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Valve are making it harder to buy Steam games from other regions againThey’re limiting how often you can change your country
They’re limiting how often you can change your country
Valve have reportedly added a new restriction on how often Steam users can change their account’s country, in what appears to be another measure to stop people from buying cheaper games from other regions. According toSteamDB(a third-party tool that tracks Steam’s goings-on), you can no longer update your country more than once every three months - perhaps a little unfair to anyone who actually does move to a new country each season, but it should help shut down more Steam users who’re abusing the system.
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For context, regional pricing on Steam is typically done so that games can be sold cheaper in lower-income countries. Users have tried to abuse this for ages - which I kinda understand, I can appreciate a good bargain hunt. However, this often means that publishers end up hiking prices for those lower-income regions, which sucks for the people who actually live there. Notably, this happened withHorizon Zero Dawnwhen it came to PC (it saw a 389% price increasein Argentina).
