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Phantom 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 4:20
AUS dollars will be supported | In Mid-November
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/03/valve-says-around-2-2-million-australians-use-steam

Years after integrating support in the developer backend for Australia as a currency and a region, Steam has revealed to developers that customer-facing support for Australian dollars will arrive mid next-month.

Developers at this year's Game Connect Asia Pacific conference, which is part of the Melbourne International Games Week, were treated to a slide showing that support for selling games in Australian dollars would "go live ... in mid-November".

Developers have already had the ability to enter region-specific pricing for local gamers, although the end price shown was converted back into US dollars. "[It] won't affect your ability to discount for sales," attendees read.

Mel Taylor, one of the developers on Orwell, also noted that Steam was continuing to work on their own alternative service to the antiquated Steam Spy third-party tracker.

Valve hasn't officially revealed how many Australian users are on Steam at any given time, but the company did reveal privately in late 2015 that there were 2.2 million Australian Steam accounts. The figure became public six months later, as part of the legal battle between the ACCC and Valve over Steam's original refunds policy.
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ReBoot 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 4:32 
Maybe now Aussies will stop ranting in the forum because their 50$ were turned into 40$ because they assume that their dollar is the same as US dollar (which it really isnt).
Start_Running 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 4:54 
引用自 ReBoot
Maybe now Aussies will stop ranting in the forum because their 50$ were turned into 40$ because they assume that their dollar is the same as US dollar (which it really isnt).

Oh I strongly suspect like just about every other region that has their currency added they will be due for a lesson in the 'Careful what you wish for' school . My bet is post Mid november there will be many aussies ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about.

a) Games being unavailable in their region.
b) Higher prices than they were paying before
wuddih 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 5:28 
引用自 ReBoot
Maybe now Aussies will stop ranting in the forum because their 50$ were turned into 40$ because they assume that their dollar is the same as US dollar (which it really isnt).
stop ranting?
ney, they will suddenly know what currency conversion is and how to calculate and compare prices towards USD .. because they will pay more in their own currency, especially on the AAA titles were the pubs do their own pricing and do not use Valves price recommendation tool ... which is still have to check out if they don't do what i already expect, replacing israeli shekel as the most expensive currency on Steam.

if you just compare retail pricing, the full priced US$60 retail title is AU$100 in local australian stores, which is US$70.

i smell "we want 1 US$ = 1 AU$" groups.
Đюя 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 5:57 
AUD Support set for Mid-November
Welp looks like we're finally getting it. https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/10/steam-will-fully-support-aussie-dollars-from-mid-november/

We should have prices similar to Canada seeing as it will be based on the country's GDP and not a strict currency conversion. Expect slightly better prices in the near future.
最后由 Đюя 编辑于; 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 6:11
Cathulhu 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 5:59 
Don't count on it. So far everyone getting regional prices wanted the old cheaper prices back.
Đюя 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 6:05 
引用自 Cathulhu
Don't count on it. So far everyone getting regional prices wanted the old cheaper prices back.
59.99usd is currently 84.94aud, with the new changes we should only be paying 79.99aud or less. (Our GDP is slightly better than Canada's)
最后由 Đюя 编辑于; 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 6:06
Cathulhu 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 6:10 
We'll see. I remember clearly when the Euro came for Germans and the prices where pretty much the same as the USD ones, just in another currency. That was quite a price inflation.
wuddih 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 6:32 
引用自 Cathulhu
Don't count on it. So far everyone getting regional prices wanted the old cheaper prices back.
who exactly is "everyone" and what are their currencies?

because there are not many currencies on Steam that are in general more expensive then USD. that list is kinda small and one hand is enough to count.

as for australia, we might need another finger, that is true, but the rest of the planet should be quite happy with their regional pricing.

引用自 Cathulhu
We'll see. I remember clearly when the Euro came for Germans and the prices where pretty much the same as the USD ones, just in another currency. That was quite a price inflation.
euro prices have to include VAT and before they didn't even pay any taxes. the whole "price inflation" was just taxes. if you exclude those now, they pay less .. and yes, that is exactly you have to compare it.

引用自 donda.blox
59.99usd is currently 84.94aud, with the new changes we should only be paying 79.99aud or less. (Our GDP is slightly better than Canada's)
you rely too much on your gdp argument. that is not that big of a factor.

what does that US$60 game already cost in your local retail stores?
as a wink .. eb games australia sells US$60 black ops 4 for AU$90 and i think there is still tax on top of it.
最后由 wuddih 编辑于; 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 6:34
Start_Running 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 6:49 
引用自 wuddih
引用自 Cathulhu
Don't count on it. So far everyone getting regional prices wanted the old cheaper prices back.
who exactly is "everyone" and what are their currencies?

because there are not many currencies on Steam that are in general more expensive then USD. that list is kinda small and one hand is enough to count.
True but just about every time the add support you find people complaining about the pprices I think the SIsrael currency was the last one they duid and you don't have to dig that far back to find those threads.

as for australia, we might need another finger, that is true, but the rest of the planet should be quite happy with their regional pricing.
8/10 that have gotted regional pricing added, wish they hadn't. You can practically tell when Valve adds regional prices by the complaints that start flooding the forums.

