Given that Blizzard is a US corporation and thus answerable to US law, one could argue that this almost a gracious response on their part. They could have refused to do any further business at all...
Given that Blizzard is a US corporation and thus answerable to US law, one could argue that this almost a gracious response on their part. They could have refused to do any further business at all in Belgium.
No more support and no more updates, most likely. Or maybe they'd try to strong-arm Steam into revoking access for Belgian customers to Blizzard games. DRM and digital storefronts makes such...
No more support and no more updates, most likely. Or maybe they'd try to strong-arm Steam into revoking access for Belgian customers to Blizzard games. DRM and digital storefronts makes such shenanigans possible.
I think we could charitably interpret @demifiend's comment to be "encourage the distributor to revoke access". Since the distributor is Blizzard, that just makes it more likely that they'd be able...
Why would they do that? Blizzard distributes Blizzard games.
I think we could charitably interpret @demifiend's comment to be "encourage the distributor to revoke access". Since the distributor is Blizzard, that just makes it more likely that they'd be able to do so.
Other entertainment industries (music, games, books, etc.) do boneheaded shit like region-locking or only selling in particular territories all the time. It's a pain in the ass when you're a...
Other entertainment industries (music, games, books, etc.) do boneheaded shit like region-locking or only selling in particular territories all the time. It's a pain in the ass when you're a metalhead who likes mostly European bands and has a few Japanese faves.
Didn't Blizzard implement a system in China where players could buy coins which came with "free" lootboxes to bypass lootbox/gambling laws? E: They did.
Didn't Blizzard implement a system in China where players could buy coins which came with "free" lootboxes to bypass lootbox/gambling laws?
Lots of the arcades in China do this to bypass the gambling laws. They give you tokens and then you go next door to the store that collects the "tokens" and you can get stuff.
Lots of the arcades in China do this to bypass the gambling laws. They give you tokens and then you go next door to the store that collects the "tokens" and you can get stuff.
Given that Blizzard is a US corporation and thus answerable to US law, one could argue that this almost a gracious response on their part. They could have refused to do any further business at all in Belgium.
No more support and no more updates, most likely. Or maybe they'd try to strong-arm Steam into revoking access for Belgian customers to Blizzard games. DRM and digital storefronts makes such shenanigans possible.
I think we could charitably interpret @demifiend's comment to be "encourage the distributor to revoke access". Since the distributor is Blizzard, that just makes it more likely that they'd be able to do so.
Seems like that would do nothing but hurt their own sales
Other entertainment industries (music, games, books, etc.) do boneheaded shit like region-locking or only selling in particular territories all the time. It's a pain in the ass when you're a metalhead who likes mostly European bands and has a few Japanese faves.
Didn't Blizzard implement a system in China where players could buy coins which came with "free" lootboxes to bypass lootbox/gambling laws?
E: They did.
Lots of the arcades in China do this to bypass the gambling laws. They give you tokens and then you go next door to the store that collects the "tokens" and you can get stuff.
Unlikely, they wouldn't put in development effort just to allow a minority of players in Belgium to purchase skins.