Question
Is it possible to buy games in Asia (from web or when on holiday) and then play them in Europe? I'm worried that they may be some region restrictions on them.
It's mostly games from US or European game publishers I'm worried about.
Answer
Steam limitations
On Steam you can "circumvent" store limitations through gifts. For example, if you live in Germany, you can still get Doom II from Steam if you get a friend in another country to gift (say, the USA) it to you. Alternatively, you can travel to where those games are available and buy them yourself. :)
I don't know, however, if this works for:
- games that are still available to you, but in different versions (say, the "Low Violence Versions", which sometimes even only come with mandatory dubbing), and
- games that will be available to you but are currently locked in your region
Remeber that you can view a country's store by using the cc parameter. For example, compare http://store.steampowered.com/app/2300/?cc=it with http://store.steampowered.com/app/2300/?cc=de.
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