Microsoft increased the price of their games on my region and other regions more than 200%

[Z I A D]

What's the point of regional pricing anymore if I a consumer in saudi arabia pay the same as a consumer in the usa? Halo mcc went from 60 sar to 180 even more expensive than the usa and wages here are a lot lower. When is valve going to target the actual problem of region swapping instead of us actual consumers from these regions having to pay these abhorrent prices?

[Piston Smashed™]

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COmpany already made their decisioon. In their eyes they are lkosing a lot of low value customers. I mean There's only so cheap you can make your product before its not worth the trouble of selling.

A while back there was a game I can't remember which one but it was 90% off for me in the UK. However, when looking on SteamDB at the prices the lowest price (Turkey or Argentina) was 90% off the 90% price for me. This made the game pennies for the same game I was paying pounds for, that's not good business for developers.

Checking the prices on Pirates of the Caribbean - At Worlds End, lowest recorded price for me is £3.74, the lowest recorded price for Argentina is £0.13 and Turkey is £0.22. While we would love to have games at those prices it is not sustainable for developers.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

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Ursprungligen skrivet av Start_Running:

COmpany already made their decisioon. In their eyes they are lkosing a lot of low value customers. I mean There's only so cheap you can make your product before its not worth the trouble of selling.

A while back there was a game I can't remember which one but it was 90% off for me in the UK. However, when looking on SteamDB at the prices the lowest price (Turkey or Argentina) was 90% off the 90% price for me. This made the game pennies for the same game I was paying pounds for, that's not good business for developers.

Checking the prices on Pirates of the Caribbean - At Worlds End, lowest recorded price for me is £3.74, the lowest recorded price for Argentina is £0.13 and Turkey is £0.22. While we would love to have games at those prices it is not sustainable for developers.

It was also Valve who added the new pricing minimums that made them no longer purchasable for being priced too low.

[Sakura]

Yup, and on top of that do not complain over people paying less than you. They are from developing countries, you know the same countries your companies used to hire workers for a penny so they can profit more and so you can buy things cheaper. Check anything from clothes to gadgets, everything is made in third world countries where people have to work for nothing.

[Start_Running]

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Ursprungligen skrivet av Piston Smashed™:

A while back there was a game I can't remember which one but it was 90% off for me in the UK. However, when looking on SteamDB at the prices the lowest price (Turkey or Argentina) was 90% off the 90% price for me. This made the game pennies for the same game I was paying pounds for, that's not good business for developers.

Checking the prices on Pirates of the Caribbean - At Worlds End, lowest recorded price for me is £3.74, the lowest recorded price for Argentina is £0.13 and Turkey is £0.22. While we would love to have games at those prices it is not sustainable for developers.

It was also Valve who added the new pricing minimums that made them no longer purchasable for being priced too low.

:summercat2023:

Yeah because at them prices it wasn't worth Valve's time tio process.
Goes back to the crux. "Is it worth it?"

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Yup, and on top of that do not complain over people paying less than you. They are from developing countries, you know the same countries your companies used to hire workers for a penny so they can profit more and so you can buy things cheaper. Check anything from clothes to gadgets, everything is made in third world countries where people have to work for nothing.

Supply and demand. WHen the supply of manpower, particularly low skilled manpower is high, then it becomes the buyer's market.

There are rich people in third world countries. They have their middle class. Products are priced for those that can afford them. It's not pretty but the truth is. if you want it, you're gonna have to earn it. You aren't entitled to any luxury goods and the simple truth is, if the people really are so poor. how they affording the machine to run the games in the first place?

[Sakura]

Man you are so boring repeating ♥♥♥♥♥ about luxury goods over and over. I wont even bother to answer, I already said what I have. Going to block you now

[Pierce Dalton]

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But..then they won't get to play the superfun game they want.

Itis the cruel truth of capitalism. If you can't afford something, you need to earn more, if you can't earn more...then thats your own fault.

What's the saying. If wishes were bikes, every beggar would ride a harley?"

It's my fault I was born in a developing country?

It is not.

But it is your fault if you keep interacting with people that are here just to cause conflict ;)

Don't give them any attention, that's all they want.

[Pierce Dalton]

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Ursprungligen skrivet av Piston Smashed™:

A while back there was a game I can't remember which one but it was 90% off for me in the UK. However, when looking on SteamDB at the prices the lowest price (Turkey or Argentina) was 90% off the 90% price for me. This made the game pennies for the same game I was paying pounds for, that's not good business for developers.

Checking the prices on Pirates of the Caribbean - At Worlds End, lowest recorded price for me is £3.74, the lowest recorded price for Argentina is £0.13 and Turkey is £0.22. While we would love to have games at those prices it is not sustainable for developers.

It was also Valve who added the new pricing minimums that made them no longer purchasable for being priced too low.

Which resulted in various games not being available anymore for a lot of people... how's that a good thing?

