Community MetaSteam | February 2021 - We Don't Do Regional Pricing in This House
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it's not a mistake either way ... both are intentional
it's just that Ori had the volvo-recommended regional pricing until they decided to lower it to $5 in the US ... and then they changed their regional pricing to this fucking bullshit they're doing nowadays (basically: fuck poor people is their new regional pricing strategy ... as with all big publishers)
I've been thinking about writing a long rant about this, the continuation of my previous thread.
Are we really going to ignore how publishers are pushing gamers from poor countries out of their hobby?
But I highly doubt people will care, even more so gaming journalists to bring this issue to light.
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you're right ... people generally don't care until it affects them directly ... unfortunately
even on much bigger forums (or reddit) - regional pricing threads always die almost immediately
and yeah, journalists absolutely don't care ... not even one bit
they only cared ONCE - when EA bumped the prices of their old shit on steam in the EU and UK as well ... and even then no one bothered to go digging deeper than just saying they did it, and saying they asked EA about it ... and of course EA just completely ignored everyone asking .... and the journalists never follwed up on it anyway
Reddit overall is hugely US-centric. Even the EU/CA/NZ/UK getting completely ripped off is not brought up. Then there's the other side-effect of the US gaming crowd, which is either a distinct Hail Corporate culture or a deep astroturfing of the gaming subreddits, meaning anyone complaining about price should pull themselves up by their boostraps so that Bobby Kottick can buy himself another private jet and fire a few more QA testers.you're right ... people generally don't care until it affects them directly ... unfortunately
even on much bigger forums (or reddit) - regional pricing threads always die almost immediately
and yeah, journalists absolutely don't care ... not even one bit
they only cared ONCE - when EA bumped the prices of their old shit on steam in the EU and UK as well ... and even then no one bothered to go digging deeper than just saying they did it, and saying they asked EA about it ... and of course EA just completely ignored everyone asking .... and the journalists never follwed up on it anyway
Is it good?Little Dragons Café
The reviews are mixed. It looks really cute though, so I'm curious.
I'm debating grabbing the 2 game tier for Death Mark + The Missing, or the 3 game tier with Dragons Café added
Ok, this is a really great bundle, I might buy 5 games for 20€Build an anime bundle over at fanatical atm.
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Death Mark and one game for $10? Aight, I'm down.
I blind bought it because it looked cute :XIs it good?
The reviews are mixed. It looks really cute though, so I'm curious.
I'm debating grabbing the 2 game tier for Death Mark + The Missing, or the 3 game tier with Dragons Café added
I admit I don't fully understand the regional pricing issue because in the US I never have to encounter it and consider it. I don't understand what valve does about it, or why a publisher would choose to price people out of buying anything intentionally.
you're right ... people generally don't care until it affects them directly ... unfortunately
even on much bigger forums (or reddit) - regional pricing threads always die almost immediately
and yeah, journalists absolutely don't care ... not even one bit
they only cared ONCE - when EA bumped the prices of their old shit on steam in the EU and UK as well ... and even then no one bothered to go digging deeper than just saying they did it, and saying they asked EA about it ... and of course EA just completely ignored everyone asking .... and the journalists never follwed up on it anyway
Too bad I couldn't mark your country there
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extremely accurate ... unfortunately
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I've been trying for many years to promote fair regional pricing across all regions. I used to post regional pricing for some new games on this forum after I registered on this forum a few months ago.
I live in an European first world country and my economy isn't exactly enough to make a living and yet I try to think on people who are in worst conditions than myself in poorer countries.
I believe in fair regional pricing as a proper ethical practise. Unfortunately there's no solution to unfair regional pricing because you can't force pubs to set an "X" price. Valve can't enforce it either since its not their business and they are not a regulatory authority to begin with.
So, in the end, regional pricing is set on the good will of publisher to follow Valve suggested price but we know well it doesn't happen and if it does it's a miracle.
I also have to add that promoting and abusing from regional pricing (users) gives pubs a "reason" to not take action on the matter. It's a two side coin of the story.
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It's okay to not understand. Basically, Valve has suggestions for "fair" pricing according to the region (which is sometimes skewed because it doesn't take tax into account). In practice, publishers and studios alike are very happy to completely disregard it and rich tax the hell out of gamers everywhere.
