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Re:EC sends Statements of Objections to Valve and five publi... by izacus on Sunday April 07, 2019 @03:36AM (#19595381)
Buying in the cheaper store is the desired rational behaviour of a customer in free market capitalism. Why do you want to block that? Who does it benefit?
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Re:EC sends Statements of Objections to Valve and five publi... by michaelmrose on Sunday April 07, 2019 @04:44AM (#19595617)
Because if most people do it they wont offer it for the lower price anymore they will just sent one profit maximizing price.

If its something few people do then those few can profit maximally from being savvy by paying poor nation prices on games while enjoying the benefits of being citizens of rich nation.

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Re:EC sends Statements of Objections to Valve and five publi... by concerned_user on Sunday April 07, 2019 @06:08AM (#19595885)
Well you can't just "not do it anymore" in those countries, might as well close shop there.

Imagine prices of games would increase 3 times, i.e. one 60$ AAA game would cost 180$. It would be the equivalent raising prices to us/eu level in those countries.

There will be a fraction of people able to buy it and you will get gray/black market with dvds or flash drives where you would get a bootleg copy or just piracy.

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Re:EC sends Statements of Objections to Valve and five publi... by gruez on Sunday April 07, 2019 @09:05AM (#19596572)
Piracy is only feasible for offline and single player games. I suspect that even at $180, there's going to be plenty of affluent consumers buying it.
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