What ROW (Rest of World) means in games?

[Naroka]

I am confused to some websites to conversation of ROW.
Can you get a clear explanation and an example of it.
Pictures are better.
Thanks in advance.

[Dark]

Means the game is not regional blocked and can be activated and played anywhere in the world.

[Ojisan]

I have bought dragon's dogma 2 cd key in ROW region but I wasn't able to use it on Argentina region, do you know why?

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Ojisan:

I have bought dragon's dogma 2 cd key in ROW region but I wasn't able to use it on Argentina region, do you know why?

Most likely because Argentina requires an Argentinian license.

[Ojisan]

I can't even do it for iran region, in g2a website says can be activated in iran

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by Ojisan:

I have bought dragon's dogma 2 cd key in ROW region but I wasn't able to use it on Argentina region, do you know why?

Most likely because Argentina requires an Argentinian license.

Iran is pretty far away from Argentina. Where do you live?

[Ojisan]

I have two accounts, one for Argentina and one for Iran

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Ojisan:

I have two accounts, one for Argentina and one for Iran

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Where do you live?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ojisan:

I have two accounts, one for Argentina and one for Iran

Well, the key can't be used in either country.

Probably not even a ROW key.

[Ojisan]

I live in iran

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Ojisan:

I live in iran

Well then, with that out of the way, third-party shady grey-market sites are shady. You don't really expect the same level of customer satisfaction from a back-alley dealer as from a legit seller do you?

[Ojisan]

Is g.2.a back alley to you?

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Ojisan:

Is g.2.a back alley to you?

Siomce I'm not a god nor a Valve employee, it doesn't matter what it is to me. It only matters what it is in of itself and g2a is a shady grey-market site, the online equivalent of a back-alley dealer.

To the point of indie devs arguing in favor if piracy over g2a (and other grey market sites, for that matter).

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ojisan:

Is g.2.a back alley to you?

Yes.

Notice how you had to bypass the censor?

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Ojisan:

I have bought dragon's dogma 2 cd key in ROW region but I wasn't able to use it on Argentina region, do you know why?

Assuming that it is a ROW key for Dragon's Dogma, it is hardly a key for the rest of the world. It is an old key and is restricted for activation is numerous countries.

https://steamdb.info/sub/1010769/

Just because it says ROW, doesn't mean it can be activated in a large majority of the world. It is for whatever is left that wasn't already included other key(s).

Currently Dragons Dogma 2 has two regions. 1) Japan only. 2) Rest of the world except for Japan, Russia, UAE, and Kuwait. Notice I don't use ROW for #2. It's just a statement.

Originally posted by Ojisan:

I can't even do it for iran region, in [redacted] website says can be activated in iran

That website says a lot of things. Better off not using it at all going forward. And technically nothing on Steam is available in Iran.

[Adam]

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