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I don't know enough about economics to know what the costs of a decision either way would be, but interesting none the less to see consumers in other countries being directly affected by Russian financial issues.
I assume this isn't just an initial activation region lock, but a lock for any Russian cd-key registered and launched outside of Russia.
SourceThe plunging value of the Russian rouble has led game maker Valve to impose limits on its online store. It has started putting "region-locks" on games bought via its Steam service in Russia so only people in that country can play them.
Falling oil prices and economic sanctions have conspired to cause the value of the rouble to lose more than half its value against the US dollar this year. Earlier this week one dollar was worth 79 roubles though the currency has recovered since and now $1 buys about 61 roubles.
Valve's move is the first time that region locks have been imposed on games available via the hugely popular Steam service. Valve has yet to issue a comment on its decision to lock games.
I don't know enough about economics to know what the costs of a decision either way would be, but interesting none the less to see consumers in other countries being directly affected by Russian financial issues.
I assume this isn't just an initial activation region lock, but a lock for any Russian cd-key registered and launched outside of Russia.