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Post by Kroot bringing Justice on Nov 19, 2009 1:35:05 GMT -5
Unfortunatley the thread on the Steam Forums was deleted but Acitvision forced valve to ban ANY imported CD-Keys. If you don't know what this means heres an example
Let's say you have family in the Philipines, you buy a copy and send it to them, they register it and start playing, there Steam ID is going to get banned due to Activision deciding that MW2 is region locked. Something that is f***ing unheard of when it comes to PC gaming. Activision is basically saying buying from another region is the same as stealing and thus gets you banned.
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Post by darbus alan on Nov 19, 2009 2:05:30 GMT -5
And Activision continues to give a giant middle finger to PC gamers.
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Post by default on Nov 19, 2009 2:22:21 GMT -5
This region stuff is ridiculous.
Activision needs to get their eyes checked, because they're not focusing on the right stuff.
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Post by Dirty Hazy on Nov 19, 2009 2:26:14 GMT -5
I never understood why region coding exists in the first place.
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Post by Kroot bringing Justice on Nov 19, 2009 2:28:35 GMT -5
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Post by default on Nov 19, 2009 3:11:15 GMT -5
I never understood why region coding exists in the first place. Well, I can understand it a little. There's overseas distributition for movies (and possibly video games), sometimes complete coverage. So if I make WrestleCrap The Movie and sell you the rights to Europe... you'd probably be upset if people were buying the DVDs from me. I'll admit, that's definitely not much of a big deal, but it is a reason. There's also rating differences, banned stuff, etc. I definitely think most people just want stuff that wasn't released in their country. I actually get annoyed getting Canadian VHS and DVDs. Hell, I've been looking for a copy of Search for One-Eye Jimmy for ever. The only DVD release I know of was in Australia. |
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