Hong Kong massive price increase in April 2024

[log233when]

I knew the regional pricing increase in 2022 thing. However in 2024 at about April, regional price of games in Hong Kong has ANOTHER increase of 45% in 7 out of 10 games I bought or about to buy. What's the reasoning for that?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Publicado originalmente por log233when:

Hong Kong massive price increase in April 2024

I knew the regional pricing increase in 2022 thing. However in 2024 at about April, regional price of games in Hong Kong has ANOTHER increase of 45% in 7 out of 10 games I bought or about to buy. What's the reasoning for that?

Ask the game devs/pubs of said games. They set the prices.

[log233when]

Publicado originalmente por cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Publicado originalmente por log233when:

Hong Kong massive price increase in April 2024

I knew the regional pricing increase in 2022 thing. However in 2024 at about April, regional price of games in Hong Kong has ANOTHER increase of 45% in 7 out of 10 games I bought or about to buy. What's the reasoning for that?

Ask the game devs/pubs of said games. They set the prices.

They said that they "never changed the prices", and the price in the US didn't change in April 2024

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Publicado originalmente por log233when:

Publicado originalmente por cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Ask the game devs/pubs of said games. They set the prices.

They said that they "never changed the prices", and the price in the US didn't change in April 2024

Neither did HK.

They told you they didn't change the prices at all and Valve didn't change them.

[rawWwRrr]

Publicado originalmente por log233when:

in 7 out of 10 games I bought or about to buy.

Which games?

[( ( < < <🤖> > > ) )]

so youre saying a $50 game is now a $72.50 game

i can say that i feel new game pricing has gone up everywhere... aus here...

old games are sort of stagnant which as a customer we are losing now
because in store these games would be in the bargain bin or not
even sold.. i.e. no sale.. no profit...

so game dev/pub might think they are the winners..... for now...


overall i have watched the world become more and more expensive and
we are now paying the high price.... you get less and less each year now.....

enjoy the loss...

[Chompman]

Publicado originalmente por ragefifty50:

so youre saying a $50 game is now a $72.50 game

i can say that i feel new game pricing has gone up everywhere... aus here...

old games are sort of stagnant which as a customer we are losing now
because in store these games would be in the bargain bin or not
even sold.. i.e. no sale.. no profit...

so game dev/pub might think they are the winners..... for now...


overall i have watched the world become more and more expensive and
we are now paying the high price.... you get less and less each year now.....

enjoy the loss...

Inflation hits every industry over time and with digital goods there is no reason to discount games anymore compared to when you need shelf space and had to sell them at a loss.

[( ( < < <🤖> > > ) )]

Publicado originalmente por Chompman:

Publicado originalmente por ragefifty50:

so youre saying a $50 game is now a $72.50 game

i can say that i feel new game pricing has gone up everywhere... aus here...

old games are sort of stagnant which as a customer we are losing now
because in store these games would be in the bargain bin or not
even sold.. i.e. no sale.. no profit...

so game dev/pub might think they are the winners..... for now...


overall i have watched the world become more and more expensive and
we are now paying the high price.... you get less and less each year now.....

enjoy the loss...

Inflation hits every industry over time and with digital goods there is no reason to discount games anymore compared to when you need shelf space and had to sell them at a loss.

we have gone beyond inflation... we are now increasing poverty...

enjoy the loss

[log233when]

Publicado originalmente por rawWwRrr:

Which games?

PULSAR: Lost Colony, Evochron Legacy SE, Earth Analog, SpaceEngine, Geometry Dash, Wreckfest, Pacific Drive, BeamNG.drive, art of rally.......just name a few

[rawWwRrr]

Publicado originalmente por log233when:

I knew the regional pricing increase in 2022 thing. However in 2024 at about April, regional price of games in Hong Kong has ANOTHER increase of 45% in 7 out of 10 games I bought or about to buy. What's the reasoning for that?

Publicado originalmente por log233when:

Publicado originalmente por rawWwRrr:

Which games?

PULSAR: Lost Colony, Evochron Legacy SE, Earth Analog, SpaceEngine, Geometry Dash, Wreckfest, Pacific Drive, BeamNG.drive, art of rally.......just name a few

HKD suggested prices haven't increased since October 2022. If you're seeing recent changes, those are being done by the developer. While Valve may suggest a price based on the USD value, Valve itself does not set the prices for a publisher's game. The only exception to that was recently when the new LATAM-USD and MENA-USD regions were created. Valve notified all of the publishers that the prices would default to the base USD counterpart in those regions unless the publisher set them to something else.

In regards to your list of games, you can use SteamDB.info to see when the prices increased. There is no April 2024 increase. As a matter of fact, you'll notice that they all increase at different times suggesting that the publishers of those games are making the decision to update the price on their own terms, not Valve's.

