Erogamer Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I had this pop up just trying to browse the web site for PC games. I still have my account which they direct me to log in to and all my purchased games are there. However, it seems like they no longer will allow me to browse and purchase any more games. They just lost a lot of over seas customers and the game companies will lose a lot of money because of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakamutt Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I've heard this even applies to the whole of DMM, at least in Germany. It's pretty sad, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erogamer Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Zakamutt said: I've heard this even applies to the whole of DMM, at least in Germany. It's pretty sad, yeah. Yes, same here. They want people to buy their games, but eliminate the means to do it. I had bought visual novels here that I really liked to support the devs. I guess I won't be doing that anymore. Edited July 28, 2023 by Erogamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahu157 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Are you in the US like your profile says? I tried browsing from the US just now and I did not get any popups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erogamer Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 3 hours ago, tahu157 said: Are you in the US like your profile says? I tried browsing from the US just now and I did not get any popups. Yes, I can log into my account but it takes me directly to my games library. It will not let me go anywhere else on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasekilleen Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 (edited) I use VPN or I just currently buy physical Japanese items from now on. The worst thing is that they blocked foreign cards, kek. Like do they want gaijins like to buy their crap or not? Edited July 30, 2023 by chasekilleen Erogamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clephas Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 DMM does this periodically, thoroughly blocking foreign IPs for months at a time, easing the restrictions for a while, then doing it again. Honestly, I dunno why they do it... I mean, all it does is cost them business. Edit: I do know that early on it was an attempt to disrupt the pirates, but most of the people who do the actual work of ripping VNs live in China (incidentally why so many pirated VNs have spyware and ransomware on them), Korea, Southeast Asia, or Japan... IP blocks don't help at all with the Japanese, and it barely slows the rest, since the ones ripping are hackers in the first place. It's a pretty pointless way of doing things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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