Can I create another steam account in different region?

[saberq26]

Hey guys I need some help.

I have my own steam account for like 8 years and I live in Serbia.

The problem is that I can't buy Helldivers 2 or Ghost of Tsushima or any future PS5 games because I have to link my PSN account to my steam account and PSN is not available in my country.

I have a US based PSN account for years now so I was thinking can I create a US steam account that I can use to buy PS5 games and link my PSN account with this new steam account?

I know that payment currency would have to be in US dollars then so I would use like US gift cards to buy games.

Is any of this possible? Thanks

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by saberq26:

Can I create another steam account in different region?

Hey guys I need some help.

I have my own steam account for like 8 years and I live in Serbia.

The problem is that I can't buy Helldivers 2 or Ghost of Tsushima or any future PS5 games because I have to link my PSN account to my steam account and PSN is not available in my country.

I have a US based PSN account for years now so I was thinking can I create a US steam account that I can use to buy PS5 games and link my PSN account with this new steam account?

I know that payment currency would have to be in US dollars then so I would use like US gift cards to buy games.

Is any of this possible? Thanks

Not unless you physically move there, no. Otherwise, that would be a violation of the Steam Subscriber Agreement.

[saberq26]

Got it thanks

Shame I can't play all those games on my PC

[nullable]

If bypassing restrictions was acceptable/allowed there wouldn't be much reason to have restrictions in the first place. It's not a cleverness or persistence test.

"You're not allowed to purchase this game unless you prove how determined you are." Isn't how this works.

I'm not saying it's good, I know it sucks and I don't envy you. But it's also pretty obvious what the restrictions mean and anything you can think of to get around them has already been thought of and is either prevented by process or explicitly stated rules. And neither Valve nor Sony allow you to use VPN's or other techniques to avoid region restrictions.

[saberq26]

It sucks.

I have a PSN account but can't link it because of my region

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by saberq26:

It sucks.

I have a PSN account but can't link it because of my region

Now imagine bypassing the regional restriction just to link the accounts, get your Steam account locked for violating the SSA and also your linked PSN account with it, not able to use either for any future purchases. (Previous games and purchases will remain)

[Supafly]

Originally posted by saberq26:

Hey guys I need some help.

I have my own steam account for like 8 years and I live in Serbia.

The problem is that I can't buy Helldivers 2 or Ghost of Tsushima or any future PS5 games because I have to link my PSN account to my steam account

Thought I read Sony withdrew the requirement to link to a PSN account for Helldivers 2.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Supafly:

Originally posted by saberq26:

Hey guys I need some help.

I have my own steam account for like 8 years and I live in Serbia.

The problem is that I can't buy Helldivers 2 or Ghost of Tsushima or any future PS5 games because I have to link my PSN account to my steam account

Thought I read Sony withdrew the requirement to link to a PSN account for Helldivers 2.

But you can't purchase it in 170+ countries on Steam anymore. They removed it from sale in those countries.

https://steamdb.info/sub/137730/history/?changeid=23416542

[nullable]

Originally posted by Supafly:

Originally posted by saberq26:

Hey guys I need some help.

I have my own steam account for like 8 years and I live in Serbia.

The problem is that I can't buy Helldivers 2 or Ghost of Tsushima or any future PS5 games because I have to link my PSN account to my steam account

Thought I read Sony withdrew the requirement to link to a PSN account for Helldivers 2.

They did.

But since it was their original intent to have PSN be a requirement and since they don't want to step on the same landmine in the future they've removed Helldivers II and also future releases from being available from regions not supported by PSN. Sony isn't giving up on PSN and the original fuss was this new requirement despite the game being available in non-PSN regions "why were they selling the game in those regions then?" Well now they're not.

So while PSN may not be a requirement right now for Helldivers II, I think there's a precedent they want to maintain regardless because they want to require it on future releases. And you can make an argument for consistency and clarity concerning future releases.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Supafly:

Thought I read Sony withdrew the requirement to link to a PSN account for Helldivers 2.

But you can't purchase it in 170+ countries on Steam anymore. They removed it from sale in those countries.

https://steamdb.info/sub/137730/history/?changeid=23416542

:winterbunny2023:

Originally posted by nullable:

Originally posted by Supafly:

Thought I read Sony withdrew the requirement to link to a PSN account for Helldivers 2.

They did.

But since it was their original intent to have PSN be a requirement and since they don't want to step on the same landmine in the future they've removed Helldivers II and also future releases from being available from regions not supported by PSN. Sony isn't giving up on PSN and the original fuss was this new requirement despite the game being available in non-PSN regions "why were they selling the game in those regions then?" Well now they're not.

So while PSN may not be a requirement right now for Helldivers II, I think there's a precedent they want to maintain regardless because they want to require it on future releases. And you can make an argument for consistency and clarity concerning future releases.

Ok, kinda makes sense in a weird way. Only skimmed the headlines and maybe first paragraph on the articles about it as I have a PS so was a bit ignorant of the details, till now