Different prices in Europe and India

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Hi.
I spoke with a indian guy today due to trading one of my steam keys. And what we realised?
Prices in India were much lower than in Europe. Quick example. GRID 2 (base) EU steam 29 dollars GRID 2 (+Full DLC pack) 4 dollars. GTA V EU 39,99 and India 29 ..... And there`s no region lock, and no discounts. :/ Why is such a difference?

[Wolfpig]

Mainly there are such differences in prices caused by the economical structure of the countrys.
For example, if you would live in India you probably would earn a lot less money as in a European country.
And if you have less money, you can't buy stuff for the same prices so prices get "fitted" for the regions.

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Hah. So in this case it should be regional lock to prevent frauds....
Besides. Just b`cause we`re living in Europe, have to work as a milky cow to me drained?

[The End]

India store is region locked you can't gift outside india same with other countries valve locked all of em regionally also its not that cheap unless u have job don't compare euro with INR totally different things.

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On those mentioned titles there`s no mention about regional lock. So You can easily trade them away. Also if there`s international platform like steam. Prices should be the same. As for example. UK or germany would have benefits as they are part of European community. Same as Poland, Czech Rep and other poorer european countries. Who cares for INR. Same as who cares for Rubles, Zloty or Euro. MArket is a market.

[The End]

I'm from india and store is region locked :)

Who ever the guy told u some games are tradable hes noob when u add game to card on that page u see this message below now a days.
Notice: Gift purchases for Grid 2 can only be added to the gift recipient's library if they are in India.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by ashley-bukiash69:

Also if there`s international platform like steam. Prices should be the same. As for example. UK or germany would have benefits as they are part of European community. Same as Poland, Czech Rep and other poorer european countries. Who cares for INR. Same as who cares for Rubles, Zloty or Euro. MArket is a market.

You dont make any sense.

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Reeally? Europe is not only Germany and France. Also Spain Greece Portugal Poland and any other poorer countries. Same as Russia. Why do they have to pay "european" prices, when for example India is favourised due to poor economy.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by ashley-bukiash69:

Reeally? Europe is not only Germany and France. Also Spain Greece Portugal Poland and any other poorer countries. Same as Russia. Why do they have to pay "european" prices, when for example India is favourised due to poor economy.

Check first before you assume things.

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read first post before you start...

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by ashley-bukiash69:

read first post before you start...

I did, and i wondered if you bought that grid 2 steam key for a dollar in a bundle, trying to trade it for some kind of the european price.....

But apart from that, it shows that you dont know how price regulations for different markets work.

[Satoru]

Again let's reiterate

Prices for literally everything you buy are not the same globally. They're not even the same in your own country.

Second those game are region locked. They are not if you buy them for yourself. But all gifts are region locked and say so when you check out the gift.

[wuddih]

Originally posted by ashley-bukiash69:

You are just dumb or been trained? I said i talked to indian guy who told me about their prices. That`s why i opened this topic... Try to understand what You`re reading.

why do you have to talk to an indian guy about prices. there are services that crawl steam every day in every currency and you can see them all.

Originally posted by ashley-bukiash69:

Reeally? Europe is not only Germany and France. Also Spain Greece Portugal Poland and any other poorer countries. Same as Russia. Why do they have to pay "european" prices, when for example India is favourised due to poor economy.

Europe has 2 tiers of prices that the publisher/developer can set. So Valve is well aware of poorer countries in Europe.

Tier 1: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.

Tier 2: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Vatican City.

[Mattkeeb]

Originally posted by ashley-bukiash69:

Hi.
I spoke with a indian guy today due to trading one of my steam keys. And what we realised?
Prices in India were much lower than in Europe. Quick example. GRID 2 (base) EU steam 29 dollars GRID 2 (+Full DLC pack) 4 dollars. GTA V EU 39,99 and India 29 ..... And there`s no region lock, and no discounts. :/ Why is such a difference?

Indias middle class has much less purchasing power than people from higher income countries. So it would be stupid to charge more for a country in which most of the population cannot afford to pay triple A prices. Also, because India is a large country with many people having access to the internet, you can make the price cheaper and sell large quantities of the games and make the same if not more profit selling games in India than in western countries like Denmark etc...

As for them not being region locked no clue.Maybe incase people move abroad.