|OT| Steam regional pricing is getting worse over time
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Just wanted to highlight a publisher listening. Trine 4 price hiked to Bethesda level bad in India few days before release and I wrote this post.
The publisher guy then responded and had the price fixed.
Extremely rare, but I'm glad this happened.
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The publisher guy then responded and had the price fixed.
Extremely rare, but I'm glad this happened.
Sneak Regional Price Hike :: Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince General Discussions
Before : Rs. 699 After : Rs. 1999 I had faith in Modus after they priced their last two games accordingly. But it seems they don't care for that. Really sick of price hikes these days.
Sent an email to hopefully see if valve can implement regional pricing for my country
Been years since they started using them for neihgbouring countries and i dont wanna be left out.
Been years since they started using them for neihgbouring countries and i dont wanna be left out.
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- #105
Wow, that's great. This is exactly why we need to voice our concern regarding pricings, always.Just wanted to highlight a publisher listening. Trine 4 price hiked to Bethesda level bad in India few days before release and I wrote this post.
The publisher guy then responded and had the price fixed.
Extremely rare, but I'm glad this happened.
Sneak Regional Price Hike :: Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince General Discussions
Before : Rs. 699 After : Rs. 1999 I had faith in Modus after they priced their last two games accordingly. But it seems they don't care for that. Really sick of price hikes these days.
I noticed that Terminator: Resistance is $32 at CD Keys.
That's the cheapest price I've seen since Prey in like 2017.
I'm thinking about jumping on it. What's the skinny on this game?
www.cdkeys.com
Moons of Madness is half off
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That's the cheapest price I've seen since Prey in like 2017.
I'm thinking about jumping on it. What's the skinny on this game?
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Moons of Madness is half off
Moons of Madness PC
Buy Moons of Madness PC ✔️ CD Key ✔️ Instant download ✔️ Fantastic price ✔️ Digital Download ✔️
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Nah, I intentionally searched for this one.
I tend to use CDKeys to determine what's going on with regional pricing.
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- #109
No regional pricing whatsoever for Jedi Fallen Order.
This might be the first time for me that cdkeys price is cheaper than Steam.
This might be the first time for me that cdkeys price is cheaper than Steam.
Russian price is just 10% lower than original $60, crazyNo regional pricing whatsoever for Jedi Fallen Order.
This might be the first time for me that cdkeys price is cheaper than Steam.
same on origin? maybe they just set the same exact prices as origin (because reasons)Russian price is just 10% lower than original $60, crazy
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- #112
For me, it's cheaper on Origin. Because there's some form of regional pricing there using SG$, so it's a bit cheaper than full US$ conversion.
It's more or less on par with Ubisoft pricing on Steam.
oh well ... maybe if people scream at them enough they'll lower them (like MS did) ... although something tells me it's not gonna happen (sadly)
I've made a thread detailing the pricing on Steam. Share your thoughts here. The PR guy is communicating, and so I thought a post would help in getting light on this issue
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Regional Pricing is Exorbitantly High (for lot of regions) :: STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ General Discussions
For India, the price of the game : Jedi Fallen Order : Rs. 3999 For the same $59.99 tag, other games are as : Vampire Bloodlines 2 : Rs. 1299 Gears 5 : Rs.1299 GRID (2019) : Rs.1299 Not just India, but also other regions too, Currency Jedi Fallen Order Vampire Bloodlines 2 Russian Ruble 3499 ₽...
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- Keep the conversation going, by "bumping" it. We must keep this post on the top so that people keep discussing it.
- Please be civil to the EA PR guy. He's human after all.
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We have sort a confirmation that they are looking into it.
I would still suggest everyone to reply to this thread and bumping it up, so that other voices can chime in.I've made a thread detailing the pricing on Steam. Share your thoughts here. The PR guy is communicating, and so I thought a post would help in getting light on this issue
Regional Pricing is Exorbitantly High (for lot of regions) :: STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ General Discussions
For India, the price of the game : Jedi Fallen Order : Rs. 3999 For the same $59.99 tag, other games are as : Vampire Bloodlines 2 : Rs. 1299 Gears 5 : Rs.1299 GRID (2019) : Rs.1299 Not just India, but also other regions too, Currency Jedi Fallen Order Vampire Bloodlines 2 Russian Ruble 3499 ₽...
Please make sure that
- Keep the conversation going, by "bumping" it. We must keep this post on the top so that people keep discussing it.
- Please be civil to the EA PR guy. He's human after all.
