|OT| Steam regional pricing is getting worse over time

[MegaApple]

Posted a forum post for Iron Harvest. Deep Silver hiked it's pricing in several regions. (It is awaiting moderator approval, so if it gets removed, you know how shitty these people are)

Sneak Regional Price Hike (India, Argentina, Mexico and more) :: Iron Harvest General Discussions

Why should I support publishers who sneakily inflate their prices? Proof : https://steamdb.info/app/826630/ Currency Initial Pricing Current Pricing Indian Rupee Rs. 1299 Rs. 1899 Argentine Peso ARS$ 649,99 ARS$ 1699,00 Mexican Peso Mex$ 527.99 Mex$ 999.99 Indonesian Rupiah Rp 249999 Rp 565000...

steamcommunity.com

 

[MegaApple]

Looks like they didn't delete it.
And look what this community manager has to say
Steam prices are ALWAYS deliberate, never an "error".

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And
I've also made a thread on Persona 4.
PLEASE share your thoughts here

Persona 4 Golden :: Steam Community

steamcommunity.com

 

[lashman]

Steam prices are ALWAYS deliberate, never an "error".

of course it is .... volvo's recommended pricing is actually good ... so anything that deviates from that is actually the publisher's (devs') doing ... what a load of shit

 

[Arsene]

[UWSL]I've also made a thread on Persona 4.[/UWSL]
PLEASE share your thoughts here

Persona 4 Golden :: Steam Community

steamcommunity.com

SEGA usually has absolute dogshit regional pricing in Canada but Persona 4’s pricing is actually decent here. Very unusual.

I still don’t understand why Yakuza 0/Kiwami are $30CAD when every other SEGA $20USD release is $22-25 though. Makes no sense.

 

[KainXVIII]

Inti Creates just placing random regional prices, right?

And their older game

 

[texhnolyze]

For me, Blaster Master is still cheaper than Azure Strike, but only for a dollar or two. Great regional pricing though.

 

[MegaApple]

SE shits on RP again.

Pathetic Regional Pricing :: DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition General Discussions

For the same $39.99 price tag Dirt Rally 2.0 https://store.steampowered.com/app/690790/DiRT_Rally_20/ DQ XI Definitive https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295510/DRAGON_QUEST_XI_S_Echoes_of_an_Elusive_Age__Definitive_Edition/ Comparison for regions Currency Steam Usual Regional Pricing ($39.99)...

steamcommunity.com

 

[lashman]

SE shits on RP again.

no surprises there ... they've been doing this shit for a long time now

 

[MegaApple]

Perhaps the biggest step forward in regional pricing

 

[texhnolyze]

Perhaps the biggest step forward in regional pricing

Reveal all the greedy publishers!

 

[gabbo]

Reveal all the greedy publishers!

now if only naming and shaming publishers worked.

 

[lashman]

now if only naming and shaming publishers worked.

yeah, unfortunately no one seems to care all that much ... not the publishers (obviously), not the press, not even the majority of the English-speaking internet (and since they don't care then the press doesn't have a reason to care either, because no one would click on those articles)

 

[texhnolyze]

We shall see. Before, the journalists can only find the info from people's reports in certain games' Steam forums if they have bad pricing. But now, all the info is available in Steamdb.

 

[fantomena]

For years I thought 1999 rub was the standard price for a aaa game in Russia, apparently it's 1085 and MS is one of the few who follows that with the exception of Flight Sim.

Anyhow, the Valve suggested pricing shows how both devs and pubs are ripping people apart from pretty much all regions.

Is there any ways to push devs and pubs to fix their pricing in the different regions?

 

[MegaApple]

Is there any ways to push devs and pubs to fix their pricing in the different regions?

There are several, but all will fail until people actually know about this. People have been under the dark (like you) and publishers happily took advantage of that.

First and foremost, share this info to as many people in your community (and other non-US communities) as much as possible.

 

[MegaApple]

Absurdly High Regional Pricing for many regions :: NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... General Discussions

Source : https://steamdb.info/sub/376916/ Currency Nier Replicant regional pricing Steam's $60 regional pricing Percent Increase Argentine Peso ARS$ 3499,00 ARS$ 649,99 +438% Turkish Lira ₺369,00 ₺92,00 +301% Indonesian Rupiah Rp 879000 Rp 249999 +252% Vietnamese Dong 1499000₫ 480000₫ +212%...

steamcommunity.com

please give it a bump

 

[texhnolyze]

Nice work.

I'll give it a bump later tonight after it's out of the first page.

