• money_loo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ah yes, that thing my brother likes to do where he VPNs into another country and then buys them at the greatly reduced local prices.

    Guess they were attempting to crack down on purchase frauds and legitimate buyers got burned too?

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      1 year ago

      It was punishing the consumer rather than the distributors abusing the regional pricing.

      • phillaholic@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Yes, but it was the part they have control over. The alternative is not having regional pricing allowing lower income countries to buy games at all.