• WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]
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      8 months ago

      can’t buy in. As in the games aren’t available in Japan via Steam. Original title gave the impression that they were locked to only be available in Japan.

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        8 months ago

        just to clarify for my smoothbrain, are japanese publishers locking the japanese market out of their games?

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          8 months ago

          Second sentence of the article.

          Japanese game publishers making Steam releases unavailable for their countrymen has been a thing for years, but Steam’s recent popularity boom in Japan may be nudging things in the right direction.