Users have dubbed the situation "unfair"

“The problem lies in the data Valve uses to make these suggestions.” According to the YouTuber, Valve hasn’t updated its conversion rates since 2022, when it first introduced the regional pricing system. At that point in time, “the Polish currency was near its weakest” – but Steam is still “using this weak old rate” from three years ago.

  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
    292·
    14 days ago

    But Steam is not making the prices, its the decision of the publisher. And we should be thankful that Steam does not have the power to say how publisher price their game all over the world. You don’t want Steam to have this much power. It’s just a platform where publishers are allowed to publish their games, at the price they wish. That’s called free market.

    Yes, it comes with some downsides, but you can’t fault Steam for it.

    • thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de
      6·
      14 days ago

      I remember someone saying that it makes sense to price games less in lower income areas of the world, otherwise most people wouldn’t be able to afford them

      • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        14 days ago

        As someone from lower income country, it definitely help a lot, but lately the regional pricing isn’t as enticing as before(capcom used to sell their game in my region for about 40usd, which is somewhat affordable). What i’m not aware is that some other country could have price jacked up as high as 45% and in this case 60%(!), so in combination of my own experience they must’ve change something.

  • BurgerBaron@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    14 days ago

    I’ve been buying keys from the legit shops like Instant Gaming, Fanatical, and Green Man Gaming for years now because the prices on Steam itself are usually higher more often than not for Canada anyways.