Kommersant: the number of schemes to circumvent restrictions on the purchase of video games is growing in Russia
However, supply has not kept pace with demand. If since the beginning of hostilities, the number of proposals to bypass official payment schemes for video games has increased by 3-11%, then the demand for them has increased by 24-52%.
The specific growth of supply-demand depends on the platform. For example, the demand for buying games using “workarounds” from Steam has risen by 24%, and for subscriptions for PlayStation Plus — by 52%.
According to Kommersant, outbidders who find various ways to transfer games to Russian users earn around 10% of the product price if we are talking about Steam, and up to 250% in the case of a PlayStation Store subscription sale.
