🛑Currently this game is cheaper on Epic Games and this is stringently inadmissible.

[Marcosdonalt]

I have meticulously examined and saw that this game is cheaper on Epic Store and it is not because of the sale. Why & is there a chance that the price could be the same on Steam as well?

13.6.2023;
The habitual price is ₺149 according to Epic Store. Right now it is ₺111,75 by virtue of the sale. Notwithstanding, presently the game is ₺299 on Steam Store. Hence it is not because of sale. You may check the Turkish Store price. Something is not right here. Presumably they've forgot to update the price for TR.

    
https://store.epicgames.com/tr/p/medieval-dynasty
    
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1129580/Medieval_Dynasty/
 
If you visit the Turkish stores, you can see that the price is cheaper for Epic Store.
I demand the same price for the Steam as well. Conversion rates should not differ. (This does not mean that this game should be more expensive on Epic Store.)

[Goldi:AI]

During sales games are cheaper. Steam sometimes has them too.

[TheMole]

And the non-sale price is actually 1p more on epic than steam, which makes steam the cheaper option normally

[pdoan8]

Originally posted by Marcosdonalt:

This game is cheaper on Epic Store. Why & is there a change that the price could be the same on Steam?

Store put products on sale to attract customers from other stores. I guess that you have never needed to go grocery shopping. or never care about the prices.

[Marcosdonalt]

Originally posted by TheMole:

And the non-sale price is actually 1p more on epic than steam, which makes steam the cheaper option normally

13.6.2023;
The habitual price is ₺149 according to Epic Store. Right now it is ₺111,75 by virtue of the sale. Notwithstanding, presently the game is ₺299 on Steam Store. Hence it is not because of sale. You may check the Turkish Store price. Something is not right here. Presumably they've forgot to update the price for TR.

• https://store.epicgames.com/tr/p/medieval-dynasty
  
• https://store.steampowered.com/app/1129580/Medieval_Dynasty/

If you visit the Turkish stores, you can see that the price is cheaper for Epic Store.
I demand the same price for the Steam as well. Conversion rates should not differ. (This does not mean that this game should be more expensive on Epic Store.

[Goldi:AI]

For different currencies it may come down to platforms using different conversion models.

[pdoan8]

Originally posted by Marcosdonalt:

Originally posted by pdoan8:

Store put products on sale to attract customers from other stores. I guess that you have never needed to go grocery shopping. or never care about the prices.

Well i guess you should check the comment I posted above.

I check some of the store (Steam, GOG, Epic Store), they all have the same regular price at $34.99 (in the US).

I don't know how the game is priced in other country. However, should I demand the game to be priced the same in the US as in Turkey? It's not fair that MD is priced the (second) lowest in Turkey compare to the rest of the world. It's not fair for the US residents who have to pay the highest average price.

[Marcosdonalt]

Originally posted by pdoan8:

Originally posted by Marcosdonalt:

Well i guess you should check the comment I posted above.

I check some of the store (Steam, GOG, Epic Store), they all have the same regular price at $34.99 (in the US).

I don't know how the game is priced in other country. However, should I demand the game to be priced the same in the US as in Turkey? It's not fair that MD is priced the (second) lowest in Turkey compare to the rest of the world. It's not fair for the US residents who have to pay the highest average price.

The price is way too high for this country by the average salary that the people earn. If it was 35$ then it would be 828₺ and this is would be preposterously expensive and pretty much no one would/could buy it. It is because of the devaluation.
It is not fair to get your salary by the current reserve currency as well. You can buy it for 35$ and compared to average US salary it is a good deal. But we can't even buy small bread for 35₺ here.
But hey, what is fair in this world.

[pdoan8]

Originally posted by Marcosdonalt:

Originally posted by pdoan8:

I check some of the store (Steam, GOG, Epic Store), they all have the same regular price at $34.99 (in the US).

I don't know how the game is priced in other country. However, should I demand the game to be priced the same in the US as in Turkey? It's not fair that MD is priced the (second) lowest in Turkey compare to the rest of the world. It's not fair for the US residents who have to pay the highest average price.

The price is way too high for this country by the average salary that the people earn.
It is not fair to get your salary by the current reserve currency as well, but hey, what is fair in this world.

Did you know that Epic Game Store said the a 30% cut from store like Steam, GOG was too high and Epic store offer a lower percentage cut? Did you know that some games are exclusively sold at lower price in Epic Store because of the lower percentage cut? Did Epic Game store offer lower percentage cut just to get more developers move to their store? Did Epic store try to undercut every one else by offering a lower percentage cut? (May be because Epic made so much money on Fortnite already).

[Goldi:AI]

Please don't edit your posts completely or remove them after people have replied to them. That makes it hard for anybody to follow the conversation and can be quite confusing. Thank you!

[X-C0brA-X]

Originally posted by pdoan8:

Originally posted by Marcosdonalt:

Well i guess you should check the comment I posted above.

