In China, don't sell any games that locks the Chinese IP

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小白兔乖把门开 2016. máj. 15., 22:26

H1Z1, NBA2K16, Dirty Bomb DLCs and so on.

IP in China is unplayable. Why sell them in China without any warning?

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TheAmberFox 2016. máj. 15., 22:56

During the purchase there should be a text in orange which warns you if the copy is playable in your country. Maybe you missed it?

小白兔乖把门开 2016. máj. 15., 23:13

TheAmberFox eredeti hozzászólása:
During the purchase there should be a text in orange which warns you if the copy is playable in your country. Maybe you missed it?

I have tried again after reading your comment. There isn't a warning. If steam don't offer the game in my country, I can't find it in the shop, it's hidden and can't be searched and IP in China can't enter the game's shop webpage.

Some games like NBA2K16, as commented, can be played in China while releasing, but the developer locked the IP in China long after that releasing time.

Some games can be played in Taiwan, Hongkong and Macao but can't be played in the mainland of China. But Steam sell them to the players in mainland, too, because the three special administrative regions are part of China.

TheAmberFox 2016. máj. 15., 23:17

Well you can always refund if you can't play it.
No harm done. But inconvinient nonetheless.

小白兔乖把门开 2016. máj. 15., 23:30

TheAmberFox eredeti hozzászólása:
Well you can always refund if you can't play it.
No harm done. But inconvinient nonetheless.

I just make a suggestion. I don't buy NBA2K16 but I have read too many negative comments in Chinese that complain about the IP problem. They have to use VPN to play.

76561198001062896 2016. máj. 15., 23:56

小白兔乖把门开 eredeti hozzászólása:
TheAmberFox eredeti hozzászólása:
Well you can always refund if you can't play it.
No harm done. But inconvinient nonetheless.

I just make a suggestion. I don't buy NBA2K16 but I have read too many negative comments in Chinese that complain about the IP problem. They have to use VPN to play.

Except the SSA explicitly forbids the use of VPN to bypass regional restrictions.

小白兔乖把门开 2016. máj. 16., 0:00

Zetikla eredeti hozzászólása:
小白兔乖把门开 eredeti hozzászólása:

I just make a suggestion. I don't buy NBA2K16 but I have read too many negative comments in Chinese that complain about the IP problem. They have to use VPN to play.
Except the SSA explicitly forbids the use of VPN to bypass regional restrictions.

I know it. I just make a suggestion because too many negative comments complain about it. They can play NBA2K16 when releasing but long after that they can't play. Till then they can't refund anymore because they have played too many hours. So what can they do now?

If developers lock (or will lock) the IP, don't sell it. Once developers sell it, don't lock the IP.

Gao Li 2016. máj. 16., 4:39

Zetikla eredeti hozzászólása:
小白兔乖把门开 eredeti hozzászólása:

I just make a suggestion. I don't buy NBA2K16 but I have read too many negative comments in Chinese that complain about the IP problem. They have to use VPN to play.
Except the SSA explicitly forbids the use of VPN to bypass regional restrictions.

Let me clarify, the user says that Steam offers games on the Chinese Steam homepage that cannot be played when you're in China. H1Z1 and NBA 2K16 are available in the Chinese store, yet players can't play. This is why some resorted to playing the games using VPN. The suggestion was to just not offer these games to avoid any issues and refunds in the first place.

老兄, 谢谢你的通知。请问, 你买了H1Z1伐?

76561198001062896 2016. máj. 16., 4:43

Gao Li eredeti hozzászólása:
Zetikla eredeti hozzászólása:
Except the SSA explicitly forbids the use of VPN to bypass regional restrictions.
Let me clarify, the user says that Steam offers games on the Chinese Steam homepage that cannot be played when you're in China. H1Z1 and NBA 2K16 are available in the Chinese store, yet players can't play. This is why some resorted to playing the games using VPN. The suggestion was to just not offer these games to avoid any issues and refunds in the first place.

老兄, 谢谢你的通知。请问, 你买了H1Z1伐?

Ahh sorry my bad

Yeah, normally region locked games arent supposed to appear as avalaible in locked out countries.

小白兔乖把门开 2016. máj. 16., 4:48

Gao Li eredeti hozzászólása:
Zetikla eredeti hozzászólása:
Except the SSA explicitly forbids the use of VPN to bypass regional restrictions.
Let me clarify, the user says that Steam offers games on the Chinese Steam homepage that cannot be played when you're in China. H1Z1 and NBA 2K16 are available in the Chinese store, yet players can't play. This is why some resorted to playing the games using VPN. The suggestion was to just not offer these games to avoid any issues and refunds in the first place.

老兄, 谢谢你的通知。请问, 你买了H1Z1伐?

买了，可以看我的库。刚买时当初发现本地IP没法玩，经常用VPN玩的话IP不稳定，H1Z1二次登陆的账号因为换IP经常被封，虽然steam有了游戏，二次登陆的账号可以无限注册，但是每注册一个新的账号要注册一个新邮箱。没玩两个小时就放弃不玩了。

Gao Li 2016. máj. 16., 4:56

Zetikla eredeti hozzászólása:
Ahh sorry my bad

Yeah, normally region locked games arent supposed to appear as avalaible in locked out countries.

No problem. (S)He further went on what might be the culprit. These games are playable in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Officially, both regions are recognized as autonomous Chinese territories, so they're part of China, yet several rules and restrictions do not apply.

(NOT GOING INTO POLITICS HERE, JUST EXPLAINING)

Because of that, the assumption was made that maybe the Taiwanese/Hong Kongese/Chinese storepages are linked in some way or that these three regions use the same store. So another suggestion that OP made was that if it is impossible to block games from the Chinese storepages, post a warning on the pages in question explaining that these games will not work in mainland China.

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