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.

  • thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de
    7·
    1 天前

    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

    • joelfromaus@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      1 天前

      This is what I’ve heard too. $60-70 sounds steep in America (and fair enough) but it’s prohibitively expensive in poorer countries. Honestly, I’ve always been good with the price disparity if it means more people can afford to enjoy games as long as it’s not used by companies for price gouging in the countries where they can charge more.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      24 小时前

      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.