I’ve received this picture from a friend of mine who’s living there, in which she’s trying to buy Resident Evil 4 whilst on sale. That’s only speaking about being signed in, its the same when a guest tries to view the page whilst in Australia (rendering it inaccessible). I’m not from there, but to me that sounds completely retarded.

    • remon@ani.socialEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I’m not, just read it in the news.

      But I guess you could try a VPN and buy the game from another country or pirate it.

      • SilentSparrow@multiverse.soulism.netOPEnglish
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        3 days ago

        My friend told me it’s a hassle to buy mature games on steam because of this, plus most Australians don’t own a CC (rather debit cards are used more). Luckily, I don’t have to worry about it as I’m a foreigner.

        Although, I feel sorry for them on having to deal with that BS from their own government. She even considered creating a second account overseas with a VPN or downloading from torrent sites.

      • psx_crab@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        3 days ago

        I’m pretty sure it’s against valve TOS to use a VPN and buy games, so be careful with that.