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.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Publicado originalmente por Wymn:

Why Bandai Namco is banning my country?

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.

Partners on Steam are responsible for their products in the store. If they wish to remove purchasing for select countries, they are free to do so.

It is not illegal, no.

[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

[nullable]

Bandai can operate its business as it sees fit. Venzeula may not be worth it to them, or it may cause them more problems than its worth. Maybe they just have issues with the PC market. All you can do is inquire with Bandai, but ultimately it's their business they can do what they want.

Valve almost certainly isn't managing Bandai's products in respect to Venezuela.

[Wymn]

Publicado originalmente por 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

Asked here because i didn't get any logical answer in those (also forgot this existed). And for the law. That law is in most countries in the world. Then why we are allowed to even play Counter Strike? lol

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Publicado originalmente por Wymn:

Publicado originalmente por 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

Asked here because i didn't get any logical answer in those (also forgot this existed). And for the law. That law is in most countries in the world. Then why we are allowed to even play Counter Strike? lol

Do you have any pro CS2 teams in Venezuela? That might be why.

[Satoru]

Publicado originalmente por 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

Why do people ask the same question, get the exact same answer, but keep insisting the answer is “different” if they just keep asking

OP your GOVERNMENT is the reason. Go scream at them. This answer doesn’t change because you ask it every other month

[Wymn]

Publicado originalmente por Satoru:

Publicado originalmente por 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

Why do people ask the same question, get the exact same answer, but keep insisting the answer is “different” if they just keep asking

OP your GOVERNMENT is the reason. Go scream at them. This answer doesn’t change because you ask it every other month

Because is... The only publisher doing that. If it where the government then we wouldn't be even asking and IF IS THEM, then why other countries with worse political situation can? Steam haven't responded yet to that to the support or I think they closed that. Not even Bandai Namco on their official website. So in first place we even haven't got the answer in first place

[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

[Muppet among Puppets]

Its a bit strange how they mix different countries in the text who "banned games" (whatever that means),
with venezuela which makes it a crime to bring a game in, calling it also banned.
That is something different.

"These games called PlayStation are poisonous"
That was funny. Looks like someone really understood what he is against, i guess.

[Iceira]

Seem steam politic rules is been removed, its like they are feedup with ppl get protect by steam rules, OP might need to stop reply here, we are games here and dont want any gamers get in trouble over whatever a goverment is doing, and you if dont get the msg here from gamers your own goverment could do worse things that we are not responsible for.

if im right in this steam seem to have audit own rules then debat will change on steam.

just like Satoru point out, user can get in alot of trouble now. if your goverments know who you are.

[Wymn]

Publicado originalmente por Iceira W10:

Seem steam politic rules is been removed, its like they are feedup with ppl get protect by steam rules, OP might need to stop reply here, we are games here and dont want any gamers get in trouble over whatever a goverment is doing, and you if dont get the msg here from gamers your own goverment could do worse things that we are not responsible for.

if im right in this steam seem to have audit own rules then debat will change on steam.

just like Satoru point out, user can get in alot of trouble now. if your goverments know who you are.

The government is not the problem, if it were then why I'm here? Lol. We even have highschools and universities with official eSports games rooms and classes that were approved by the government. And if it were the 2009 law... Why the hell they removed that Doraemon farm game from us? The only game that in my country banned was Arma 2 and that's been the only one in our history to get banned since then.

As I said, Bandai Namco is the only publisher one doing that, they delete our comments on Facebook even when we ask in a nice way either in english or spanish. They clearly doesn't want to answer why in their official support website and when they do they said: ask in steam.

So what we are supposed to do when even here there is no official support option that a IA doesn't reply saying "I'm writing the wrong stuff please choose another."

Also the eula, user agreement and other rule stuff you find in every game should state WHY we can't play that game in that country or in that region, legally you could find why you can't play Armored Core 6 in Japan is you search in those documents but there is nothing about Venezuela.

[Crazy Tiger]

Only Bandai Namco can answer your question. If they refuse to do so, you're simply SOL.

[VaLiuM]

You wrote on reddit that BANDAI told you they won't answer your specific question and told you to ask Steam. Steam told you to ask BANDAI because they are basically in charge when it comes to available games in Venezuela and everywhere else in the world.

So at the end, nobody can answer that question.

[Iceira]

The EU considers that the presidential elections in May 2018 in Venezuela were neither free, fair, nor credible, this mean you live under a rock and lost all creditaility , you have no clue on the consequece some company see this, you think rest of the world do not know what we see what you are, its will take years and good will for privat company to trust you again, as Neo from matirx said it"You live in a dream world", and therte is nothing you can do about it and you think steam is going to protect you, and a game compan that will not or go back and its there choise is not even steam's problem im sure a steam moderator will close this debat they dont like politic , but they had audit there own rules own rules and that is a mistake, you have no protections here anymore.

i going to report this post to stop this crap and so should others, we dont need someone tell a company in whats steam should do about it. or its game company, it dont belong here.

[VaLiuM]

If you have a look at this: https://steamdb.info/sub/887200/info/ you can see that only 3 countries are restricted, Steam does not manage such restrictions, the developer / publisher does.

So afterall, if BANDAI does not give you a reason for doing so, you are indeed out of luck getting an answer anywhere else.