Still USD pricing of Turkish players as of October 2024

[abinerede]

In November 2023 as dark day for all turkish players of steam.

steam decided to change currency from Turkish Lira to USD maybe greed or other reasons.

There are a lot of allegations.

There is a serious policy issue still continutes to date that turkish players are paying USD and not their own currency which added that price of games rised to almost 10 times of old prices.

I hope they see this because their customer service options doesnt accept these types of demands.

[Crazy Tiger]

You should inform yourself better. The currency change was because the Turkish economy and currency was terrible.

It's not a policy issue, it's intended. And this won't change unless Turkey gets its act together.

Also keep in mind that your "demands" are meaningless in that.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by abinerede:

Still USD pricing of Turkish players as of October 2024

In November 2023 as dark day for all turkish players of steam.

steam decided to change currency from Turkish Lira to USD maybe greed or other reasons.

There are a lot of allegations.

There is a serious policy issue still continutes to date that turkish players are paying USD and not their own currency.

I hope they see this because their customer service options doesnt accept these types of demands.

Read and understand...

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/2720-4EC7-B95A-1D2A

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by abinerede:

steam decided to change currency from Turkish Lira to USD maybe greed or other reasons.

Other reason: currency instability in Turkey. But Turkey was not singled out as many countries with similar currency issues were merged into two separate USD based market regions on Steam.

Originally posted by abinerede:

There are a lot of allegations.

Typical response from users who feel betrayed and need to pin the blame on something more sinister than the actual truth.

Originally posted by abinerede:

There is a serious policy issue still continutes to date that turkish players are paying USD and not their own currency.

Well, you're *charged* in USD. Technically, it's your payment method that pays the price in USD. I'm sure you're still paying the payment method in Lira, unless you have a horde of US dollars lying around.

Originally posted by abinerede:

I hope they see this because their customer service options doesnt accept these types of demands.

Correct. Debating the decision that changed the Store currency for you, or manipulating prices on the Store is not a role that Support has jurisdiction over.

[NakiBest]

You have to thank your dear local dictator for this. :)

Blame him, Steam is not the origin of the issues.

[abinerede]

Thanks for all love and support about this issue.

For uninformed pos, price of same games are in other channels are low as quarter or half of steam.

You cant explain that to "volatile economy" , " dictator" or lame ignorant answers.

Steam is greedy. Dont be like that gaben. Renew the policy.

[Chompman]

It will not happen until your regions currency stabilizes and becomes worthwhile to use.

It's not a steam issue but these region issues that caused it.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by abinerede:

Thanks for all love and support about this issue.

For uninformed pos, price of same games are in other channels are low as quarter or half of steam.

You cant explain that to "volatile economy" , " dictator" or lame ignorant answers.

Steam is greedy. Dont be like that gaben. Renew the policy.

Simple solution: vote with your wallet. Pour your money on that other channels, that's how you show your opinion as a customer.

[ナルゴ]

Lucky. I wish localization was all rolled back and I could pay with USD again.

[The nameless Gamer]

Buy games on sale. Prices for the Balkan, which has an economic situation WORSE than Turkey, are the same as for the EU.

[NakiBest]

Originally posted by The nameless Commander:

Buy games on sale. Prices for the Balkan, which has an economic situation WORSE than Turkey, are the same as for the EU.

Sorry, what!? You got this all wrong.
First, it is Balkans, not Balkan.
Also, Balkans are not a country but a region with at least 10-12 different countries in it.

You cannot jumble them up, they are slightly to very different in different areas of life/living. :)

[The nameless Gamer]

Originally posted by NakiBest:

Originally posted by The nameless Commander:

Buy games on sale. Prices for the Balkan, which has an economic situation WORSE than Turkey, are the same as for the EU.

Sorry, what!? You got this all wrong.
First, it is Balkans, not Balkan.
Also, Balkans are not a country but a region with at least 10-12 different countries in it.

You cannot jumble them up, they are slightly to very different in different areas of life/living. :)

Well, I am not jumbling them together, but Steam is. We all get the same pricing as the EU, despite some countries not even being members.

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by abinerede:

In November 2023 as dark day for all turkish players of steam.

steam decided to change currency from Turkish Lira to USD maybe greed or other reasons.

There are a lot of allegations.

There is a serious policy issue still continutes to date that turkish players are paying USD and not their own currency.

I hope they see this because their customer service options doesnt accept these types of demands.

The is because support is for account related issues, not one have a quarrel with a game's price which you simply just do not purchase it. That being said take your "demands" to game developers to change their prices for your region.

[Brian9824]

OP has no clue what he was talking about. It being in USD and being priced high for Turkish players is two different things. The issue was this

One day 1000 lira might be worth say $1, the next day 2000 lira might be worth $1, then 5000 worth $1, etc.

it was that constant fluctuating that made them change it. So if a game in turkey should be the equivalent of $5 it can be, it would just be listed as $5 USD instead of having to constantly adjust the equivalent value in Lira as it keeps changing.

The issue is many dev's didn't bother updating their prices for Turkey, so you need to ask them to fix their pricing.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by The nameless Commander:

Well, I am not jumbling them together, but Steam is. We all get the same pricing as the EU, despite some countries not even being members.

You have the EU to blame for that, they sued Steam over them offering regional prices so now Steam has to offer 1 price to all of the EU. So it sucks for the poorer countries in the EU.

[T9]

Originally posted by Brian9824:

Originally posted by The nameless Commander:

Well, I am not jumbling them together, but Steam is. We all get the same pricing as the EU, despite some countries not even being members.

You have the EU to blame for that, they sued Steam over them offering regional prices so now Steam has to offer 1 price to all of the EU. So it sucks for the poorer countries in the EU.

lol nice propaganda