hatred if that game isn't having that law enforced then this is blatant missinfo from your part.

[Wymn]

Messaggio originale di Despoina:

Messaggio originale di Chompman:

A quick google shows this is something Venezuela did on their end to ban violent games and why it's just this one company I have no clue.

https://gettotext.com/game-news-why-has-this-country-banned-almost-all-video-games/

That same google also brought one of your old posts talking about it and clearly it was answered before:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1888160/discussions/0/3803905998737739837

Messaggio originale di Wymn:

He have the same issue as me and every venezuelan with steam at Venezuela as region with Bandai's 2022+ game catalogue. Yet I already replied him with the answer I got from a japanese friend. Looks like he didn't see my reply to him. Don't know why he insists lol

And as for Kral2012 in case you miss... again the answer:

Since it all about a certain law of cyber security stuff in Venezuela, the only solution is: Venezuela accepts Bandai Namco ToS or Bandai Namco change their ToS for us (making a new region) which is unlikely. Or just buy a PS4/PS5 or Xbox Series and buy those game there. I'm likely to get a PS5 just because of that.

But this law has never been enforced, ffs I can buy Metal Gear, Doom, Paradox Games, etc. It was a law only made because they got pissy about Mercenaries 2 being in Venezuela and even that game didn't had that law enforced.

It's suspicious as ♥♥♥♥ that I right now can just buy every single doom game on steam, hell even old Bandai Namco games but not recent ones.

I can buy Dark Souls 3, I cannot buy Elden Ring's expansion. BN suddenly decided to block us for no absolute reason.

I mean ffs I can buy Hatred if that game isn't having that law enforced then this is blatant missinfo from your part.

Learn to read first... this is a cybersecurity/license issue from Bandai side which affects all parties. This has nothing to do with the antibelic law we have.

[KalGimpa]

Messaggio originale di Wymn:

Messaggio originale di Despoina:

But this law has never been enforced, ffs I can buy Metal Gear, Doom, Paradox Games, etc. It was a law only made because they got pissy about Mercenaries 2 being in Venezuela and even that game didn't had that law enforced.

It's suspicious as ♥♥♥♥ that I right now can just buy every single doom game on steam, hell even old Bandai Namco games but not recent ones.

I can buy Dark Souls 3, I cannot buy Elden Ring's expansion. BN suddenly decided to block us for no absolute reason.

I mean ffs I can buy Hatred if that game isn't having that law enforced then this is blatant missinfo from your part.

Learn to read first... this is a cybersecurity/license issue from Bandai side which affects all parties. This has nothing to do with the antibelic law we have.

what you wrote appears to be what a friend told you

do you have any proof that they are scanning our entire pc in the way you claim?

seems like fearmongering, but i would be happy to read something about it

[Wren]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.