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by w1ntermute 5822 days ago
You might be interested to know that they unofficially tolerate players having someone in another country (usually the US) buy the game and gift it to them, as long as the middleman isn't making money off of it (only equal reimbursement). If you're interested in getting the US version of Modern Warfare 2 (or any other game) via Steam, contact this guy: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/cklqm/steam_day_7_ma...

Obviously this isn't a justification for their actions, but it is an available workaround.
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benologist 5822 days ago
I bought $170 worth of games today through a friend in the US. :)

The only thing I don't like is PC games are stupidly complicated with add ons, expansions, packs, chapters, bla bla bla. I don't have time to keep up with gaming to know what I need, what order I should do it in etc.

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w1ntermute 5822 days ago
That's why Valve's TF2 updates, combined with Steam, are great (they had one today, coincidentally). You can get new features without lifting a finger :)
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