[wudangmonk]

What law?, if there is a law you have to follow it, it being a law by definition forces you to follow it. Whether anything is done to those that do not follow it is another question. The issue is that there is absolutely no legal reason to ban Russians from buying games.

This seems like an arbitrary 'moral' choice, an honestly after the bs we've seen from Israel and the U.S, they have no moral high ground to stand on and criticize the Russians. Losing all your games is a massive issue, they are effectively holding your games hostage in an effort to exert politically motivated influence.

[page_fault]

Add Docker Hub to the list, just a couple of days ago they banned access from all of Russia on their own accord. Judging by reactions of people I know from there, I can't say actions like this bring us closer to good relations and a peaceful world. They're having exactly the opposite effect.

https://habr.com/ru/news/818177

[nozzlegear]

I don’t think anyone is counting on Docker or Steam to bridge the gap and bring about peace between Russia and the West. That’s up to Putin. One of the goals of economic sanctions like this is to coerce change in the target country by creating domestic discontent that bubbles up to the leadership.

[stubish]

The contract between Sony and Steam in this case. Sony has chosen to restrict the regions Steam can sell in. Steam could honor the contract, or just pay lip service to it and hope Sony don't care enough to invoke their lawyers.

[beretguy]

There is always high moral ground to criticize russia.