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[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 51 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Well, given the sanctions, this ought to be a given. I don't understand how valve can operate in Russia at all tbh.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Right? That was my question, why are they operating there at all right now

[–] Honse@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 17 hours ago

Valve had a big piracy problem in russia and it was ofc because of service issues. While I obviously don't agree with this censorship and would prefer valve to entirely pull out of russia, I can see why they are absolutely not doing that. They want to provide the best PC gaming store service across the world, and they don't want competitors or piracy to eat into their sales

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 19 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The sanctions did impact Steam's operations in Russia. Russian users currently can't use any payment methods to buy games aside from Steam Wallet funds.

[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 12 points 18 hours ago

Then yeah, I'm surprised valve is cooperating. I suppose they are planning for the future, should the sanctions end.