Steam rip off store..

[Welsh Kraken]

Ok so a while ago i wrote to steam about being almost twice as expensive in Euro's than in Pounds sterling, and their pathetic excuse was "the country you live in now has higher taxes" checked the taxes on game purchases over the internet compaired to the UK and the was identical.
Now they have a Ubisoft offer on and i see the games as only 3-4 euros each goes to but them, then they get converted because my card is from the UK and they have doubled in price !!! they are now £6.99 which is about 10 euros not the 3,49 euros they was advertising... what is with this double standard with steam is it any old excuse because the only ppl that will check is the minoroty?? and btw if you want to see the store in the english currency just put a " ?cc=gb " so it would be "http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=gb"

steam does my head in ripping people off all the time, it shouldnt be 1 rule for 1 country and a different for another if the have the same taxes!

[TeKraken]

Buy games where they are cheaper. Often times that is not on steam.

[Welsh Kraken]

you wont get silent hunter cheaper than 3,49 euros anywhere atm :)

[Marble]

Publishers set the prices. Your complaint is aimed in the wrong direction.

[Welsh Kraken]

no, they would love you to think like that, publishers have their "fixed profit" they want to make and then the stores set the prices, for example if you go into Game for instance you really think the publisher sets the price at £39.99 for a game and the then retail store makes £0.00 ?? you are completely wrong. please look up facts before you jump to the defence of a company that sets the prices !

[Marble]

Originalmente postado por Welsh Kracken oO:

no, they would love you to think like that, publishers have their "fixed profit" they want to make and then the stores set the prices, for example if you go into Game for instance you really think the publisher sets the price at £39.99 for a game and the then retail store makes £0.00 ?? you are completely wrong. please look up facts before you jump to the defence of a company that sets the prices !

Actually, it is YOU that is completely wrong.

As an example, I use Toki Tori 2. Before it was released, the publisher announced the prices and people raged against Two Tribes because it was the same in Euro's as in Pounds, so they were getting a bad deal.

Two Tribes changed the Euro price to closer match the UK price before it was released. All this was done on their own website by their own choice.

[Welsh Kraken]

lol, so now you are compairing a developers website to a 3rd party website? nice one.. again do your research

[Marble]

Originalmente postado por Welsh Kracken oO:

lol, so now you are compairing a developers website to a 3rd party website? nice one.. again do your research

Did you even read? I'll make it shorter if your English is not very good.

Two Tribes try to sell their game too expensive in Euro.

They changed it before the game released on Steam due to fan feedback.

This means they are in control of their own pricing.

I did not mention a 3rd party website anywhere.


Valve makes recommendations on prices, they don't dictate them. This particular fact is written into the Greenlight FAQ. It's not an unreasonable assumption that it would apply to any game that is added to the Steam store.

Lastly, if it were Valve setting the prices then there would be consistency with which currency users are getting ripped off. Some games are more expensive in the US than Euro, sometimes the UK gets the worst deal (usually Australia is the worst). The disparity between fair pricing between games is so great because it is the individual publishers setting the prices.

[Welsh Kraken]

again they do not set their own prices.. how do you even think that a company like steam or the highstreet retailer makes any money? how come i go into 1 shop and the game is £35.99 and then i go into a rival shop and it could be £29.99 or even £39.99 like i said the publisher puts its price on the product i.e for every copy you sell i want £25.99 and then after that the 3rd party i.e steam, game etc sets their price accordingly with high profile games demanding the higher price tag of £39.99 and not so good at £35.99 so they can make a profit and stay in business i seriously dont think for 1 second that a game shop makes profit from selling stuff like control pads and accessories ! the only item they make hardly no money on is brand new consoles !

if you are correct and im not saying you are for 1 min then please explain how the high street retailer of games stay in business and make a profit if the publisher gets 100% of their price? given that the publisher gives their price for the money they want to make off the game per unit sold.

[ReBoot]

Welcome to reality.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Canti is correct. Developers decide what they want to sell their game for. Steam gets 30%, publishers get 70%.

With 75 million users, Steam makes a lot of money off of any sale. This is excluding the TF2, DOTA2 and CS:GO markets.

It is a different business model then retail.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/05/02/steam-and-gog-take-30-revenue-cut-suggests-fez-creator-phil-fish/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/02/16/the-numbers-behind-steams-success/

[Satoru]

http://games.on.net/2012/12/green-man-gaming-blames-price-hike-for-bl2-and-xcom-on-2k-games/

http://steamcommunity.com/app/223830/discussions/0/864969481702468793/#c864969481739829245

PUBLISHERS

SET

PRICING

[Bonecco]

Give ?

[Spyd3r666tm]

@ Welsh Kracken oO. If you dont like it go somewhere else

[Welsh Kraken]

lol a lot of trolls ! and i buy games from lots of places.. and because you read a little line saying publishers set prices that doesnt mean they set the final price now does it..

[Marble]

Originalmente postado por Welsh Kracken oO:

and because you read a little line saying publishers set prices that doesnt mean they set the final price now does it..

Please provide evidence to the contrary.