Comments on: Orange Blocked

By: phlebiac

phlebiac — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:42:32 +0000

lol … i have just been notified that this “news” is 1.5 years old :)

By: phlebiac

phlebiac — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:05:25 +0000

@ jimmyDedd: even if it works your seller still lied to you

By: phlebiac

phlebiac — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:02:14 +0000

as long as they don’t block games imported from uk or us – i am from germany – i could not care less

in fact i have never considered buying games which originate in russia or thailand for several reasons:

- not getting what i paid for is one reason
- getting a pirated key is another one
- buying games in the original language with box and all and mostly us versions is the main reason for me

that means even if i am from germany 99% of the games i buy are the us release, the rest is uk release and besides that nothing, so no german release

By: Ben Turner

Ben Turner — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:28:04 +0000

Problem DOES affect Hong Kong & Macau games.

Yes Asia sold me one of them (despite advertising “English Version” at the time – now changed online after the lockdown I notice).

They are offering store credit for a return (to Hong Kong from the UK !) but for me it’s a refund or a “dear trading offices, did you know Yes Asia is selling illegal copies of…”

Certainly not after a replacement – I buy games, not temporary passes to potentially playing a game. As long you don’t move countries. Or swap computers. Or we invent another rule as we choose after the sale so it’s too late to do anything about it…

P.s. I hate Steam :)

By: jimmyDedd

jimmyDedd — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:03:55 +0000

Update:

Seems as if this problem doesn’t apply to Hong Kong & Macau games. My seller assures me.

It plays great, and all in English.

By: sofia

sofia — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:21:43 +0000

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By: jimmyDedd

jimmyDedd — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:33:25 +0000

I just bought the PC Orange Box from an ebay seller within my own country (Australia).

This vendor (http://stores.ebay.com.au/24-7-TRENDY-ZONE) stated “BRAND NEW FULL ENGLISH RETAIL” in their add. The box, when it arrived however says that it is for the “Hong Kong & Macau” area.

At this point I’m not sure if the vendor is acting inapporiatley as per Steams regional distribution policy, and whether I’ve been duped.

I have not installed this yet. So, I would like to know:

A) Will this work in my region, Australia? Will Steam validate it?
B) If so, does the “Hong Kong & Macau” version work in English?
C) If indeed it does work, but not in English can it be patched?

Given that a full re-install via a Steam download would be impractical (I’m on dial up) I may have to get a refund and buy this elsewhere. But I hope I don’t have to.

Thank you in advance.

By: MrMelons

MrMelons — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:41:12 +0000

To the majority as a whole, sucks to be you, I bought the game for $40 so i could play TF2 Beta. As far as boohoo a company is sticking it to the people AGAIN, Valve is a company, companies like/ need money and perhaps if Valve didn’t put out Game of the Year games every time they release anything I might be pissed about paying the full price, but they do so just give them the respect they deserver and quit griping. As far as the oh my god I can’t believe Valve didn’t tell me when i purchase a game if it needs updates Cry Me A River, when you buy a game over the counter do you come back and ask them why they didn’t tell you it was an un-patched copy? I don’t, I see a bug i check for updates, what game now doesn’t already have updates out, sometimes when it has just been released? It should be common practice for people to check if a game has a patch out for it. Valve is not a baby sitter they don’t need to hold your hand through every process, Steam although a pain in the ass at times IS great and the reason it has so many issues is cause its the only System of its type so it gets to be the Testing child until it is refined into perfection. I just find it fascinating that people are so quick to praise a company but when they try rip the company off and get caught turn around and nay say them, lets all pay half price so we can get half-assed games. Oh boy! Oh boy!

By: Sucram

Sucram — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:56:38 +0000

Boxed games in Thailand tend to cast 700-1000Baht (£10-£13), this is still a very high price for most of Thailand and it actually far easier to find places selling pirated copies (which tend to cost 200-300Baht) than it is to find genuine boxed version.

I spend about half the year in Thailand and the other half in the UK, so I’m rather put off by the idea that I’d be one of the few people to actually buy a genuine game only to be told that that I have to buy it again when I travel elsewhere.

By: Adam of Scarborough

Adam of Scarborough — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:43:23 +0000

25th. I know some stores had it available yesterday.

The entire reason I went hunting for a new copy on eBay was because EB Games was selling their copies for $100. Which seemed like a pretty excessive markup.

By: WCAYPAHWAT

WCAYPAHWAT — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:10:26 +0000

What exactly was the orange box release date in Australia? I’m still waiting for the copy i pre-ordered to come in to my local Harvey Norman store. I know this issue has nothing to do with either Valve nor EA but its still bad business practice. You know, the whole point of preordering is so you can get it on release, and all that.

By: Adam of Scarborough

Adam of Scarborough — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:11:19 +0000

Well now I am worried. I bought a copy of the Orange Box over eBay from a video game dealer in Melbourne, Australia.

I also live in Australia.

The price was great.. which is why I bought it. Something like $54. None of the text on the game box is in any language other than English, and everything has installed fine and as working perfectly.

But Australia is awful close to Thailand.

And in hindsight, this worked out to be a pretty good deal…

If I get locked out I am going to be really mad.