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Grand Theft Auto V USD $29.99 on Steam China (VPN Required)

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Grand Theft Auto V USD $29.99 on Steam China (VPN Required)
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HuntsmanII on 11/05/2015 - 20:17 store.steampowered.com (229 clicks)
Last edited 12/05/2015 - 10:59 by 1 other user

So I managed to purchase a fully working copy from the Steam China store, which I have tested online etc. and is working perfectly. In order to do this you will need to:

1: Download a VPN service (Hola for Chrome works fine) and set your region to Chinese.

2: Create a new Steam account, making sure you have the VPN enabled. PLEASE do not risk your existing account, as you may lose all your games and it probably won't work anyway.

3: Enter your credit-card details into your account preferences (Make sure to use a fake Chinese address and phone number. Google will help you with this).

4: Log out of the account, and search for Grand Theft Auto V, whilst still using the VPN.

5: Buy the game as you normally would (for yourself, gifting unavailable), and login/purchase when prompted.

6: Login to Steam with your new account, install and play!

This worked fine for me, and it came out at around $38 AUD. I would highly recommend it, although advise that you proceed with caution:
This technique is technically not allowed, and could result in the banning of your Steam account. Furthermore, you will likely receive no support from Steam in the case of any issues.

Enjoy your cheap GTA V!

Mod. Purchase at your own risk, from Steam: You agree that you will not use IP proxying or other methods to disguise the place of your residence, whether to circumvent geographical restrictions on game content, to purchase at pricing not applicable to your geography, or for any other purpose. If you do this, we may terminate your access to your Account.

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  • IceCreamBandit on 11/05/2015 - 20:19
    +11

    From the Steam Subscriber Agreement

    You agree that you will not use IP proxying or other methods to disguise the place of your residence, whether to circumvent geographical restrictions on game content, to purchase at pricing not applicable to your geography, or for any other purpose. If you do this, we may terminate your access to your Account.

    Note that it doesn't just stop you from playing GTA V if caught, you lose access to your whole account. Really not worth it.

    • Vampyr on 11/05/2015 - 20:25
      +1

      You are creating a new account for this…

      • IceCreamBandit on 11/05/2015 - 20:28
        +1

        Only if you follow OP's instructions completely. It is still possible for people to use Hola and try to and buy it on existing accounts, so I thought it might be beneficial to reiterate the risk for anyone considering this. Technically it's not really a deal "available in Australia" so it doesn't meet deal posting guidelines and I've reported it as such for mods to decide.

        • HuntsmanII on 12/05/2015 - 10:44

          No need to spoil the fun, just trying to help someone out. Took me a while to get past the 'purchase' phase so I thought posting this would be for the greater good.

        • IceCreamBandit on 12/05/2015 - 11:11

          @HuntsmanII:

          Not trying to spoil anything and thank you for sharing this, but I felt the deal needed to be much clearer about the risks involved as it's a clear violation of the User Agreement.

          Even getting a brand new account banned means you lose the money you spent on the game. Getting it through more legitimate ways afterwards means you'll be spending a lot more in the end which negates anything you save here.

          The mods have modified the deal and added the warning so it's all good by me.

  • bxpressiv on 11/05/2015 - 20:41
    +10

    I can't imagine why people would turn to piracy when companies like this provide fair regional pricing models which charge higher prices….because they can.

    US dollar + regional pricing + soon to be gst

    and on the flip side

    half finished games with bucket loads of day zero DLC =

    Extremely poor value proposition.

  • 9674784 on 11/05/2015 - 20:52
    +3

    "This technique is technically not allowed, and could result in the banning of your Steam account. Furthermore, you will likely receive no support from Steam in the case of any issues."

    There's no 'technically' about it. It simply isn't allowed.

    No deal.

  • kml22 on 11/05/2015 - 20:55
    +2

    This is dangerous, too risky getting banned, and you know Steam, they don't mess around Banning your Account, especially when you have hundreds of game on your account.

    • HuntsmanII on 11/05/2015 - 22:55
      +1

      Thus why I recommended you create a new account, something required for this procedure anyway.

  • furythree on 11/05/2015 - 21:12
    +5

    for all the ladies crying that this is not allowed

    its no different to buying Digital CD keys of russian versions of games that need VPN to activate

    After you activate you dont need VPN to play

    Ive bought the last 8 AAA steam titles this way on the same account. Its been over 5 years and im still breathing fine

  • t_c on 11/05/2015 - 21:12
    +1

    Nice work OP.

    haters gonna hate.

  • Shwayne on 11/05/2015 - 21:13

    This is against Steam ToS, Hola is not a recommended tool for doing what you're doing.

    You need to sign into another Steam account just to play the game.

    You're much better off buying a GTAV key and using the Social Rockstar launcher.

    • HuntsmanII on 11/05/2015 - 22:59

      So your would pay ~$20 extra for a non-steam version (slow download, riddled with download problems) just because it's against Steam's TOS?
      And BTW you can link the account to your main using Family Sharing. Overall works very well!

      • Agret on 11/05/2015 - 23:55

        Is GTA V actually eligible for Family Sharing? Considering you need to register the CD Key to your rockstar account I didn't think it would work?

      • Shwayne on 12/05/2015 - 17:08
        +2

        1. I paid $38 AUD for GTA V off Nuuvem (this is basically the same price).

        2. It downloaded perfectly fine at my max download speed the whole time.

        3. Family Sharing does not work for GTA V.

        4. I'd rather not use two DRM logins to get to one game.

        5. I'd rather not violate ToS because they will eventually and indiscriminately terminate your account, leaving you unable to play GTA V.

        • Vladdo on 12/05/2015 - 21:31

          Let's see you buy another copy of GTA V for $38 :) $20 says you can't..

        • Shwayne on 13/05/2015 - 14:23

          You can't anymore, but I still maintain points 2 through 5.

  • [Deactivated] on 11/05/2015 - 21:13
    +1

    i got simcity from a russian vendor and its fine.

  • Vladdo on 11/05/2015 - 22:39
    +2

    I bought GTA V on Steam this way.. created a secondary account, then gifted it to my main account.. no probs.. would do again..

    • HuntsmanII on 11/05/2015 - 22:59

      The only problem is that Steam have caught on to this, and disabled the option to gift games from China.

      • Vladdo on 11/05/2015 - 23:54

        That's right.. I did it before they disabled chinese gifting..

        • MA TT on 12/05/2015 - 00:01

          If it weren't for that gifting thing i would've jumped on this deal. Sadly i have to wait a bit longer for a deal on it.

  • SpaceNinja on 12/05/2015 - 00:44
    +5

    interesting to see GTA buyers having high ethical values.

  • SydBargainer on 12/05/2015 - 09:49

    What would Trevor do?

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