Steam is under investigation by the European Commission because of unfair business model
According to the indications of the European Commission, there is a possibility that Valve with its Steam service does not operate under the laws of competitive business in the regions of European Union. In fact, Valve apparently has bilateral agreements with five publishers that limits their products based on the geographical location of the customer.
In particular, certain games Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media and ZeniMax are only available in certain countries of EU, while in others they are not. That is, some activation keys for games work so by allowing access to the game in only one country - for example, the Czech Republic or Poland.
If it turns out that these practices are in conflict with the laws of the EU it seeks to be regulated as a single market, we might get to see changes in the practice of limiting the games to a particular country or region. It is not excluded that these changes reflected also in the operations in countries outside the EU.
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