Questions about Israel currency change from USD to ILS.

[Vash Baldeus]

Some games since the change are not available to purchase.

I.E COD WW2, GTA V, Undertale .. Just some games I noticed.. Why is that, before the change we could buy those no problem..

[Skéith 🏳️‍⚧]

I hope that it is temporary too, and it probably is for the bigger titles.

Whats the complaint? We effectively got a price mark up. Why do you find it unusual? Imagine you'd pay for something in a certian price range and now it has suddenly gone up. You'd be annoyed as well.

[WarStalkeR]

引用自 ✡KINGELI✡：

A 60$ game costs now 67$ with imaginary exchange rate I have no idea from where steam gets those exchange rates.
1$=3.55ILS how the hell a 60$ game costs now 239ILS?!?!?
Also some 60$ games costs less or more like Shadow of Mordor which costs 224ILS!!!
Wth is going on steam?!

I'm just switched to buying from Humble instead of buying directly from Steam. Publishers can dream on if they think that they can make me buy games for European prices in NIS. There are more than enough places to buy for lesser prices.

[Agent]

I wish Steam just pretended Israel didn't exist and allowed us to stay in dollars, I was gonna do a 10 dollar steam giveaway and now I can't.

All the prices are screwed up and I can't even tell if I'm being ripped off or not.

[Alucard †]

引用自 "The Spectacular" Agent：

I wish Steam just pretended Israel didn't exist and allowed us to stay in dollars, I was gonna do a 10 dollar steam giveaway and now I can't.

All the prices are screwed up and I can't even tell if I'm being ripped off or not.

Yup same here
Some games that i own that are no longer purchaseable for my region after the change have dlcs priced for 0.00 now lol and i have option to check out. Not gonna do it because i'm a paranoid but something worth mentioning.

[Twotricks]

Most of the games are not purchasable for me anymore, and dont have price ? WTF Steam ?!

[Vash Baldeus]

引用自 Snapjak：

Good god are you really that thick?

This happens every time new currencies are added because games aren't priced BY THE PUB/DEV.

So who does price these games? Jesus? God?

I just wonder why two games that cost 60$ have a difference of 15 shekels in price between them. even if you include the conversion rate you won't reach 240ILS (AC Origins) while Shadow of War 224ILS and both are a 60$ game.

[KingEli]

Yup plenty of other options humble bundle,gee.two.a,fanatical(bundle stars) etc..

[Alucard †]

引用自 ✡KINGELI✡：

Yup plenty of other options humble bundle,g2a,fanatical(bundle stars) etc..

Too bad humble bundle dosen't accept paysafecards
cause this is my only way of payment atm.

[DarkMachine]

引用自 Vash Baldeus：

引用自 Snapjak：

Good god are you really that thick?

This happens every time new currencies are added because games aren't priced BY THE PUB/DEV.

So who does price these games? Jesus? God?

I just wonder why two games that cost 60$ have a difference of 15 shekels in price between them. even if you include the conversion rate you won't reach 240ILS (AC Origins) while Shadow of War 224ILS and both are a 60$ game.

As mentioned, the game publisher or in cases of smaller indie based titles being the developer who is also the publisher who dictate the pricing.

Steam merely set a guideline for recommended pricing for diffrent region, the final say goes to the publisher of the game.

[Chompman]

引用自 horheristo：

引用自 Snapjak：

DEVELOPERS/PUBLISHERS SET THE PRICES.

How hard is that to understand?

Please stop, or would you say the developers banded together to make this change?

Why should the customer care anyway? either way both Steam and the devs will lose money.
I just bought and activated a game on steam for the first time (been on steam for over 5 years) through another seller that isn't a bundle, and plenty more to come.

Even if I happen to "suffer" a loss from a fake key, that's still nothing in comparison to what I'd lose from Valve's greediness.
I was pretty cool with supporting devs through this platform, but that age is gone and done.

The problem with this belief is a lot of these sites are not legit sellers and the devs are not getting paid the correct amount for their games.

Sure you can blame the devs for forcing steam to enforce regional pricing like they did awhile ago and steam having to allow it or not be able to sell their games or I guess you could just keep stealing games like this if that's the case.

[SchnitziLad]

I see a $60 game costing 250 shekels, which is about what it would cost as 60 euros. That means the price of everything has jumped 17%. Now, whether it's them deciding to switch us to Euros, or we're asked to pay Israel's ridiculous VAT now, the result is the same - much higher prices.
Incidentally, your steam wallet was not converted at this rate - you got 3.66 ils for every shekel - so it's a double ♥♥♥♥ move.
So, considering they decided to royally screw us over, I'll just say that Steam keys are not available only directly from their store.

[KingEli]

If the publishers set the price they should lower it significantly because life in israel is pretty harsh people dont make 60$ here in two days of work and everything else is so expensive people in their 30’s still live with their parents for crying out loud..
Instead they even raise the prices it’s freaking ridiculous.

[^6Hani Nachmias]

Τhey will most probably price these games as soon as possible. The problem is the ridiculous present price tags. Games are much more expensive now, and I see no reason to buy directly from Steam, as GMG and such offer better prices.
The exchange rate is currently 3.54 ILS for USD, and some of the games were converted by 4 or even worse. Why do publishers have to think of prices themselves? why don't Steam lets them choose the price by USD, and converts automatically to other currency by current exchange rate?

[SchnitziLad]

引用自 ✡KINGELI✡：

If the publishers set the price they should lower it significantly because life in israel is pretty harsh people dont make 60$ here in two days of work and everything else is so expensive people in their 30’s still live with their parents for crying out loud..
Instead they even raise the prices it’s freaking ridiculous.

Not to mention there is a lot of piracy, and raising prices only hurts legit customers who don't want to go that route.
It seems it really is specific publishers right now. I've seen a DLC that cost $20 costing 70 ILS, which is the correct exchange.
Check Warhammer Total War 2, though, and you'll see it's priced at 249, while in the UK its price is 185 ILS (in pounds. Yes I was curious and compared.)
Guess we're all 35% richer here than in the UK. Good to know. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to board my space ship to the flying fortress, and sip a cup of moonbeam wine, like we always do.

[KingEli]

引用自 DoomBuster：

引用自 ✡KINGELI✡：

If the publishers set the price they should lower it significantly because life in israel is pretty harsh people dont make 60$ here in two days of work and everything else is so expensive people in their 30’s still live with their parents for crying out loud..
Instead they even raise the prices it’s freaking ridiculous.

Not to mention there is a lot of piracy, and raising prices only hurts legit customers who don't want to go that route.
It seems it really is specific publishers right now. I've seen a DLC that cost $20 costing 70 ILS, which is the correct exchange.
Check Warhammer Total War 2, though, and you'll see it's priced at 249, while in the UK its price is 185 ILS (in pounds. Yes I was curious and compared.)
Guess we're all 35% richer here than in the UK. Good to know. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to board my space ship to the flying fortress, and sip a cup of moonbeam wine, like we always do.

Lol well put my friend and yeah I forgot all about the piracy, most people here will never buy what they can get for free from questionable sources, steam and publishers are definitely hurting the few legitimate customers left here.