[☎need4naiim☎]

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Which resulted in various games not being available anymore for a lot of people... how's that a good thing?

Brother, there is a weird Athmosphere in this sub-forum. Totally annihilating those who dare not to support the rules coming from corporations.

It is like "if a new rule comes to life which makes ONLY the rich ones to take advantage of, it gets massive support". It is like "if you aren't born in selected regions nor RICH, better keep mum about everything, bow down, and get out".

Because, it is a Corporation, it is "THEIR CALL". (as if we didn't know it since childhood)

Because, gaming is a LUXURY. (as if it wasn't a "luxury" just two years ago)

Because, there is INFLATION. (As if inflation doesn't strike the poorer ones a lot worse than Corporations worth of billion of dollars)


I know this post won't change anything in this subforum (Steam Discussions) but i am also the last one to surrender. I will die but not surrender. The Will to fight for Justice* overcomes the will to play those overpriced games and shut up.


*=The legion will come up with sarcasm and remind me how i "don't make any sense". How i "don't deserve criticizing multi-billion dollar companies because it is 'their call'".

[Pierce Dalton]

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Ursprungligen skrivet av Pierce Dalton:

Which resulted in various games not being available anymore for a lot of people... how's that a good thing?

Brother, there is a weird Athmosphere in this sub-forum. Totally annihilating those who dare not to support the rules coming from corporations.

It is like "if a new rule comes to life which makes ONLY the rich ones to take advantage of, it gets massive support". It is like "if you aren't born in selected regions nor RICH, better keep mum about everything, bow down, and get out".

Because, it is a Corporation, it is "THEIR CALL". (as if we didn't know it since childhood)

Because, gaming is a LUXURY. (as if it wasn't a "luxury" just two years ago)

Because, there is INFLATION. (As if inflation doesn't strike the poorer ones a lot worse than Corporations worth of billion of dollars)


I know this post won't change anything in this subforum (Steam Discussions) but i am also the last one to surrender. I will die but not surrender. The Will to fight for Justice* overcomes the will to play those overpriced games and shut up.


*=The legion will come up with sarcasm and remind me how i "don't make any sense". How i "don't deserve criticizing multi-billion dollar companies because it is 'their call'".

Yeah, it's clear that some people here think Valve is always right.

And what kind of people would think this way? Only people that love Valve or their own employees.

(I'm sure you know what I mean by "people that love Valve"...)

[☎need4naiim☎]

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(I'm sure you know what I mean by "people that love Valve"...)

I hope so. xD

But, i do not seek a job in Valve nor in Microsoft. Buying them (both) is a possibility for me though. But being an employee of them below their board? 0% chance.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Gods forbid that a company doesnt want to devalue their product and have a healthy margin.

You people act like corporations should be charities. You do realize that they are expressly amoral organizations that exist solely to return a profit to shareholders, yes?

[Start_Running]

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Ursprungligen skrivet av Pierce Dalton:

Which resulted in various games not being available anymore for a lot of people... how's that a good thing?

Brother, there is a weird Athmosphere in this sub-forum. Totally annihilating those who dare not to support the rules coming from corporations.

It is like "if a new rule comes to life which makes ONLY the rich ones to take advantage of, it gets massive support". It is like "if you aren't born in selected regions nor RICH, better keep mum about everything, bow down, and get out".

Because, it is a Corporation, it is "THEIR CALL". (as if we didn't know it since childhood)

It's not just becauise its a corporation. This uis a universal power. If you're selling something YOU the seller decide what you're going to accept as fair exchange for it. That's pretty much one of the freedoms we all have as humans.. well in most parts of the world.

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Because, gaming is a LUXURY. (as if it wasn't a "luxury" just two years ago)

And as a luxury. It's something you can live without. Ergo. If you want it. You gonna ghave to pay whatever the seller deems they want. Just like if someone wants to hire you they gotta pay what you demend.

Would you give up the ability to set yuour own salary/wages?

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Because, there is INFLATION. (As if inflation doesn't strike the poorer ones a lot worse than Corporations worth of billion of dollars)

ANd now you're conflating companies with countries. These two things are not equal and companies have to deal with inflation too. More so than any one individual.

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I know this post won't change anything in this subforum (Steam Discussions) but i am also the last one to surrender. I will die but not surrender. The Will to fight for Justice* overcomes the will to play those overpriced games and shut up.

So you cannot abide a world of fair balance and will only accept a world where everything is slanted to your favour... you're basically exopressing the same mentality you project onto thise billion dollar companies.

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*=The legion will come up with sarcasm and remind me how i "don't make any sense". How i "don't deserve criticizing multi-billion dollar companies because it is 'their call'".

It seems rather silly to criticize someone else exercising a right you exercise as well.

YOu have the ability to set your prices. Why you criticizing someone else's ability to set theuir prices? WOPuld you rather neither of you had that right?