So going by law of probability, yeah.

True, aussie land could be one of the lucky countries...godknows they deserve some luck given the dice they rolled on the wild-life. If the most retarded looking animals there can make a man curl up in the fetal position with agony, but...again...given the luck aussieland has....they are the country where the wildlife is either vicious or venomous (frequently both).
最后由 Start_Running 编辑于; 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 6:52
Spawn of Totoro 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 7:10 
引用自 donda.blox
59.99usd is currently 84.94aud, with the new changes we should only be paying 79.99aud or less. (Our GDP is slightly better than Canada's)

Prices are not converted, they are set. The developer will choose a set price for a region, so that could be less or it could be more, depending on what the developer wants to list it as and what they feel the market will accept.
最后由 Spawn of Totoro 编辑于; 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 7:13
aiusepsi 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 7:20 
引用自 Start_Running
True but just about every time the add support you find people complaining about the pprices I think the SIsrael currency was the last one they duid and you don't have to dig that far back to find those threads.

8/10 that have gotted regional pricing added, wish they hadn't. You can practically tell when Valve adds regional prices by the complaints that start flooding the forums.

That's actually a good example. There were 9 other currencies added at the same time as the Israeli New Shekel, as well as discounted USD pricing for South Asia. You remember the Israeli currency being added only because it was the only one of the bunch that got increased prices and so generated complaints.

Prices probably aren't going to change particularly much for Australians because they already have the distinction of having custom USD prices, if I understand it correctly. There might be some slight fluctuations because of stuff getting repriced directly in AUD, but it's not gonna be crazy.
最后由 aiusepsi 编辑于; 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 7:20
Đюя 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 7:24 
引用自 Spawn of Totoro
引用自 donda.blox
59.99usd is currently 84.94aud, with the new changes we should only be paying 79.99aud or less. (Our GDP is slightly better than Canada's)

Prices are not converted, they are set. The developer will choose a set price for a region, so that could be less or it could be more, depending on what the developer wants to list it as.
Never said they were converted, I stated that they are based on GDP, which is evident by looking at the powerpoint image on the article I linked. Quote: "Like all regional pricing, it is based on purchasing power, not a strict currency conversion."

If you take this for example https://steamdb.info/app/812140/ It costs 79.99cad, if that's based on gdp Australia will most likely be paying the same, if not less. 79.99aud is cheaper than 59.99usd atm.
最后由 Đюя 编辑于; 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 7:33
Đюя 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 7:38 
引用自 wuddih
引用自 Cathulhu
Don't count on it. So far everyone getting regional prices wanted the old cheaper prices back.
who exactly is "everyone" and what are their currencies?

because there are not many currencies on Steam that are in general more expensive then USD. that list is kinda small and one hand is enough to count.

as for australia, we might need another finger, that is true, but the rest of the planet should be quite happy with their regional pricing.

引用自 Cathulhu
We'll see. I remember clearly when the Euro came for Germans and the prices where pretty much the same as the USD ones, just in another currency. That was quite a price inflation.
euro prices have to include VAT and before they didn't even pay any taxes. the whole "price inflation" was just taxes. if you exclude those now, they pay less .. and yes, that is exactly you have to compare it.

引用自 donda.blox
59.99usd is currently 84.94aud, with the new changes we should only be paying 79.99aud or less. (Our GDP is slightly better than Canada's)
you rely too much on your gdp argument. that is not that big of a factor.

what does that US$60 game already cost in your local retail stores?
as a wink .. eb games australia sells US$60 black ops 4 for AU$90 and i think there is still tax on top of it.
EB games is not a good example for base pricing in Australia. New releases can range from 60-100aud. I just bought a physical copy of black ops 4 from Harvey Norman for 64aud...
cSg|mc-Hotsauce 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 7:38 
About time. The amount of threads as of late has been rough.

Publishers set the prices on Steam. EB and other retailers sets the prices for their store.

:qr:
最后由 cSg|mc-Hotsauce 编辑于; 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 7:40
Start_Running 2018 年 10 月 23 日 上午 7:56 
引用自 cSg|mc-Hotsauce
About time. The amount of threads as of late has been rough.

Publishers set the prices on Steam. EB and other retailers sets the prices for their store.

:qr:
and the porices on steam will likely be equal to if not higher than EB's prices due to distribution contracts.
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