This thread is full of shitty persons and trolls now, nothing surprising (but still sad)I've made a thread detailing the pricing on Steam. Share your thoughts here. The PR guy is communicating, and so I thought a post would help in getting light on this issue
Regional Pricing is Exorbitantly High (for lot of regions) :: STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ General Discussions
For India, the price of the game : Jedi Fallen Order : Rs. 3999 For the same $59.99 tag, other games are as : Vampire Bloodlines 2 : Rs. 1299 Gears 5 : Rs.1299 GRID (2019) : Rs.1299 Not just India, but also other regions too, Currency Jedi Fallen Order Vampire Bloodlines 2 Russian Ruble 3499 ₽...
Please make sure that
- Keep the conversation going, by "bumping" it. We must keep this post on the top so that people keep discussing it.
- Please be civil to the EA PR guy. He's human after all.
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- #118
"It's uNf4iR that 3rd world countries people get to buy games cheaper than us!"
Screw those people.
Screw those people.
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More often than not, AAA games on Steam have ridiculous prices.
Made another post for Death Stranding
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Add your voices and share it around with your friends, and make this issue known.
After that, write a mail detailing the pricing on Steam of DS vs usual (compare it with Vampire Bloodlines 2) in your region and tell you can not support the game without regional pricing. Mail is more important.
If possible, post this one ResetEra too.
at: community@505games.com
Regional Pricing is Exorbitantly High (for lot of regions) :: DEATH STRANDING General Discussions
For India, the price of the game : Death Stranding : Rs. 3999 For the same $59.99 tag, other games are as : Vampire Bloodlines 2 : Rs. 1299 Gears 5 : Rs.1299 GRID (2019) : Rs.1299 Not just India, but also other regions too, Currency Death Stranding Vampire Bloodlines 2 Russian Ruble 3499 ₽ 1085...
After that, write a mail detailing the pricing on Steam of DS vs usual (compare it with Vampire Bloodlines 2) in your region and tell you can not support the game without regional pricing. Mail is more important.
If possible, post this one ResetEra too.
at: community@505games.com
505 don't give a damn, they always fuck ups the prices, they "fixed" indivisible and was the same, just awful.Made another post for Death Stranding
Add your voices and share it around with your friends, and make this issue known.Regional Pricing is Exorbitantly High (for lot of regions) :: DEATH STRANDING General Discussions
For India, the price of the game : Death Stranding : Rs. 3999 For the same $59.99 tag, other games are as : Vampire Bloodlines 2 : Rs. 1299 Gears 5 : Rs.1299 GRID (2019) : Rs.1299 Not just India, but also other regions too, Currency Death Stranding Vampire Bloodlines 2 Russian Ruble 3499 ₽ 1085...
After that, write a mail detailing the pricing on Steam of DS vs usual (compare it with Vampire Bloodlines 2) in your region and tell you can not support the game without regional pricing. Mail is more important.
If possible, post this one ResetEra too.
at: community@505games.com
Kingdom of Fire II and Dragon Quest Builders 2.
List... just.. keeps... growing....
List... just.. keeps... growing....
yeah, no one seems to give a fuck ...I kinda gave up on expecting regional pricing on big releases after Halo. As lashy said, it's just fucking ridiculous
only MS did ... kinda ... they changed the pricing for Gears 5 for most countries to something more sane ... but not for Argentina
and then after that - no one gives a fuck anymore
EA rep said they'd "pass on" the message about making the regional pricing on JEDI not-shit ... and what? nothing fucking happened
same with all the MS games (MCC, Wasteland, Bleeding Edge - all shit regional pricing)
sigh
S-E is fucking worst (3x time of gears5 price for dq builders 2)
they already did that shit with Octopath ... and then had to sell it for 50% off like a month later (and yet they STILL haven't actually fixed the regional pricing on that one)
and now they're doing it again
motherfuckers
that's the thing, though ... Gears 5 was 4000spacebux as well when they put the store page up Aug 19) ... but then people started screaming at them, and they eventually fixed it 10 days later for most of the poorer countries ... EXCEPT Argentina, Mexico and a few others - for some reasonBTW, OT was 4x times gears5 price
The fucking worst thing of all of this? People, like, players, supporting pubs dropping regional pricing.
