Asus faces EU probe for online price fixing
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Meanwhile Valve/Steam is under scrutiny for geo-blocking European sales regions.
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So... Zenimax won't be holding onto the $500m they just won from Oculus, then?
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Finally. Tired of trying to buy games from other EU members countries and to be automatically redirected to the one I am in. Effing scumbags...
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It will be corrected...no more cheaper games in other countries...
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darcotech
It will be corrected...no more cheaper games in other countries...
And forget about sales there? HAHA right, russian market is way too big for corporate greed to ignore. They just wont block it the same they are now, probably doing something else, bypassing the rule.
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Originally Posted by
aniilv
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Originally Posted by
darcotech
It will be corrected...no more cheaper games in other countries...
And forget about sales there? HAHA right, russian market is way too big for corporate greed to ignore. They just wont block it the same they are now, probably doing something else, bypassing the rule.
Let's hope...anyway with Humble Bundle and other sites I am now at 50 games not even installed... :-(
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Originally Posted by
aniilv
And forget about sales there? HAHA right, russian market is way too big for corporate greed to ignore. They just wont block it the same they are now, probably doing something else, bypassing the rule.
Like...lock the game into the language for the market it was sold in.
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BobF64
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Originally Posted by
aniilv
And forget about sales there? HAHA right, russian market is way too big for corporate greed to ignore. They just wont block it the same they are now, probably doing something else, bypassing the rule.
Like...lock the game into the language for the market it was sold in.
That's a little harsh. A lot of immigrants may know the language but prefer to play a game or watch a movie in their mother tongue.
Re: Asus faces EU probe for online price fixing
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Originally Posted by
aniilv
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Originally Posted by
darcotech
It will be corrected...no more cheaper games in other countries...
And forget about sales there? HAHA right, russian market is way too big for corporate greed to ignore. They just wont block it the same they are now, probably doing something else, bypassing the rule.
Since when was Russia in the EU?