BYE BYE Cheap prices @Argentina & @Turkey

[tally.hawk]

Pricing and Steam Wallets in Turkey & Argentina will convert to USD starting November 20th.

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The reason for this step:
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Exchange rate volatility in Argentina and Turkey in recent years has made it hard for game developers to choose appropriate prices for their games and keep them current. We have heard this loud and clear in our developer meet ups and round table chats. In addition, we have had a hard time keeping Steam payment methods up and running in these countries/territories due to the constant foreign exchange fluctuations, fees, taxes, and logistical issues. Pricing games in USD for Steam customers in Argentina and Turkey will help us provide greater stability and consistency for players and partners, while also enabling us to continue to offer a variety of payment methods to Steam users in those countries/territories.

Turkey & Argentina will be forced to the USD $ and will pay much higher prices (with new regional pricing) than ever before.

We are witnessing the end of an era for Turkish Lira and Argentine Peso.

R.I.P Turkish Lira 2014 ~ 2023
R.I.P Argentina Peso 2015 ~ 2023

Congratulations @Argentina and @Turkey !

Welcome to the Western World and to our market system you are now no longer considered a 3rd world country.

[Start_Running]

Guess you'll just have to live with not having the latest AAA release games at launch.

[CormanoSnake]

My country politicians sucks hard... 0% hapiness in living here.

[AngryChair]

Honestly, i don't mind having our store in USD$, i'd be happy with a little regional price discount tho, like $70 and $60 games being $10-15 cheaper but it's obvious that no company will lower their price as long as people still change regions to buy in other countries. I just don't understand why it is so hard for steam to add an identity validation step, like taking a photo of our face while holding or identification document or something. Guess i'll just have to buy gamepass and pirate games, im not paying full price like a 1st world country just because they're lazy AF

[HikariLight]

For Turkey the blame can be placed on the heads of the people voting in the same politicians who caused the Lira to become so useless.

[HikariLight]

Far too many people forget that gaming can and will be an expensive hobby.
It is not a basic right that everyone be given access to gaming.
If you can't afford it, then you need to set aside some money when ever you can and save up.

[Darkwave Dahlia]

Valve is quite fair to me. So no need to "raise taxes" and stuff. Why do some people complain on the behalf of others?

[HikariLight]

Originally posted by xBCxRangers:

Originally posted by Sophie:

No business has ever been fair or had in mind to make the world a better or happier place.

Then we shouldn't be fair either, and raise the corporate tax rates and that for Mr Newell and these companies to Pre Reagan Tax Rates, of 70%. Then he can cry the blues.

But they're getting free rides, and that needs to end.

If average folks are gonna feel pain, let them feel the pain.

Like folks even have real choices in who they vote for. A Fascist, or a Narcissist. A Fascist, or a Senile case. A military dictatorship, or prison?

Its not peoples fault we have corrupt political systems and lesser of the evils.

It is not Gabe's job to solve the money problems of any country.
If people can't afford to buy games because their currency is valueless, then Gabe cannot do anything about it.

[AngryChair]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Originally posted by xBCxRangers:

Then we shouldn't be fair either, and raise the corporate tax rates and that for Mr Newell and these companies to Pre Reagan Tax Rates, of 70%. Then he can cry the blues.

But they're getting free rides, and that needs to end.

If average folks are gonna feel pain, let them feel the pain.

Like folks even have real choices in who they vote for. A Fascist, or a Narcissist. A Fascist, or a Senile case. A military dictatorship, or prison?

Its not peoples fault we have corrupt political systems and lesser of the evils.

It is not Gabe's job to solve the money problems of any country.
If people can't afford to buy games because their currency is valueless, then Gabe cannot do anything about it.

Is it that hard to offer a slight price discount? Gaming is a luxury yeah, but there's expensive and there's a game being more than half the minimun wage.
I like to own games legally and to support devs when they do a great job, something quite rare nowadays, and unfortunately i won't be doing it anymore.

What you don't realize is that it's not just about our currency but also about devs complaining that a lot of their sales come from Argentina/Turkey, outsiders f***ed up our store. It's not gabe's job to solve our country's economy problems, what his job is about is managing a platform that should have a system in which only people that live in a certain country can actually buy in that country's store

[xBCxRangers]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Originally posted by xBCxRangers:

Then we shouldn't be fair either, and raise the corporate tax rates and that for Mr Newell and these companies to Pre Reagan Tax Rates, of 70%. Then he can cry the blues.

But they're getting free rides, and that needs to end.

If average folks are gonna feel pain, let them feel the pain.

Like folks even have real choices in who they vote for. A Fascist, or a Narcissist. A Fascist, or a Senile case. A military dictatorship, or prison?

Its not peoples fault we have corrupt political systems and lesser of the evils.

It is not Gabe's job to solve the money problems of any country.
If people can't afford to buy games because their currency is valueless, then Gabe cannot do anything about it.

And we can't do anything being we're broke being tax rates are at bankruptingly low levels, and given Mr Newell is located in WA state, we need to raise HIS tax, and those like him, and companies like him to pay the bills.

We're TIRED in this country (in both parties) of these corporate dictates as they sit on the beach with no care or concern .

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by xBCxRangers:

Originally posted by HikariLight:

It is not Gabe's job to solve the money problems of any country.
If people can't afford to buy games because their currency is valueless, then Gabe cannot do anything about it.

And we can't do anything being we're broke being tax rates are at bankruptingly low levels, and given Mr Newell is located in WA state, we need to raise HIS tax, and those like him, and companies like him to pay the bills.

We're TIRED in this country (in both parties) of these corporate dictates as they sit on the beach with no care or concern .

Maybe if you'd done better in school you too could have created a multi-billion dollar international company from the ground up.

"Crabs in a bucket."

[xBCxRangers]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by xBCxRangers:

And we can't do anything being we're broke being tax rates are at bankruptingly low levels, and given Mr Newell is located in WA state, we need to raise HIS tax, and those like him, and companies like him to pay the bills.

We're TIRED in this country (in both parties) of these corporate dictates as they sit on the beach with no care or concern .

Maybe if you'd done better in school you too could have created a multi-billion dollar international company from the ground up.

"Crabs in a bucket."

Yeah thank goodness for rich parents. It's time for Mr Newell to PAY UP.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by xBCxRangers:

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Maybe if you'd done better in school you too could have created a multi-billion dollar international company from the ground up.

"Crabs in a bucket."

Yeah thank goodness for rich parents. It's time for Mr Newell to PAY UP.

Payup for what. He did his worked, he got his grades and now he's making bank.
Doing well in school isn't dependent of rich parents. It depends on hard work .

As long as you think like a crab in a bucket, you'll forever be a crab in a bucket.

[HikariLight]

Originally posted by xBCxRangers:

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Maybe if you'd done better in school you too could have created a multi-billion dollar international company from the ground up.

"Crabs in a bucket."

Yeah thank goodness for rich parents. It's time for Mr Newell to PAY UP.

Then if you think it is a business owners job to make games affordable for everyone, go ask Tod Howard to help those poor countries get their currencies back on track.
Gabe and Tod have no obligation to make games affordable for everyone.

[Acroamatibus]

If a currency is not stable you can't set prices.
On Monday you get a Ford Transit for the ammount and on Thursday only a Falafel.
Meanwhile you can buy a pc game or 10 pc games even without a sale.

The same applies to Argentina, where you get a Chevrolet Lacetti on Monday and on Thursday only a cow steak.

[Poimon]

eh, its not gonna change that much everything was already extremely expensive. just the old games that hadn't increased their price for years were cheap