i two questions

[Fable]

I live in kyrgyzstan my steam store is USD (CIS). is it possible I can get a USD gift card from the US and put it on my account and I will activate and get the money? and can a friend give me a wallet code from US and I will be able to use it or is this illegal?

also why i cannot buy the game ghost of tsushima? there is no option to purchase

[no154370]

totally illegal

[Fable]

ok. do you know why i cannot purchase ghost of tsushima?

[no154370]

Region restrictions

[Fable]

ok. thank you

[peppermint hollows]

Originally posted by no154370:

totally illegal

Uh, no. It's not illegal. It's not against any ToS or guidelines as far as I'm aware either and it's not exactly like Steam has a way to know if the person redeeming the code is the one who actually purchased or not, if we're talking about physical wallet codes.

As for whether or not it actually works from US to CIS though, I don't know.

[no154370]

Originally posted by Fable:

I live in kyrgyzstan my steam store is USD (CIS). is it possible I can get a USD gift card from the US and put it on my account and I will activate and get the money? and can a friend give me a wallet code from US and I will be able to use it or is this illegal?

also why i cannot buy the game ghost of tsushima? there is no option to purchase

Any steam gift card bought from US can't be redeemed in europe and middle east

and OP changing his steam store and currency to usd just to circumvent region restrictions is illegal

and violates Steam Subscriber Agreement

[peppermint hollows]

Originally posted by no154370:

Originally posted by Fable:

I live in kyrgyzstan my steam store is USD (CIS). is it possible I can get a USD gift card from the US and put it on my account and I will activate and get the money? and can a friend give me a wallet code from US and I will be able to use it or is this illegal?

also why i cannot buy the game ghost of tsushima? there is no option to purchase

Any steam gift card bought from US can't be redeemed in europe and middle east

Kyrgyzstan is not in Europe nor the Middle East. It is in Central Asia. It's a CIS country[en.wikipedia.org] which is also a region on Steam that uses the USD as the currency, but developers can set a different price for CIS users because their currencies are generally less valuable compared to many other countries and regions. MENA also uses USD now as well anyway.

Originally posted by no154370:

and OP changing his steam store and currency to usd just to circumvent region restrictions is illegal

and violates Steam Subscriber Agreement

The OP never said anything about changing their steam store and currency, and their steam store is already in USD anyway. They just asked if they could use a US wallet code and have it activate on their account. Now yes, if they did try to change their region, it would violate the Subscriber Agreement, but they never said they were going to do that. They just wanted to know if a US wallet code would activate in their region.

[Fable]

yes sorry. I didn't mean was going to change my Steam store region. I didn't even know you can do this. I just wanted to know if I can get a wallet card that is in USD.

[rawWwRrr]

A gift card in USD can be redeemed by anyone who's region currency is also USD.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

A gift card in USD can be redeemed by anyone who's region currency is also USD.

This^.

Are there country restrictions on Steam Wallet Codes?

Yes. We have made some changes to how Steam Wallet Codes are redeemed on Steam, as part of our ongoing effort to reduce scams like the ones explained here. These changes should not impact regular customers who enjoy using Steam wallet codes they purchase at retail in their local currency.

Each Steam User Account is associated with a specific currency, which you can see in the top right corner of your Steam Client. Going forward, you may encounter an error if you try to activate a Steam Wallet Code issued in a different currency than the one of your Steam User Account.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/78E3-7431-1E88-AD59#restrictions

[Elon Lust]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

A gift card in USD can be redeemed by anyone who's region currency is also USD.

This^.

Are there country restrictions on Steam Wallet Codes?

Yes. We have made some changes to how Steam Wallet Codes are redeemed on Steam, as part of our ongoing effort to reduce scams like the ones explained here. These changes should not impact regular customers who enjoy using Steam wallet codes they purchase at retail in their local currency.

Each Steam User Account is associated with a specific currency, which you can see in the top right corner of your Steam Client. Going forward, you may encounter an error if you try to activate a Steam Wallet Code issued in a different currency than the one of your Steam User Account.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/78E3-7431-1E88-AD59#restrictions

:winterbunny2023:

So if my original currency in Steam is USD, but I buy a gift in the US. I can still activate it here?