egypt currency

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Dear steam,
I here come requesting a big wish. I was going across a lot of steam-related stuff lately and noticed that games are much much cheaper in Argentina due to their currency and their economic state. I do understand that they are indeed in a much worse economic state than ours but still have us to pay for a game in dollars is, no offense, ridiculous. I just bought two games today, Terraria and Among Us, and I paid 99 Egyptian Pounds. 99 Egyptian Pounds is my weekly allowance and wasting my whole week of allowance on 2 games that are 6.27 dollars or smth is a bit absurd. So all I am requesting is a region for Egypt just for games to be a little cheaper and for pricing to be fairer for everyone. I wanted to use a VPN to buy games through Argentina since it'd be better and cheaper but noticed that it is against Steam's subscription policies and eventually did end up buying the games normally in dollars which cost me my entire weekly allowance. I don't really mind paying that much amount of money for a game but it would be better if I'm able to pay less for things to be fair for everyone and since there are lower classes than me that wish to buy games off steam but can't due to high pricing. Please consider this Steam :)

Other people that did request this idea before:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/abzeer/egyptians_really_need_egp_as_a_currency_on_steam/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/alqoh5/steam_still_hasnt_added_regional_pricing_for

[Zero, Dark Knight]

this has been discussed before, it's not Steams fault that the Egyptian currency is weak. and it's not Steam who sets the game prices.

[Lily McFluffy Butt]

Publishers set prices, not Valve unless it's a Valve title.

[Crazy Tiger]

Yes, other people have posted about this, also on Steam. And all those people have gotten the same answer. Valve decides when and which currencies they add. There are plenty of people from other countries that also want their currencies added. Your region might not have the priority you wish it might have, so you'll just have to wait, like the others. Contrary to what people seem to believe, frequency of posting threads like this does not make Valve do something quicker.

Also, when currencies get added, experience learns that this doesn't always yield the results people hope for. Game developers/publishers have to set a new price in the currency. This has lead to prices being higher than expected or games being unable to get bought due to game developers/publishers not setting a new price.
So do expect issues if your currency ever gets added.

[BJWyler]

If you don't want to waste your whole weekly allowance on two games, then don't buy two games. Buy one now, and wait a week or two before buying the other one. It's not like the store is going to run out of digital games to buy.

[ʙᴇʏᴏɴᴅ1ᴍᴀɴ]

6$ in argentina is like paying 60$ for a video game ! their economy is shattered .
fried chicken in iran cost 9$ but the average wage of the people is 190$ , now you figure it yourself , 9$ may seems to be cheap in so many countries , but not cheap for locals

[Fake]

Originally posted by ɢᴇʀᴀɴɪᴜᴍ-ɪɪ:

6$ in argentina is like paying 60$ for a video game ! their economy is shattered .
fried chicken in iran cost 9$ but the average wage of the people is 190$ , now you figure it yourself , 9$ may seems to be cheap in so many countries , but not cheap for locals

I completely agree. Steam/Valve needs to stop selling games in those countries.

People in those countries require that money to live on, not to play games.

[HikariLight]

Originally posted by Fake:

Originally posted by ɢᴇʀᴀɴɪᴜᴍ-ɪɪ:

6$ in argentina is like paying 60$ for a video game ! their economy is shattered .
fried chicken in iran cost 9$ but the average wage of the people is 190$ , now you figure it yourself , 9$ may seems to be cheap in so many countries , but not cheap for locals

I completely agree. Steam/Valve needs to stop selling games in those countries.

People in those countries require that money to live on, not to play games.

Thats not Steam/Valves choice. If the game developers want the game sold in a region, Steam HAS to sell it. They only way to prevent this is to BAN the game in the region.

If people cant afford games, then they need to have the self control to not buy them.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by ɢᴇʀᴀɴɪᴜᴍ-ɪɪ:

6$ in argentina is like paying 60$ for a video game ! their economy is shattered .
fried chicken in iran cost 9$ but the average wage of the people is 190$ , now you figure it yourself , 9$ may seems to be cheap in so many countries , but not cheap for locals

Argentina pays absurd taxes on games.

Iran is sanctioned.

Neither are relevant to Egypt.

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

I hope the best for you OP, I really do. I also think that games should be cheaper in certain countries, and I don't think that certain countries should be unjustly barred from buying games through Steam etc.

[Zero, Dark Knight]

wait, I'm confused, is OP meaning huge games - like the stuff we pay 50-60 £ / $ for? he can buy those for £ / $ 6 and he's complaining ?:

[wuddih]

Originally posted by Zero, Dark Knight:

wait, I'm confused, is OP meaning huge games - like the stuff we pay 50-60 £ / $ for? he can buy those for £ / $ 6 and he's complaining ?:

egypt people pay the normal USD price as their own currency is not supported on Steam

so is complaint is a bit justified ... but the economic world is not fair and there is a good chance this would not even help him to get games cheaper on Steam, especially as their local retail pricing for games is basically the USD price.

[AhmedKiller99]

Egyptian man takes 3000 EGP per month as min salary and goes to buy a game like WARNO with 3200 EGP / 100 USD
that's not fair.
Egyptian currency is bad so do regions in middle east not to make prices Extreme high