In some cases, fair regional pricing just means proper currency conversion, for instance 60$ translates into a 60€ game, because while the dollar is weaker, Europe has 20%-ish tax (proper math is about 61.5€). Still doesn't prevent MS from selling FS2020 at 70€ for instance.
In most cases, regional pricing means prices scaled down according to the country's purchasing power, so that people can actually buy your game. Of course, that means that tons of people use that to circumvent the regular price and buy keys en masse to resell, but that has started to be circumvented by Valve more and more. The sad reality is that publishers and studios alike don't seem to like the idea of discounting their games for poor populations entirely, and seem to see it as leaving money on the table or something to that extent.
I wonder what they think about sales and giving games away, something to ask Sergey about.
I'm looking at the talent behind the Dota anime series and it looks like a lot good people behind it. I'm excited to see how it turns out.
nah ... everything east from germany shouldnt be the dark green colouredextremely accurate ... unfortunately
Since I can’t locate the problem in my PC on my own I gave it to a store. Will be without a PC for a bit and play some stuff on my laptop. Which of course led to me buying Loop Hero and Valheim which I won’t play on my laptop.
I posted earlier that 30xx was out in Early access, here is the launch trailer for it
So I've never really looked into Curators on Steam, is there a good way to actually... find one that specializes in something? Off the top of my head, I'd love to find a curator that reviews 18+ games from a perspective of valuing things like consent, no lolis, representation, etc. I can always try and read the reviews for a particular game but most people don't talk about that stuff.
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Poland is green, so extremely inaccurate.extremely accurate ... unfortunately
I see Rami went on a "yeah, let's rank racism online" tirade. Everything I hear from him has to do with his inability to separate 140 character takes with the reality of how you need to engage with people. I hope his self imposed exile let's him breathe a little and take a step back. Dude used to be an important voice for indie games before he turned into a takes machine.
Was he intoxicated by chance ? It looks like he was not himself, or perhaps he is much younger and immature than he looks.
dunno what he said since, but I agree with his overall take earlier today on the pervasiveness of liberal Islamophobia. hope he comes back soon
EDIT: nm, I saw Gita Jackson's tweets in response to him and I get the criticism now
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Pictopix is the good shit
Rami is like Phil Fish, a generally good intentioned guy who has bad takes here and there and cant help himself doubling down on his shit when called out.
The Nindy Direct has apparently leaked, Ninja Gaiden announcement is coming.
The leak for those interested, confirmed by Zhugex.
Im hoping for more stuff, because that list is boring.
Project Triangle Strategy, NeonWhite, SaGa Frontier, World's End Club, Fall Guys, Legend Of Mana, Stubbs , No More Heroes 3, Mario Golf, Apex Legends, Ghosts and Goblins Resurrected, Tales from Borderlands, Ninja Gaiden , Miitopia, Samurai Warriors 5, TLOZ Skyward Sword HD, Age of Calamity DLC
Im hoping for more stuff, because that list is boring.
The leaker said it's only a partial list and there are more titles to be announced.
I leaked here ages ago ninja gaiden coming to pc in that collection too
So, how does that work? Why would the publisher put a too high price on something and not correct it when they saw it was crazy? Also, how do users abuse the regional pricing? Like VPN into a country with a low price and buy it there?
Holy shit. 20% tax on digital games.
Just thinking aloud, could valve use the USD as a cap, and then allow publishers to go lower as needed, but not higher than the exchange rate?
Thanks again for sharing what you can with us but.....
Ninja Gaiden matters not.
What we need is Kratos on PC.
What I want is to kill this sexy ass natively on my PC.Thanks again for sharing what you can with us but.....
Ninja Gaiden matters not.
What we need is Kratos on PC.
I can't see your image but I'd hazard a guess, are you talking about the very first "boss" ?What I want is to kill this sexy ass natively on my PC.
Just like you are counting the days to a Bloodborne PC announcement, I too wish I could fast-forward to the day where God of War has a PC trailer.....
I see.
Well, let's hope Sony has not cancelled their PC plans for whatever reasons. There is huge potential for them in the PC space.
To you. I'd take NinjaGaiden over Dad of War any day of the week.Thanks again for sharing what you can with us but.....
Ninja Gaiden matters not.
What we need is Kratos on PC.
Prey is hard to put down once you get into it. I wish I had more time.
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