 

[MegaApple]

SILENT PRICE HIKE
Bloober Team increased the regional pricing for The Medium, more than DOUBLE in many regions.
Source : https://steamdb.info/sub/481220/

ALL non-US REGIONS are affected
Suspiciously, price for Polish region is unchanged.

Steam post :

The Medium :: Steam Community

steamcommunity.com

 

[sk2k]

SILENT PRICE HIKE
Bloober Team increased the regional pricing for The Medium, more than DOUBLE in many regions.
Source : https://steamdb.info/sub/481220/

ALL non-US REGIONS are affected
Suspiciously, price for Polish region is unchanged.

Steam post :

The Medium :: Steam Community

steamcommunity.com

7 Euro more in Germany.

 

[PhaZZe]

In chile almost they doubled the price, from 18500 to 31900.

Why they think people around the world have the same income that US !

 

[Readher]

My favorite thing is when people from USD/Euro countries convert their price of a game to currency that has bad regional pricing, see that the price somewhat matches and go "Seems ok to me, what's the problem?". The problem is obviously that my paycheck isn't average USD/European paycheck converted to my currency in the same way, duh. But generally, my biggest problem with regional pricing is selectiveness. If a game has the same price in every currency (simply converted), then it's shit, but fair. But if you sell the game for 25% of the US price in one region (like Russia), while fucking me over with higher than USD price at the same time (despite my country being much poorer than the US), then fuck you.

 

[lashman]

SILENT PRICE HIKE
Bloober Team increased the regional pricing for The Medium, more than DOUBLE in many regions.
Source : https://steamdb.info/sub/481220/

Dear Players!

In some countries, The Medium was mistakenly priced with a huge discount. When it was brought to our attention, we researched the issue and made necessary corrections, which sometimes resulted in a price increase. We did consider specifics of each market, though, so regional prices are still often lower when compared to the base USD price. If you pre-ordered the game at the old price, you won't have to make any additional payments - your pre-order is still valid and the price change doesn't apply to past transactions. We consider the current prices as final and plan no further changes.

The Medium :: Steam Community

steamcommunity.com

told you it wasn't a mistake ...

 

[Panda Pedinte]

"Discount"

Fuck this shit. Following the suggested price is not a discount.

 

[PhaZZe]

yay 4000 clp less, that like 5 usd, wow what a joke

 

[texhnolyze]

Not buying anything from devs/pubs who do that. Too many other games to play.

 

[lashman]

 

[Panda Pedinte]

"Lower price is unsustainable to us" as if buying games for higher prices isn't unsustainable for us.

 

[Readher]

If the price is too high for someone, they'll just wait for sale (delaying your income and netting you the the same or even less money that the low regional price) or pirate. I don't get why devs and publishers don't get that. You can cite any reasons you want, but it won't suddenly make me pay more than I was willing to.

 

[sk2k]

On EGS the price is still the same as it was on Steam before the price hike. I wonder why.

 

[lashman]

On EGS the price is still the same as it was on Steam before the price hike. I wonder why.

yeah, it's a complete mystery

 

[Panda Pedinte]

 

[lashman]

meanwhile at Bloober:

 

[Panda Pedinte]

meanwhile at Bloober:

Is there any site to check the price story on EGS? It's a bit pricier there than on Steam for my country currency, so I'm not sure if they were already asking for more there before changing the price on Steam.

 

[lashman]

Is there any site to check the price story on EGS? It's a bit pricier there than on Steam for my country currency, so I'm not sure if they were already asking for more there before changing the price on Steam.

don't think there is

but basically EGS just copied steam's default regional pricing (like they always do) .... and bloober were supposed to tell them to change the prices on egs as well (that was like 2 weeks ago) .... which clearly hasn't happened ... which means they're full of shit

 

[Panda Pedinte]

don't think there is

but basically EGS just copied steam's default regional pricing (like they always do) .... and bloober were supposed to tell them to change the prices on egs as well (that was like 2 weeks ago) .... which clearly hasn't happened ... which means they're full of shit

lmao they failed then, though it's not much higher

 

[lashman]

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RE: Village

 

[Stone Ocean]

Not even Brazil is exempt now

 

[Pommes]

Article (also) about regional pricing:

Why Steam Games Are Getting Mysterious Sale Spikes in Argentina

In some cases, Argentinians can make money buying cheap indie games on Steam.

www.vice.com

 

[lashman]

speaking of shit regional pricing ... FH5

 

[Phoenix RISING]

The Medium dev?

 

[lashman]

The Medium dev?

yup