I love regional pricing. Just got Lies of P Digital Deluxe Edition for $10
this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2024
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How does one do this?
Well, I live in Argentina, so I just buy the game from my console haha.
That's a pretty good way to do it lol
I'm buying via Turkey, it's quite convoluted to set up but well worth it.
IIRC I used this guide with Google Translate: https://www.mydealz.de/deals/anleitung-turkische-kreditkarte-o-verifizierung-zb-netflix-uhd-fur-6eur-statt-1799eur-auch-fur-spotify-psn-steam-epic-games-u-xbox-2140720
What you essentially do is set up a Turkish bank account via bank that requires local phone number, like FUPS. There are paid services that forward SMS with one time codes that are require to finalize registration.
In Turkey you can pick up a blank physical debit card that you then link to that account. That's the shadiest part as you have to do that through some russian marketplaces with rather limited payment options. Once that's done you can top up this card via Revolut because it allows transfers straight to card.
Once that's done change your Microsoft account region to Turkey, link card and wait a couple of days (region change can lag a it). You don't need a VPN at any point.
Please do not do this. Steam got rid of regional pricing in Turkey recently and prices went quite up, hitting Turkish gamers. If enough people exploit this and Microsoft gets rid of regional pricing, it’ll hurt Turkish gamers the most.
Did Steam require local payment method or just VPN? This is so convoluted and shady that I think it's way beyond what average Joe can do to get games on the cheap.
Yeah that is far beyond what I'm willing to do aha.