Has Anyone Used a VPN to Buy from Another Region? - GOG

TheLaserSonic on 13/02/2021 - 13:45

Recently, when checking out various deals on Ozbargain for pc game deals, I've seen many people advocating for using a VPN to change your region to another in order to take advantage of regional pricing for a better deal (mostly on GOG, but I assume that other stores also have this).

So I wanted to ask, has anyone actually done this, and how did it turn out? Were there any problems? If I wanted to do the same, is it as easy as using my VPN to move to another region, starting up gog, and buying the game?

Thanks.

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Comments

  • xuqi on 13/02/2021 - 14:16
    +2

    Yes, and no issues here.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/589447

  • AdosHouse on 13/02/2021 - 16:45

    My Youtube account thinks I'm in India, thanks to OzBargain.

  • Guybrush57 on 13/02/2021 - 17:12

    They're digital items. Go for it!

  • Pelicannn on 13/02/2021 - 17:25

    Many times. My YouTube is from Argentina, most of my games are just steam codes bought from elsewhere and activate no worries.

  • Lysander on 15/02/2021 - 14:46

    There is always a risk associated with doing this as it infringes the T&Cs of many sites.
    Doing this on Steam for example, will get your account banned.
    Same thing with Humble Bundle.
    I would always advise to only do this with new accounts and never with your main account unless you feel fine with the risk of losing all your games.

    • Guybrush57 on 15/02/2021 - 20:48

      If the video game market ever punished a buyer by stealing all of that buyer's games by locking them out of their account then that buyer should feel free to pirate all they want from that point forward.

      • Lysander on 15/02/2021 - 23:17

        Have a look at Reddit re Humble Bundle.

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