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PC Gamer
Andy Chalk

Steam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world: Valve hopes to bring it back in the future, 'but the timeline is uncertain'

POLAND - 2023/02/01: In this photo illustration, a Paypal logo is displayed on a smartphone with stock market pricing in the background. (Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images).

Hassles with credit card processors over adult content isn't the only payment headache Steam is facing these days. Valve is also getting grief from PayPal, which is no longer being accepted as a form of payment in much of the world.

Going by posts about the problem in the Steam subreddit, the issue was first reported about a month ago: Users attempting to pay for purchases in countries including Switzerland, Poland, Norway, and Mexico received a message saying Steam is "temporarily unable to process transactions with this payment method at this time," with no further explanation.

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