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Gaber



Joined: 23 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:12 pm    Post subject: Steam may be banned Reply with quote

http://kotaku.com/5630828/report-korea-might-ban-steam
Bloody hell, guess it may be time to move on.
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SeoulNate



Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa

PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

get your stuff from the US steam store. It's not like they can stop you from accessing your games here.
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Grantasmagoria



Joined: 04 Dec 2005

PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SeoulNate wrote:
get your stuff from the US steam store. It's not like they can stop you from accessing your games here.


If they block the entire IP and not just the Korean version? I hope it doesn't happen. They say it's ratings but it's more than that. They want to basically tax ALL games via a rating system, not just Steam. Even the Korean indie developers releasing free games are going to get hit with this. Once again, politicians regulating something they don't understand at all. If it does happen, PC Bangs are going to lose a lot of money.

I hope Steam just region locks games that aren't rated in Korea. Ideally, I don't want lose anything but a few smaller games is better than nothing.

Edit: I should say that Korea should have games rated appropriately. Banning something completely is what I'm against. It just sounds, surprisingly!, they're going about this in a very, very stupid way.
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