UNABLE TO PLAY GAMES FROM OTHER COUNTRY ?!?!?!?!?!?! / REGION LOCK.

[STONERCAT]

So I logged on not having been on in a few days, and one of my friends from Russia randomly sent me a gift game called Robotex. When I tried to add it to my library it says there are restrictions because of the price difference in that country so I can understand that people could rip off steam and make their own profit from doing that. In that case I DID NOT ask him to buy it for me due to cheaper price in his country,he just gifted it to me randomly. This is very unfair that I cannot play this game for this reason. So now i am wondering if i send this game to someone who is in the same country as me , Witch is Murica !! as a gift , will they be able to play it or will the restriction still be there just because it was purchased in that country.?

[Seretti]

It is restricted to certain countries and that won't change.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Games cannot be gifted from certain regions to others, and these regions include parts of Latin America, eastern Europe, southeast Asia, and probably a few others. I don't remember exactly. The reason for this is because games are cheaper in those regions.

This is pretty bullcrap, if you ask me, but I can see why they'd do it.

FYI some retailers, such as GOG, have a policy of giving everyone the same price. However, this usually means going with the (relatively higher) USA price.

[STONERCAT]

yea it is bullcrapish because now i have a game for free that i cannot play , guess i gots to give it back :/

[Silicon Vampire]

these restrictions are put in place by the publishers of those titles.