Doesn't that idea fall apart when you get to the payment method? The payment service knows in which country your bank account or PayPal account is registered that isn't IP dependent right?

Unfortunately cannibalism is still unwelcome in society 😔

The Steam awards need to create more strict boundaries for games to enter certain categories.

It seems almost too simple but a barrier for entry for the "continued support" category of having at least 2 major updates this year would solve this kind of whack-ass result.

As if this wasn't inevitable. Buy the DVD's or Blu-Rays on eBay or just straight up pirate it. Paramount doesn't deserve our money if they pull shit like this. They haven't deserved any money for a long ass time in my opinion.