vlad321 said:
Barozi said:
pezus said:
Barozi said:
Must be an American phenomenon.
In Europe importing games from the UK (PC and consoles) or buying games from the "local" Amazon is far cheaper than anything Steam could offer.
Infact standard prices for Steam games are usually more expensive than retail games.
Skyrim is 50€ (German Steam store)
Amazon.de has it for 41€
TheHut.com has it for 38,64€ (including delivery to EU states)
Modern Warfare 3 is 60€ (Steam)
Amazon.de has it for 33€
Left 4 Dead is 20€ (Steam)
Amazon.de has it for 11,50€
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I must be lucky since I pay for everything on Steam in dollars, and therefore usually get the same price as the Americans. It's different with Origin though. There, they region lock it.
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Sounds highly illegal if you "cheated" your way to be able to do that.
Otherwise you're just lucky because you live in an incredibly sparsely inhabited country. Usually every bigger country should have its own Steam Store and is thus region locked as well.
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When I was in Europe for a long while Steam kept telling me how "The credit card you are buying this with and the country you reside in don't match" and wouldn't let me buy the games I wanted. 3 minutes later I just connected to a proxy in the US and everything was solved. Bought a whole bunch of Steam stuff while over in Europe, apparently for significantly cheaper. I do need to note that you only need to be on the proxy while you buy the games. Downloading them has no problem. I am assuming a VPN would also work.
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As long as your credit card details include an American address you shouldn't have any problems.
But when your primary residence is in Europe and you enter an invalid, imaginary American billing address and buy the games from the US store, you're probably commit tax fraud (at the very least).