MegaApple has done plenty threads on Steam forums trying to get some attention to this issue, as well many other users, only to see shitheads coming in with their hot takes: 'oh but i pay $60 why can't you pay $60' or 'you are still paying 5 bucks less than us so stop complaining', 'blame your government', or whatever they decide to throw up next. Fuck off.
yup ... i always report those shitheads when i see posts like that
It's a bit of a mess here in Kuwait; many of the crowdfunded and smaller indie games are heavily discounted on release, while most AAA games cost over 60$. Nino Kuni II costs about 82$ for the regular edition and 102$ for The Prince's Edition. Yeeesh!
I really wish that those sad motherfuckers had to live on your average third world country's minimun salary. Let's see them praising the lack of regional pricing then.
holy shit
and yeah, it's pretty much like you're saying ... indies and most AAs are sticking to steam's suggested pricing ... but AAAs and some AAs are pretty much abandoning it completely
So far, other than VR indies, small pubs and devs self publishing have been mostly following Valve's recommendations when it comes to regional pricing, so indies prices will be okay and accessible. Not sure until when it will last though, last year we already saw some of these devs blaming Valve recommendations.
Fucking up regional pricing, especially when Valve suggests fair pricing by default, is so fucking stupid. You're literally locking out market share for no reason, especially since trading between regions is already so restricted.
i guess everyone already forgot what Gaben said about piracy back in the day, and now they're waiting to learn that lesson the hard way ... again
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- #143
Yup, it's the worst.
And you know what, I could post this thread in Era and we'll see the similar responses. That's why I don't bother to do that.
So, Halo: Reach didn't had the correct price for Brazilian users, it was priced exactly like the full MCC. MS solved it earlier this week, and priced the individual game as R$29.99. Just some hours ago, however, MS 'fixed' the price and increased it to R$49.99, which gives Brazil the most expensive price for Reach.
Real nice move from MS there.
Real nice move from MS there.
I think part of the problem with regional pricing is that a lot of publishers don't seem to have any clue about the economic conditions and requirements of each region. So there's a constant stream of screwups. You're always getting situations where publishers set the prices themselves and accidentally charge a ridiculous markup in some smaller region. And they try to fix it in a piecemeal way.
There's a huge amount of double handling going on. Instead of publishers just throwing darts at a wall, I feel they should defer to Valve wherever possible. Valve have put in the work. They've researched what works and what doesn't. If people have issues with regional pricing, it's much saner if they can petition Valve to get the recommended pricing ratio for their region adjusted instead of having to run around asking every single publisher.
There's a huge amount of double handling going on. Instead of publishers just throwing darts at a wall, I feel they should defer to Valve wherever possible. Valve have put in the work. They've researched what works and what doesn't. If people have issues with regional pricing, it's much saner if they can petition Valve to get the recommended pricing ratio for their region adjusted instead of having to run around asking every single publisher.
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- #147
I guess this does happen too.
steamdb.info
Too bad it's not the games that badly need price adjustment.
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Too bad it's not the games that badly need price adjustment.
For those wanting to get Death Stranding prices fixed, post a comment here and telling 505 they should feel bad for even pricing Death Stranding like this
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It has got so bad in India, even the media is reporting it.
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Absurdly High Regional Pricing for many regions :: DEATH STRANDING General Discussions
For the same $59.99 : Vampire Bloodlines 2 (ie Steam's Standard Regional Pricing for $59.99) https://store.steampowered.com/app/532790/Vampire_The_Masquerade__Bloodlines_2/ Death Stranding : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190460/ Pricing is so bad in my country (India), it even got featured...
It has got so bad in India, even the media is reporting it.
Death Stranding PC Physical Day One Edition Is More Expensive Than It Should Be in India • The Mako Reactor
Death Stranding PC Day One Edition India price, contents, and release date announced.
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505 is known for trash pricing like this. Their community managers are utterly incompetent and barely give a response or acknowledge shit like this.For those wanting to get Death Stranding prices fixed, post a comment here and telling 505 they should feel bad for even pricing Death Stranding like this
Absurdly High Regional Pricing for many regions :: DEATH STRANDING General Discussions
For the same $59.99 : Vampire Bloodlines 2 (ie Steam's Standard Regional Pricing for $59.99) https://store.steampowered.com/app/532790/Vampire_The_Masquerade__Bloodlines_2/ Death Stranding : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190460/ Pricing is so bad in my country (India), it even got featured...
It has got so bad in India, even the media is reporting it.
Death Stranding PC Physical Day One Edition Is More Expensive Than It Should Be in India • The Mako Reactor
Death Stranding PC Day One Edition India price, contents, and release date announced.