Regional pricing

[Drago]

I would like to inform you that the Polish price of Schedule I on Steam is 2nd highest in the world, due to Valve's automatic exchange rate for PLN which is outdated and does not reflect current purchasing power of Polish currency.

There's an awareness campaign about unfair prices called #PolishOurPrices that already resulted in multiple devs lowering their unintentionally unfair prices of games such as Hades 2, Silent Hill 2, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Starfield, Factorio, No Rest for the Wicked, Selaco, Mullet Mad Jack, Into the Radius 2, Shapez 2, Felvidek, Dusk, and many others (you can ask them for references).

Please, don't rely on Steam's default regional pricing - adjust it for the Polish market! This will encourage Polish gamers to buy your games directly on Steam

[narc]

I remember this being a problem in the 2000s with physical media, unreal 2004 for 180 zl while it was $40USD

[Nouser]

78zł tylko xd

[Drago]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Nouser:

78zł tylko xd

Well, in euro the price is +/- 69zł so we pay around 11% more than the Eurozone.
I think we can all agree it's not really fair

[Kondiq]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Nouser:

78zł tylko xd

The issue is, for this game you pay 9 zł more than in Euro. You buy 10 games with higher prices and you'd have money for another game if you'd have paid in Euro.

It's even worse for some other games:
- METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER 369,99 zł, 79,99€ (334,36 zł) - it's also around 10%, but it's 35 zł difference. Do you think it's still a good price for Poland?
- Land of the Vikings 120,46 zł, 24.99€ (104,17 zł)
- Collosal Cave 114,99 zł, 24.50€ (102,07 zł)

The percentage difference is similar, but it's more noticable with higher base price. We earn less money than the rest of the Europe, yet you think we should pay more...

Games with prices higher than in Euro get really bad PR in Polish gaming media:
https://cdaction.pl/newsy/ej-konami-dobrze-sie-czujecie-za-metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater-zaplacimy-prawie-100-zlotych

On the contrary, games with adjusted prices get good PR in Polish gaming media:

https://cdaction.pl/newsy/postal-ceny-gier-z-serii-zostaly-obnizone-dzieki-polishourprices

https://www.eurogamer.pl/steam-obniza-cene-hades-2-w-polsce-akcja-graczy-i-mediow-przyniosla-efekt

https://www.gry-online.pl/newsroom/czesc-gracze-z-polski-tworcy-malego-hitu-steama-dostrzegli-proble/z42c771

https://lowcygier.pl/aktualnosci/premiera-inzoi-na-steam-we-wczesnym-dostepie-niespodzianka-dla-polakow-za-gre-zaplacimy-mniej-niz-gracz-strefy-euro/

https://lowcygier.pl/aktualnosci/lista-gier-steam-ktorych-ceny-zostaly-obnizone-tworcy-reaguja-na-apel-polskich-graczy/

https://planetagracza.pl/ceny-gier-polskie-steam-obnizane/

https://www.gram.pl/news/polscy-gracze-walcza-o-tansze-gry-na-steam-ruszyla-akcja-informujaca-deweloperow

[miki77]

+1

[OrginalS]

+1

[WhisperFire26]

Try contacting Tyler directly... https://www.scheduleonegame.com/presskit/

[Aranak]

+1

[Simplex]

#PolishOurPrices

[hucii_]

do smth

[denton91]

Welcome to the club, CZ has been shafted for years with pricing.

[Kondiq]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από denton91:

Welcome to the club, CZ has been shafted for years with pricing.

We already convinced a lot of developers to adjust the prices manually for hundreds or over a thousand of games. You can see the price differences on our Steam curators - reviews descriptions include the calculations:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45074143/
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45491242-Is-The-Price-Polished-Part-2/

[Simplex]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Drago:

I would like to inform you that the Polish price of Schedule I on Steam is 2nd highest in the world, due to Valve's automatic exchange rate for PLN which is outdated and does not reflect current purchasing power of Polish currency.

There's an awareness campaign about unfair prices called #PolishOurPrices that already resulted in multiple devs lowering their unintentionally unfair prices of games such as Hades 2, Silent Hill 2, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Starfield, Factorio, No Rest for the Wicked, Selaco, Mullet Mad Jack, Into the Radius 2, Shapez 2, Felvidek, Dusk, and many others (you can ask them for references).

Please, don't rely on Steam's default regional pricing - adjust it for the Polish market! This will encourage Polish gamers to buy your games directly on Steam

Try emailing the dev:

[e-mail]

[ProbablyGonnaDie]

its now almost 100 PLN

[Demolka]

I had a great time playing the demo version. I wanted to support the Alpha version, but the price is killing me — 94 zł is a little too much.