Really? Region-locking community hubs???

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asura 24 Oct @ 10:50pm

Up until recently, if a publisher made the game unavailable in your region, you couldn't access the store page for it. Now you can't access the discussions / reviews pages and so forth either. WTF?
It gets unlocked if you already own the game or get it gifted to you, but this still makes little sense.
e.g you can't look for tips / bug fixes if you own the game in another storefront, can't read reviews, guides. What the hell man. What brought this on?

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Originally posted by datCookie:

Originally posted by asura:
Originally posted by datCookie:

What region are you in? I've got no issues from OCE
Of course you can, lmao. Try to open https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/22490/
It's fallout new vegas PCR (the version of new vegas you get in eastern europe) and see if it works

Nope, can't access that.

Doesn't bother me, though.

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Malfunctioning Robot 24 Oct @ 10:53pm

nope, not really. it was a bug and its already fixed. if its still happening for you restart the steam client or force refresh your browser page

also why would you think that you are entitled to the community hub if you bought the game elsewhere?

Last edited by Malfunctioning Robot; 24 Oct @ 10:55pm

[☭]-Soviet-Triumph- 24 Oct @ 10:59pm

Originally posted by Malfunctioning Robot:
also why would you think that you are entitled to the community hub if you bought the game elsewhere?

Everybody should be entitled to speak their piece whether they own the game or not.

Malfunctioning Robot 24 Oct @ 10:59pm

Originally posted by ☭-Soviet-Triumph-:
Originally posted by Malfunctioning Robot:
also why would you think that you are entitled to the community hub if you bought the game elsewhere?
Everybody should be entitled to speak their piece whether they own the game or not.

and no one is obligated to host you doing that

cSg|mc-Hotsauce 24 Oct @ 11:00pm

Originally posted by ☭-Soviet-Triumph-:
Originally posted by Malfunctioning Robot:
also why would you think that you are entitled to the community hub if you bought the game elsewhere?
Everybody should be entitled to speak their piece whether they own the game or not.

Do it on Twitter, where everyone complains about anything and everything.

asura 24 Oct @ 11:02pm

It's not about posting though, I don't necessarily agree with that guy. These are public pages that can be viewed by anyone. Hell, even if I hadn't bought the game, why shouldn't I be able to look at reviews?
And so far, it's not been "fixed", neither on browser or client, so I assume it was an intentional thing.

[☭]-Soviet-Triumph- 24 Oct @ 11:02pm

Originally posted by Malfunctioning Robot:
and no one is obligated to host you doing that

True. If they made the forums solely for the owners of the app that would've made more sense. But this change isn't.

asura 24 Oct @ 11:04pm

Originally posted by ☭-Soviet-Triumph-:
Originally posted by Malfunctioning Robot:
and no one is obligated to host you doing that
True. If they made the forums solely for the owners of the app that would've made more sense. But this change isn't.

Well, now it is for a) owners of the game from regions where it isn't available + b) everyone else from the rest of the world. So it's a bit of a mess

datCookie 24 Oct @ 11:05pm

Originally posted by asura:
Originally posted by ☭-Soviet-Triumph-:
True. If they made the forums solely for the owners of the app that would've made more sense. But this change isn't.
Well, now it is for a) owners of the game from regions where it isn't available + b) everyone else from the rest of the world. So it's a bit of a mess

Which game hub?

asura 24 Oct @ 11:06pm

Originally posted by datCookie:
Originally posted by asura:
Well, now it is for a) owners of the game from regions where it isn't available + b) everyone else from the rest of the world. So it's a bit of a mess

Which game hub?

Any of the borderlands ones, any of the fallout ones, etc

[☭]-Soviet-Triumph- 24 Oct @ 11:07pm

Originally posted by datCookie:
Which game hub?

If you had bought or activated the game on your account, and that game later got region restricted for your country, you will still have access to the hub despite the regional ban. The rule seems universal.

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datCookie 24 Oct @ 11:17pm

Originally posted by asura:
Originally posted by datCookie:

Which game hub?
Any of the borderlands ones, any of the fallout ones, etc

What region are you in? I've got no issues from OCE

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[☭]-Soviet-Triumph- 24 Oct @ 11:19pm

Originally posted by datCookie:
What region are you in? I've got no issues from OCE

Of course you have no issues from OCE, the games are not banned there. OP is probably from Russia... That's the only place where these games are banned.

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asura 24 Oct @ 11:22pm

Originally posted by datCookie:
Originally posted by asura:
Any of the borderlands ones, any of the fallout ones, etc

What region are you in? I've got no issues from OCE

Of course you can, lmao. Try to open https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/22490/
It's fallout new vegas PCR (the version of new vegas you get in eastern europe) and see if it works

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datCookie 24 Oct @ 11:23pm

Originally posted by asura:
Originally posted by datCookie:

What region are you in? I've got no issues from OCE
Of course you can, lmao. Try to open https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/22490/
It's fallout new vegas PCR (the version of new vegas you get in eastern europe) and see if it works

Nope, can't access that.

Doesn't bother me, though.

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