I live in Japan and can`t install the game : V

» Thu May 10, 2012 7:27 am

Hello to all,i just bought today (13th of november) a copy of skyrim,the copy i own is from the UK,but i live in japan.
now when i try to install skyrim steam keep telling me that i must wait the release! now i know that the release was
on the 11th of november,so why i can`t still install my original copy of the game?
please someone help me with this issue because is very frustrating to have the game that i ordered and can`t
even play it.

» Thu May 10, 2012 2:13 pm

No idea, I'm sorry. ):

Perhaps send a message to Steam?

» Thu May 10, 2012 10:06 pm

Well i really hope to solve this problem,because is really weard how Steam is working.

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:08 pm

I heard in another thread someone saying that it's not released until 8th December 2011 for Japan. As steam is localised, I would imagine it will only unlock on this date.

Sorry for the bad news

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:32 pm

Like DeSetuede said, it is released Dec 3rd for Skyrim in Japan, sorry.

» Thu May 10, 2012 3:54 pm

Using VPN is agaisnt the ToS, just so you know.

» Thu May 10, 2012 1:16 pm

Yeah,it is frustrating indeed...

» Thu May 10, 2012 4:08 pm

Not getting the service you paid for is against the law.

He'll get what he paid for when it officially releases for him. On December 3rd.

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:25 pm

Not getting the service you paid for is against the law.

Lol, it's probably best you leave the legal opinions to those qualified, aye champ?

» Thu May 10, 2012 12:45 pm

If you buy the game with a VPN to evade tax laws that's naughty-naugthy. To get the game you paid for at the same time as everyone else? For a copy bought in the UK?

Use a VPN. Bethesda would agree.

You cant avade tax these days in civilized world(lol). If you import something from other country, or order online, you still get to pay the tax before you get to have the item.

And to that "that he will get that on 3rd december" - well, i gues he should have been charged on 3r of december too.

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:58 pm

I am not Japanese,and i buy imported games since years,now all you say about the law makes no sense,i bought an ORIGINAL copy of the game,and no matter where i live i deserve to play the game at the same time when the others can play.
i have the right to play with my original copy of the game like the others as well!

» Thu May 10, 2012 12:31 pm

Does anyone know how to contact Steam for this issue?

» Thu May 10, 2012 6:44 am

People, stop suggesting ways to get around the steam check.

Similarly, we do not allow discussion methods of circumventing the Steam check or of Cracks that violate the terms of a game's EULA.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1242199-skyrim-and-steam/

In the FAQ that Gstaff posted: http://store.steampowered.com/forums/

Link to the steam forums. Or you could go to their tech support and submit a question.

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:22 pm

Contacting Steam will not do you ANY good. You are bound by the release date in your country. I have a friend who was gifted FEAR 3 in Japan and had it literally sit in his games list unplayable for months until it finally released in Japan.

This is a downside to DRM.

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:01 pm

Here is something in the meantime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eos8I7TEHfs

» Thu May 10, 2012 9:59 am

People, stop suggesting ways to get around the steam check.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1242199-skyrim-and-steam/

In the FAQ that Gstaff posted: http://store.steampowered.com/forums/

Link to the steam forums. Or you could go to their tech support and submit a question.

In other words - bethesda just does not care after it got his money?

Typical.

» Thu May 10, 2012 1:30 pm

NO SKYRIM FOR YOU!!!

» Thu May 10, 2012 9:45 pm

I am not Japanese,and i buy imported games since years,now all you say about the law makes no sense,i bought an ORIGINAL copy of the game,and no matter where i live i deserve to play the game at the same time when the others can play.
i have the right to play with my original copy of the game like the others as well!

In other words - bethesda just does not care after it got his money?

Typical.

Steam doesn't care what your nationality is, or where your copy was bought. They care about where the computer you're registering it on is. You're in Japan, using a Japanese IP? Then you're held to the Japanese release date.

Pretty straightforward. :shrug:

» Thu May 10, 2012 6:39 am

Dont pay a cent and cheat = play the game
Pay for the game and dont cheat = cant play the game

Bethesda FTW!!!

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:30 pm

Doesn't make any sense to have the game bounded to Steam in the first place.
It's for DRM? Sure, the game was cracked AS SOON as Steam unlocked it, so no.

It just make things difficult for people who actually bought the game.
Pirates will play, don't matter how hard you try to implement DRM.

Oblivion had NO DRM whatsoever and sold just fine.

» Thu May 10, 2012 9:59 am

Ok,thanks for the many replies,most of you were nice,others not,but it is ok.
i think the only solution is to wait that STEAM will release the game officially in Japan as well.
still,i don`t get this strange way for releasing games,if someone purchase an original steam product
in my humble opinion no matter where he live,he have the right to play the game straightforward.