What if i'll travel to Russia to buy games for cheap?

[BlacKy #SlavaIsraelini]

Will i be able to access the Steam store or in game stores and see cheaper prices in Rubles? Or do i have to make a completely new account while being at Russian soil?
How does this works?

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

i concur with one poster above that some games are region-restricted.

i am in the philippines and some games (like age of mythology extended edition) are marked like this:

Notice: Purchases made in Philippines can only be added to your library if you are in Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia.

if you want the games to be playable everywhere, you must first be born in the u.s.a. :)
seriously, i have no idea why valve/steam do this restriction.

[Adam]

Soviet spy, prepare your a$$!

1 That's why ROW was invented!

2 Not exactly

3 Barely true

4 Ye, and prices always lower than european and us

Postat inițial de Seven7:

1 game in Russia and the CIS are limited to activate and (some) for play, some can't be purchased (even f2p!!!)
2 Too many games blocked for buying as gift
3 If you buy and massively trade the games in the regions where they are more expensive - you get a lock for exchanging / buying / account
4 if you just take a trip, you can buy the game for yourself without any problems, but most likely, the price will be taken from the region where the account is activated
5 as a mandatory bonus, attached to the games: Vodka, bears, balalaika, ussr flag, membership card of communist party, a cap with ear-flaps, "shapka-ushanka"

[Seven7]

@[FF] Adam (UK): Admin from GMOD:
All was gone, I uncovered!
My bear requires more vodka, otherwise it will not play the balalaika
I'll must not forget to load some uranium into reactor

Postat inițial de BDK:

Valve will kill you, stomp on your head and laugh all the way to the bank.
But seriusly, you probably wont be able to play them when you return home. DRM at it's best :spazdunno:

not true - some games only have resrictions...

[Seven7]

games buyed as gift can be traded without problem
if you live in other region you can buy, if you come on vacation or business trips
although it is best to check with support - Steam is constantly changing, and the rules and restrictions also

[BlacKy #SlavaIsraelini]

Postat inițial de BDK:

Postat inițial de Seven7:

games buyed as gift can be traded without problem

NO! If the gift is bought in Russia, you'll get a warning before trading it.

No.. Read my previous comments.

[Seven7]

OK again: Only some games have limitations, other - not
it depends on the price, I think - cheap games usually have no restrictions...

[BlacKy #SlavaIsraelini]

Postat inițial de Seven7:

OK again: Only some games have limitations, other - not
it depends on the price, I think - cheap games usually have no restrictions...

This makes more sense.

[Ineffable Anathema]

Postat inițial de BlacKy:

^^ Helping, but doesnt fundamentally answers my core question.

Thanks anyways.

Actually, it does. What it's warning you about is that buying games in other regions, or pretending to be in other regions when you buy, in order to avoid paying more at your actual residence is a HUGE no-no. It couldn't be any clearer. You are heading down a path that can get your account terminated. Thus there's no way it "works" at all.

[BlacKy #SlavaIsraelini]

Postat inițial de I AM SHODAN!:

Postat inițial de BlacKy:

^^ Helping, but doesnt fundamentally answers my core question.

Thanks anyways.

Actually, it does. What it's warning you about is that buying games in other regions, or pretending to be in other regions when you buy, in order to avoid paying more at your actual residence is a HUGE no-no. It couldn't be any clearer. You are heading down a path that can get your account terminated. Thus there's no way it "works" at all.

But what about buying as gift and not for personal use? It reminds me the stolen TF2 keys scandal which have happened a few years ago.

And my original question was 'what if i dont live in russia and then travel there and buy stuff, will they be cheaper in price?'.

[HLCinSC]

Postat inițial de BlacKy:

Postat inițial de I AM SHODAN!:

Actually, it does. What it's warning you about is that buying games in other regions, or pretending to be in other regions when you buy, in order to avoid paying more at your actual residence is a HUGE no-no. It couldn't be any clearer. You are heading down a path that can get your account terminated. Thus there's no way it "works" at all.

But what about buying as gift and not for personal use? It reminds me the stolen TF2 keys scandal which have happened a few years ago.

And my original question was 'what if i dont live in russia and then travel there and buy stuff, will they be cheaper in price?'.

Your gift versions purchased will have the same restrictions as if you purchased it yourself. So if you buy a game that can only be activated or played in the Russian federation/region or whatever it's goinf to have the same restrictions. Otherwise every Steam key site would be buying these Russian keys in bulk then reselling them to the rest of the globe making the Steam store and other legit sites obsolete.

Publishers set prices and region locks so some may not have restrictions. Also a lot of time in game items or things like tf2 keys might not be region locked either,

[SeoRi]

lol.. can you really get banned for this?

[HLCinSC]

Postat inițial de SeoRi:

lol.. can you really get banned for this?

You definitely can for using a VPN to fake your location. The ToS purposely leaves it ambiguous/vague so that they can choose how they define "methods used to disguise your country of residence"

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

It's these kind of loop hole abuse that caused region lock to exist for steam in the first place

[Ineffable Anathema]

Postat inițial de HLCinSC:

Postat inițial de SeoRi:

lol.. can you really get banned for this?

You definitely can for using a VPN to fake your location. The ToS purposely leaves it ambiguous/vague so that they can choose how they define "methods used to disguise your country of residence"

I'd say traveling to a nearby cheaper country then back again in order to buy games at the other country's price is pretty much doing the same exact thing as using a VPN only with physical travel involved. They'd be perfectly justified in banning people who do this.

[Raftrats]

I accidently had a vpn on when buying a game (while watching netflix) and I just paid the € price not the $ one.