The online store of computer games Steam began to forcefully change the region of the accounts of Russians who registered an account in Turkey, users of the DTF portal write .
Some report that their account was returned to the Russian region, others that they were “relocated” to the USA, France or other countries.
Presumably, this happens with those accounts whose owners were engaged in trading in-game items on the internal Steam market. Thus, it is possible to replenish the virtual wallet of the site, while not having a bank card of the country in which the user is registered.
Since the spring of 2022, Steam does not accept Russian bank cards, and many publishers have removed their games from the Russian part of the store. Because of this, users began to transfer their accounts to other regions, which is formally prohibited according to the rules of the site. However, before that, Steam did not punish such violators in any way.
Earlier it was reported that Sony has begun blocking Turkish accounts on the PlayStation Network, which are created or bought by Russian users.