I check some of the store (Steam, GOG, Epic Store), they all have the same regular price at $34.99 (in the US).

I don't know how the game is priced in other country. However, should I demand the game to be priced the same in the US as in Turkey? It's not fair that MD is priced the (second) lowest in Turkey compare to the rest of the world. It's not fair for the US residents who have to pay the highest average price.

In Turkey the average monthly salary is around 400 USD, it is easy to find a job here in the US paying you more than 400 in a week. I know people flipping burgers making over 600 a week so yes us Americans are going to pay more for everything simply because we earn more than most other countries.

I have friends who moved to Mexico and bought large 3 bedroom homes for under 500 USD a month and those are big homes in very nice neighborhoods, that same home here in the US would easily cost you 2000.00 or more monthly. One of my friends only gets 2,500 USD a month in retirement which here in the US will get you a box under a bridge but in Mexico he lives like a king in a big 2 story house and has a maid to cook, clean and wash his clothes. His yearly taxes on his house and land are 155 USD a year.

Should we complain and get the US to lower the home and land prices? When you live in a wealthy country you are going to pay more for everything and it is not going to change anytime soon. When you have high school kids here in the US making more money weekly at McDonalds than a skilled worker in Turkey makes in a month then all of us here are going to pay top prices for everything we buy. If you want those cheap prices maybe move to a country with low wages and low cost of living.

[pdoan8]

Originally posted by X-C0brA-X:

Originally posted by pdoan8:

I check some of the store (Steam, GOG, Epic Store), they all have the same regular price at $34.99 (in the US).

I don't know how the game is priced in other country. However, should I demand the game to be priced the same in the US as in Turkey? It's not fair that MD is priced the (second) lowest in Turkey compare to the rest of the world. It's not fair for the US residents who have to pay the highest average price.

In Turkey the average monthly salary is around 400 USD, it is easy to find a job here in the US paying you more than 400 in a week. I know people flipping burgers making over 600 a week so yes us Americans are going to pay more for everything simply because we earn more than most other countries.

I have friends who moved to Mexico and bought large 3 bedroom homes for under 500 USD a month and those are big homes in very nice neighborhoods, that same home here in the US would easily cost you 2000.00 or more monthly. One of my friends only gets 2,500 USD a month in retirement which here in the US will get you a box under a bridge but in Mexico he lives like a king in a big 2 story house and has a maid to cook, clean and wash his clothes. His yearly taxes on his house and land are 155 USD a year.

Should we complain and get the US to lower the home and land prices? When you live in a wealthy country you are going to pay more for everything and it is not going to change anytime soon. When you have high school kids here in the US making more money weekly at McDonalds than a skilled worker in Turkey makes in a month then all of us here are going to pay top prices for everything we buy. If you want those cheap prices maybe move to a country with low wages and low cost of living.

Currently, Turkey game price is still lower than in Viet Nam (ave income $275/m in 2022).
https://steamdb.info/app/1129580/
By the way, my last sentence in my last post was more sarcastic than a complain. Hope you understand that.

Anyway, my main point is that Epic store take a lower percentage cut than other stores. That might be the reason why they have lower price than other stores. My other point is the price might reflect how a certain market receive the certain game. Lastly, I don't if any country might impose some special fee/charge on games to limit the usage.

[X-C0brA-X]

Originally posted by pdoan8:

Currently, Turkey game price is still lower than in Viet Nam (ave income $275/m in 2022).
https://steamdb.info/app/1129580/
By the way, my last sentence in my last post was more sarcastic than a complain. Hope you understand that.

Anyway, my main point is that Epic store take a lower percentage cut than other stores. That might be the reason why they have lower price than other stores. My other point is the price might reflect how a certain market receive the certain game. Lastly, I don't if any country might impose some special fee/charge on games to limit the usage.

I understand but I have seen many people on other game forums actually complaining that a game they bought in the US was 40 bucks but in another country it was only 10 bucks or less and they seriously thought it was unfair. I have even seen some posters say they would rather find a way to get that foreign price even if that is illegal rather than pay the higher US price. Seems like those differences in prices really do upset many people to the point that they will look into ways to cheat the system and get that lower price.

I have no idea if Turkey charges any fees but I know in places like England they have that silly VAT charge that is pretty big on certain items purchased so they might lower the retail prices to sell more products knowing a high retail price combined with a high VAT will keep many from buying at all.

Years ago I bought a game from a company based in England and on my invoice they charged me a 20% VAT fee, shipping was free but that VAT raised the price by a good amount. I could see an American company dropping their retail price to adjust for that VAT that customers will get charged. I guess these are common issues when you start doing business all around the world, you need to adjust prices to compensate for lower wages, various fees and other things that are not common here in the US.

That is why most people I see selling on places like Ebay mention they only sell and ship to US addresses, they want to avoid all of those overseas rules and regulations.