Steam is really money hungry

[[ℭ𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔩 adultswim]]

before you buy a game on this platform look at some other place's steam really up charge the prices for no reason for old or new even for a 5 or 8 year old game they well still charge 59.99 usd and when they do deals you're not really getting a deal you are just paying a price thats fare.

(i'm gonna write some more about this and call them to see why are they really doing this)

(i kinda feel like there scamming then anything)

(and is this fare to the buyer who spends money on here?)

[Theblaze]

The publishers set the prices, not Valve.

[[ℭ𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔩 adultswim]]

+=+ even when it's deals? like if you're gonna but rainbow 6 on steam they are charging 19.99 usd but if you buy it on epic game's it's 9.99 usd

[Theblaze]

Originally posted by Elite Coral.EXE:

+=+ even when it's deals?

Still on the publishers.

Valve has no influence on the prices of a third-party product.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by Elite Coral.EXE:

+=+ even when it's deals? like if you're gonna but rainbow 6 on steam they are charging 19.99 usd but if you buy it on epic game's it's 9.99 usd

It's irrelevant what the price in a different store is. Many publishers rotate in which store they hold a discount, actually.

As said, publishers set the prices. It's their game, they decide how much money they want for them. And quite some publishers keep prices of older titles higher, so you choose more easily to buy the newest version.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by Elite Coral.EXE:

+=+ even when it's deals? like if you're gonna but rainbow 6 on steam they are charging 19.99 usd but if you buy it on epic game's it's 9.99 usd

R6 is normally priced at £16.99 (UK) on both Steam and Epic.

R6 is currently 60% off on Epic for £6.99 due to the SALE.

SALE been the clue for the price difference.


Read: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/pricing

Partners on Steam are responsible for setting and managing pricing for their products.

[aiusepsi]

According to SteamDB's pricing data[steamdb.info], Rainbow Six: Siege was most recently on sale for 60% off, $7.99, in March.

[Brian9824]

Yep prices are comparible. Different sites run sales at different times. Of course if you look at one site when its running a sale and another site when its NOT your going to see price differences......

[Kargor]

Even better: even when there's a sale, I look at what other stores had in terms on discounts to decide whether it's a good discount or not :-)

Epic doesn't counrt, though -- they don't sell Steam keys.

[Sweet Tooth]

Originally posted by Elite Coral.EXE:

and when they do deals you're not really getting a deal you are just paying a price thats fare.

You can wait for 1 month and there will be Steam Summer Sale, one of 2 biggest sales at Steam. High chance most of games you want will be there. "Normal" sale covers ~1k items, Summer and Winter sales are about 30-40k items.

[Mad Scientist]

All the people posting on the forums lately:
"But it's on Steam so it's Steams fault!"

Reality:
Not Steams fault.

You don't like the price wait for a sale or don't buy it at all, problem solved.

Originally posted by Elite Coral.EXE:

before you buy a game on this platform look at some other place's steam really up charge the prices for no reason for old or new even for a 5 or 8 year old game they well still charge 59.99 usd and when they do deals you're not really getting a deal you are just paying a price thats fare.

Different platforms may or may not have legitimate keys, a site was recently exposed as more than aware a large majority of their keys are stolen and being sold by users, and failing to act upon this information. Since Steam is also very popular, a developer/publisher might charge more since it's a highly convenient distribution service.

Originally posted by Elite Coral.EXE:

(i'm gonna write some more about this and call them to see why are they really doing this)

Not Steams fault nor problem

Originally posted by Elite Coral.EXE:

(i kinda feel like there scamming then anything)

Using only feelings doesn't make anything you think true whatsoever. Got a problem with the price? Message the Developer/Publisher.

Originally posted by Elite Coral.EXE:

(and is this fare to the buyer who spends money on here?):retreat:

Fair.
Yes, yes it is Fair - buyers can choose to or not to buy something, and have the patience to wait for a sale.

Attempting to create outrage where none should be since it's easy to spread misinformation/disinformation on the internet and make people follow your personal beliefs is why there's so many people that even have thoughts as you do; too many people just blame, point fingers, fail to understand or comprehend the basics especially when the overall issue is themselves and their lack of patience. Don't blame Steam or the Devs if you don't want to wait for a sale.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by Dr.Coomer:

All the people posting on the forums lately:
"But it's on Steam so it's Steams fault!"

Reality:
Not Steams fault.

It seems people don't really know how to classify Steam. Steam is more akin Ebay than a brick&mortar retail gamestore.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by Elite Coral.EXE:

+=+ even when it's deals? like if you're gonna but rainbow 6 on steam they are charging 19.99 usd but if you buy it on epic game's it's 9.99 usd

Why didn't you buy the game when it was discounted about 25+ times on Steam then? People like you always come out of the woodwork at the silliest of times.

Also don't blame Steam for the pricing - that's like blaming the building owners of a shopping centre if the sports shop is charging more than eBay for some branded jogging bottoms.

[Radene]

Originally posted by Theblaze:

Originally posted by Elite Coral.EXE:

+=+ even when it's deals?

Still on the publishers.

Valve has no influence on the prices of a third-party product.

They do have "recommendations".

[Frostbringer]

Publishers are getting pretty savvy.

They put a game on sale on just one site, and “loyalists” to certain gaming sales sites buy it at a higher price to prove they hate the other sites.

[Hermit]

Yeah, no matter what price the game is, it's the publisher setting the price. They set the price higher here because they know this is where we want to own them.