![]() ![]() This story originally appeared on Ars Technica. Buy your favorite video games online from the official Ubisoft Store in the United States of America. In an investor note, CD Projekt Red noted that Russian and Belarussian customers accounted for 5.4 percent and 3.7 percent of the company's sales in the last 12 months, respectively. While Russia is a significant and growing market for major game publishers, the country doesn't even crack the top 10 nations by game industry revenues, according to a 2021 NewZoo report. This is like when I buy business class airfare. ![]() That move comes as FIA Motorsports also takes action to prevent Russian participation in events, including esports. On Monday, March 7, Ubisoft announced that the R6 publisher has decided to suspend sales in Russia 'in light of the ongoing tragedy in Ukraine.' This is the latest of many companies suspending sales in Russia, including Netflix announcing they wont provide streaming in the country. If you buy a Ubisoft game from the Russian store/region the game will only have Russian. I really want to buy Watch Dogs Legion and Far Cry 6, but there is no Ubisoft store in Ukraine. Lately, new games are only available only off the Ubisoft store. While Sony hasn't made any public statements regarding the Russian PlayStation market, Gran Turismo 7 was made unavailable to purchase on the Russian PlayStation store on Friday. I have been buying Ubisoft games off steam for years. PayPal purchases were also still working on Steam before that company cut off Russian service on Saturday. A (translated) error message on Nintendo's Russian site notes that, “due to the fact that the payment service used in Nintendo eShop has suspended the processing of payments in rubles, Nintendo eShop in Russia is temporarily placed into maintenance mode.”Ĭredit card payments are also unavailable on Steam, though Russian users can still reportedly use existing Steam wallet funds to make new purchases. ![]() While other game platforms technically remain online and doing business in Russia, sanctions from major payment processors seem to be affecting access for game purchases on some online storefronts. ![]()
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