Please get rid of this "Not available in your region" nonsense.

[Dill Pickle]

I do not care if you let me buy the game in my region or not.
I want to SEE the store page and discussions THAT'S IT.
What could possibly be the purpose of throwing a blindfold over my eyes?
You let me view and buy the DLC even though the game is blocked? Come on...

[Jaunitta 🌸]

try a buy a DVD movie from my country and boycot the regeon locks. Steam is abliged to follow the laws they cannt sell games that has a different price comparison from different regeons .
read about regeons pricing
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/58D3-B80D-2943-3CC6
discussions on steam
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/1755779919114745944/

[Dill Pickle]

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:

try a buy a DVD movie from my country and boycot the regeon locks. Steam is abliged to follow the laws they cannt sell games that has a different price comparison from different regeons .
read about regeons pricing
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/58D3-B80D-2943-3CC6
discussions on steam
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/1755779919114745944/

I said let me view the storepage not let me buy it.
Literally just show it to me but hide the buy button.
I hear about a game so I search it up and steam goes "Nuhuh you cant look this XDD" its infuriating.

[HikariLight]

If it's not available for your region, what point is there if letting you see the store page?
The answer is: No need to.

[Dill Pickle]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

If it's not available for your region, what point is there if letting you see the store page?
The answer is: No need to.

Censorship for censorships sake is good?
Im not even allowed to see a games reviews because I cant buy it?
Theres dozens of alternative legal ways to obtain a game without buying it directly on steam.
And again they did this for games but not their DLC which just makes the entire thing double annoying and confusing.

[HikariLight]

Originally posted by Dill Pickle:

Originally posted by HikariLight:

If it's not available for your region, what point is there if letting you see the store page?
The answer is: No need to.

Censorship for censorships sake is good?
Im not even allowed to see a games reviews because I cant buy it?
Theres dozens of alternative legal ways to obtain a game without buying it directly on steam.
And again they did this for games but not their DLC which just makes the entire thing double annoying and confusing.

If a game is not available in your region it is due to either being banned by your government or because the developers (the people who own the game) don't want to sell in you region.
Also have you tried using a webbrowser search engine?
Your not limited to using Steam to find reviews for a game.

[Tito Shivan]

In some places you cannot actually put a store page and not sell the product.

Not to mention it creates a lot of 'I'm trying to buy this but I cannot' confusion.

Originally posted by Dill Pickle:

Im not even allowed to see a games reviews because I cant buy it?

That's a different thing. IMO reviews should be visible regardless of the game being out for sale or not.

[Dill Pickle]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Also have you tried using a webbrowser search engine?

That only works if you log out and use a vpn
Thats the one workaround to this

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

In some places you cannot actually put a store page and not sell the product.
Not to mention it creates a lot of 'I'm trying to buy this but I cannot' confusion.

Then what about the store pages for the games that were removed?
You can still view them without buying

[HikariLight]

Originally posted by Dill Pickle:

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Also have you tried using a webbrowser search engine?

That only works if you log out and use a vpn
Thats the one workaround to this

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

In some places you cannot actually put a store page and not sell the product.
Not to mention it creates a lot of 'I'm trying to buy this but I cannot' confusion.

Then what about the store pages for the games that were removed?
You can still view them without buying

Steam is not the only site to get game reviews from.
And for removed games, some users may have bought the game before the removal so links to the page are still there for them.

[Brian9824]

Not to mention if its not available in the region, advertising it is also often not allowed. Like in the UAE even displaying the store page for some of the banned titles would violate their laws.

[nullable]

Originally posted by Dill Pickle:

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Also have you tried using a webbrowser search engine?

That only works if you log out and use a vpn
Thats the one workaround to this

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

In some places you cannot actually put a store page and not sell the product.
Not to mention it creates a lot of 'I'm trying to buy this but I cannot' confusion.

Then what about the store pages for the games that were removed?
You can still view them without buying

You've got opinions, the universe doesn't revolve around your opinions, get used to it.

[Dill Pickle]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Originally posted by Dill Pickle:

That only works if you log out and use a vpn
Thats the one workaround to this

Then what about the store pages for the games that were removed?
You can still view them without buying

Steam is not the only site to get game reviews from.
And for removed games, some users may have bought the game before the removal so links to the page are still there for them.

That doesnt really answer the question

Originally posted by nullable:

Originally posted by Dill Pickle:

That only works if you log out and use a vpn
Thats the one workaround to this

Then what about the store pages for the games that were removed?
You can still view them without buying

You've got opinions, the universe doesn't revolve around your opinions, get used to it.

"You can circumvent the system so it doesnt need change"
Good lord am I glad you are on the consumer side

[Dill Pickle]

Originally posted by brian9824:

Not to mention if its not available in the region, advertising it is also often not allowed. Like in the UAE even displaying the store page for some of the banned titles would violate their laws.

If its a legal problem, sure.
But I highly doubt that blocking the entire community tab is necessary.

[KalGimpa]

kinda weird unless the gov't there said they had to

if not,

they could add a pop up that explains it is not available to purchase and still let you see it

[nullable]

Originally posted by Dill Pickle:

Originally posted by nullable:

You've got opinions, the universe doesn't revolve around your opinions, get used to it.

"You can circumvent the system so it doesnt need change"
Good lord am I glad you are on the consumer side

This isn't a consumer issue. It's an implementation issue. And the issue is you don't like the implementation, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by Dill Pickle:

Originally posted by brian9824:

Not to mention if its not available in the region, advertising it is also often not allowed. Like in the UAE even displaying the store page for some of the banned titles would violate their laws.

If its a legal problem, sure.
But I highly doubt that blocking the entire community tab is necessary.

If its not allowed then ANY references to it are often required to be blocked. The governments if they don't allow the game don't want to allow discussion of the game. The entire community hub is blocked because that includes guides, screenshots, etc which can include the blocked content.

The potential risk of the forums which can violate the countries laws isn't worth it, there are other avenues like discord and other places you can find to discuss the games.