GTA is no longer available for Russian players?

[Max96]

Logged in my Steam account and saw this: Недоступно в текущем регионе - Unavailable in your region.

Heard some Microsoft games are not available too..

Okay, we lost our rights to use a PURCHASED product, awesome!
Edit: seems like it was a bug, it's available again.

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Edited March 7 by Max96

[ACR]

The world keeps on honking

Can you try to use vpn? i think you can play this way.

[Max96]

1 minute ago, ACR said:

The world keeps on honking

Can you try to use vpn? i think you can play this way.

It was a bug or something, it's available again.

[DarkReign27]

27 minutes ago, Max96 said:

Logged in my Steam account and saw this: Недоступно в текущем регионе - Unavailable in your region.

Heard some Microsoft games are not available too..

Okay, we lost our rights to use a PURCHASED product, awesome!

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Wouldn't be surprised. Ya they're trying to demonize shutting out every Russian everywhere, it seems messed up. Lets just lump everyone together, great idea that'll deescalate everything right?

Edited March 7 by DarkReign27
Good it's fixed, dunno if it'll be happening with other stuff eventually though.

[ACR]

Just now, Max96 said:

It was a bug or something, it's available again.

It wouldn't surprise me if you can't play in coming days, so be prepared. Widespread hysteria and anti-Russian propaganda.

[Max96]

4 minutes ago, DarkReign27 said:

Wouldn't be surprised. Ya they're trying to demonize shutting out every Russian everywhere, it seems messed up. Lets just lump everyone together, great idea that'll deescalate everything right?

 

3 minutes ago, ACR said:

It wouldn't surprise me if you can't play in coming days, so be prepared. Widespread hysteria and anti-Russian propaganda.

Indeed. World's gone mad, totally.

[Jenkiiii]

I wonder how many Ukrainians can play GTA online right now? Not many, due to their cities getting shelled! Nobody seems to give a flying f*ck about them!

 

I know the atrocities are not your fault and this is not a political forum, OP, and you just want to play video games, but right now Russia is the most hated country in the world.

 

 

[TheBaronOfHell]

Putin is a legit, day 1 level 8000. If Rockstar resets his account, the war could end today.

[Max96]

33 minutes ago, Jenkiiii said:

I wonder how many Ukrainians can play GTA online right now? Not many, due to their cities getting shelled! Nobody seems to give a flying f*ck about them!

 

I know the atrocities are not your fault and this is not a political forum, OP, and you just want to play video games, but right now Russia is the most hated country in the world.

 

 

I won't start the political conversation, but citizens are not responsible for government's actions, we keep doing daily stuff.

[tjakal]

36 minutes ago, Max96 said:

citizens are not responsible for government's actions, we keep doing daily stuff.

If you haven't figured out what's going on here every part of Russian society is now being pressured towards taking responsibility for what your government has done in your name.
The west can't save Ukraine because that may spell nuclear war. But you guys can't be nuked so our leaders have decided you're to be sanctioned til you either opt to live in North Korea 2.0 or revolt.

 

'Daily stuff' will never be the same over there as long as your government wages a war the world condemns in your name.

As sorry as I feel for the situation of ordinary Russians who never asked for any of this bullsh*t, it very much pales in comparison to the people seeing their world burn around them right now.
For where are all our Ukrainian gamer bros ans sisters? Spoiler: Hiding underground, dead, or out in their streets playing real life 'Call of Duty' against you know who.

[ACR]

1 hour ago, Jenkiiii said:

I wonder how many Ukrainians can play GTA online right now? Not many, due to their cities getting shelled! Nobody seems to give a flying f*ck about them!

 

I know the atrocities are not your fault and this is not a political forum, OP, and you just want to play video games, but right now Russia is the most hated country in the world.

 

 

People from Yemen, Libya, Iraq couldn't enjoy their lives yet there were no sanctions for aggressors including the country whose flag you're using. More than half the world hate US, UK, West, yet here you are...

[Jenkiiii]

1 hour ago, Max96 said:

I won't start the political conversation, but citizens are not responsible for government's actions, we keep doing daily stuff.

Your original post is a social faux pas at best.

[Jenkiiii]

18 minutes ago, ACR said:

People from Yemen, Libya, Iraq couldn't enjoy their lives yet there were no sanctions for aggressors including the country whose flag you're using. More than half the world hate US, UK, West, yet here you are...

It's a difficult one. There are millions of people in Russia right now who hate the war as much as everyone else. In fact, besides a few military nutters, I can't think of anyone who actually wants to persecute the Ukrainians?

 

Peace and love to Ukraine in this desperate time of need.

 

This war is a step too far in the wrong direction. Enough, I say! I am all in favour of sanctions against Russia. I am sorry for many people in Russia who are genuinely against the war - possibly the majority - but sanctions are the only way that non-combatants can fight back and tell Russia how they feel. We can't send troops due to risk of nuclear war, but we CAN make Russia's life uncomfortable.

[Garland137]

27 minutes ago, ACR said:

People from Yemen, Libya, Iraq couldn't enjoy their lives yet there were no sanctions for aggressors including the country whose flag you're using. More than half the world hate US, UK, West, yet here you are...

What's your argument here, nobody should sanction Russia because you think certain other countries weren't sanctioned over other wars?

 

We could spend hours playing the "whatabout" game and arguing about hypocrisy and double standards and whatever else you want, but at the end of the day, none of that stuff makes Putin's crimes any less egregious or deserving of a response.  His invasion of Ukraine and the death and destruction he's intentionally inflicting is wrong and needs to be stopped.  Sanctions aren't perfect but at the moment they're the best option we have for trying to pressure Putin into abandoning his senseless invasion.

[ACR]

Just now, Garland137 said:

What's your argument here, nobody should sanction Russia because you think certain other countries weren't sanctioned over other wars?

 

We could spend hours playing the "whatabout" game and arguing about hypocrisy and double standards and whatever else you want, but at the end of the day, none of that stuff makes Putin's crimes any less egregious or deserving of a response.  His invasion of Ukraine and the death and destruction he's intentionally inflicting is wrong and needs to be stopped.  Sanctions aren't perfect but at the moment they're the best option we have for trying to pressure Putin into abandoning his senseless invasion.

How would you feel if for example half of the planet impose sanctions on your country which are way overdue? Some of you don't give a single f*ck about people living in the countries that West destroyed and crumbled their stability and economies and why? Maybe because you deem them less worthy due to their culture, policy or you just believe every turd that you media feeds you for decades. Hell, i don't say you personally, but most of the people crying about military operation in Ukraine are just hypocritical virtue signalers.

[Jenkiiii]

3 minutes ago, ACR said:

How would you feel if for example half of the planet impose sanctions on your country which are way overdue? Some of you don't give a single f*ck about people living in the countries that West destroyed and crumbled their stability and economies and why? Maybe because you deem them less worthy due to their culture, policy or you just believe every turd that you media feeds you for decades. Hell, i don't say you personally, but most of the people crying about military operation in Ukraine are just hypocritical virtue signalers.

Time to wake up, bro!

 

The rest of the world wants kick Putin's ass, but if we do that he'll drop a nuke.

[ACR]

2 minutes ago, Jenkiiii said:

Time to wake up, bro!

 

The rest of the world wants kick Putin's ass, but if we do that he'll drop a nuke.

If push comes to shove it think senile granpa Biden would be the one to push the button

[Spider-Vice]

The issue on Steam is a bug on their side. Only sales are supposed to be restricted but for some reason playing also got restricted, so R* reverted the change.

 

This thread is going places I see, so let's nip this in the bud as OP already noticed it was a bug too and should be able to play again.