PULSAR: Lost Colony
	Mar 23, 2024: Base price increased from HK$109 to HK$156
Evochron Legacy SE
	Jan 18, 2023: from HK$109 to HK$156
Earth Analog
	Feb 24, 2024: from HK$109 to HK$156
SpaceEngine
	Aug 4, 2023: from HK$109 to HK$187 (higher than Valve suggested price) 
Geometry Dash
	May 6, 2024: HK$23 to HK$33
Wreckfest
	Jun 14, 2018: raised from HK$219 to HK$349
	Aug 6, 2019: reduced to HK$299
	Sep 21, 2020: reduced to HK$234.
		Valve suggested price is HK$187.
		No change since Sep 21, 2020.
Pacific Drive
	Since release, base price is HK$187.
	Currently on discount for HK$152.60.
	No changes to base price at all.
BeamNG.drive
	May 17, 2024: HK$109 to HK$156
art of rally
	April 19, 2023: HK$109 to HK$156

There is no correlation between the raised prices and any specific date. Some have been set to their current price for a while now. Unless you're mistaking a discounted sale price for it's base price, that is.

[log233when]

I attempted to read the price graph on SteamDB and all I got was ServerError. I should've read all of them to clarify what has changed but the site won't let me, I remember I could at least read the price graph up to 1 year

Publicado originalmente por rawWwRrr:

Pacific Drive
	Since release, base price is HK$187.
	Currently on discount for HK$152.60.
	No changes to base price at all.

art of rally
	April 19, 2023: HK$109 to HK$156

There is no correlation between the raised prices and any specific date. Some have been set to their current price for a while now. Unless you're mistaking a discounted sale price for it's base price, that is.

The publisher of Art of Rally denies the price change, as shown:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/550320/discussions/0/6193093134271004773/

Publicado originalmente por miketsukami bo.:

IIRC, we haven't changed the base game price since release.

Steam increased regional prices at the end of 2022, though.

Pacific drive is currently -30% and 187*(1-30%)=130.9, not 152.6

Publicado originalmente por rawWwRrr:

SpaceEngine
	Aug 4, 2023: from HK$109 to HK$187 (higher than Valve suggested price) 

SpaceEngine's official discord was nuked once, at August 2023, what a surprise

[log233when]

Publicado originalmente por Chompman:

Publicado originalmente por ragefifty50:

so youre saying a $50 game is now a $72.50 game

i can say that i feel new game pricing has gone up everywhere... aus here...

old games are sort of stagnant which as a customer we are losing now
because in store these games would be in the bargain bin or not
even sold.. i.e. no sale.. no profit...

so game dev/pub might think they are the winners..... for now...


overall i have watched the world become more and more expensive and
we are now paying the high price.... you get less and less each year now.....

enjoy the loss...

Inflation hits every industry over time and with digital goods there is no reason to discount games anymore compared to when you need shelf space and had to sell them at a loss.

Inflation is a scam, all previous hardwork of improving quality of life is gone due to inflation, the top 1% steals without working

[rawWwRrr]

Publicado originalmente por log233when:

Publicado originalmente por rawWwRrr:

art of rally
	April 19, 2023: HK$109 to HK$156

There is no correlation between the raised prices and any specific date. Some have been set to their current price for a while now. Unless you're mistaking a discounted sale price for it's base price, that is.

The publisher of Art of Rally denies the price change, as shown:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/550320/discussions/0/6193093134271004773/

Publicado originalmente por miketsukami bo.:

IIRC, we haven't changed the base game price since release.

Steam increased regional prices at the end of 2022, though.

Correct. There has been no price increase since April last year. And there was no price increase to that game at all in 2022.
https://i.imgur.com/09QcpBt.png
You claim there was one in April 2024. So they are correct to deny your claim.

Publicado originalmente por log233when:

Pacific drive is currently -30% and 187*(1-30%)=130.9, not 152.6

My prices are based on what I pulled from SteamDB. And it appears I did read the graph wrong. It states a discounted price of HK$152.60. Fact still remains there have been no price adjustments to the base price since release.
https://i.imgur.com/sGXBulZ.png

Publicado originalmente por log233when:

Publicado originalmente por rawWwRrr:

SpaceEngine
	Aug 4, 2023: from HK$109 to HK$187 (higher than Valve suggested price) 

SpaceEngine's official discord was nuked once, at August 2023, what a surprise

And that relates to your April 2024 price increase claim how?

I did what I did as a service to you to see that this claim of a price increase to Hong Kong happening in April 2024 is a figment of your imagination. I checked a few other popular games and did not see any price hikes as you describe.

Do your own research if you like. I have nothing more to provide. You claim is debunked.

[log233when]

Publicado originalmente por rawWwRrr:

You claim is debunked.

If you really want to "win" on a discussion forum, go ahead. BTW, what are you fighting for?

[rawWwRrr]

Publicado originalmente por log233when:

Publicado originalmente por rawWwRrr:

You claim is debunked.

If you really want to "win" on a discussion forum, go ahead. BTW, what are you fighting for?

Truth. It's in short supply these days.

And I'm not wanting to "win". I simply wanted to validate what you saw. If you were correct, I would have said so, or simply not provided the proof I did.

If you're going to make a claim on a discussion forum, make sure you have the facts to defend it.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

He showed you proof to back up his statements about nothing has changed.

Care to show us yours?