Localisation of game prices for some European countries

[BooperDooper]

Hello,

I have been looking into this subject recently and have found out Steam/Valve is responsible for defaulting localisation prices
For many years have i been wondering why would games be priced so high for countries like Poland Or Romania where the average salary is below that of other european countries.
Too many people i know wait for sales or straight up pirate games due to prices being not localised right. I know developers can manually localise their own game prices but many dont do this due to not even knowing of the issue to begin with.
My only suggestion is that this should be looked more into and adjusted for not only said countries but others too, idk if this is the right place for this or if I should instead be looking for a support email or such but cheers.

[Drab]

The EU forces Steam to do it this way. AFAIK

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by BooperDooper:

Localisation of game prices for some European countries

Hello,

I have been looking into this subject recently and have found out Steam/Valve is responsible for defaulting localisation prices
For many years have i been wondering why would games be priced so high for countries like Poland Or Romania where the average salary is below that of other european countries.
Too many people i know wait for sales or straight up pirate games due to prices being not localised right. I know developers can manually localise their own game prices but many dont do this due to not even knowing of the issue to begin with.
My only suggestion is that this should be looked more into and adjusted for not only said countries but others too, idk if this is the right place for this or if I should instead be looking for a support email or such but cheers.

Poland has their own currency on Steam already.

Romania is part of the EU countries that use Euro.

[Yujah]

And more to the point than anything concerning Euro's both Poland and Romania are part of the EU: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/eu-fines-pc-gaming-giant-valve-for-antitrust-practices-on-steam.html

I.e., inside of the EU the lowest price becomes the de facto price for all of the EU.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Yujah:

And more to the point than anything concerning Euro's both Poland and Romania are part of the EU: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/eu-fines-pc-gaming-giant-valve-for-antitrust-practices-on-steam.html

I.e., inside of the EU the lowest price becomes the de facto price for all of the EU.

Poland has their own currency on Steam.

[Yujah]

Yes. So what?

[HikariLight]

Steam has suggested prices, but the developers/publishers are the ones who select the final sale price.
Steam has nothing to do with pricing for games not developed by Valve.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by BooperDooper:

Hello,

I have been looking into this subject recently and have found out Steam/Valve is responsible for defaulting localisation prices

Developers, Publishers set the pricing on Steam, Epic, GOG.

Examples:

Metro Exodus Gold £34.99- Steam, Epic,
GOG.

The Outer Worlds: £24.99 - Steam, Epic, GOG.

Originally posted by BooperDooper:

For many years have i been wondering why would games be priced so high for countries like Poland Or Romania where the average salary is below that of other european countries.

Inflation affects the value of a currency and pricing.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Yujah:

Yes. So what?

You said...

Originally posted by Yujah:

I.e., inside of the EU the lowest price becomes the de facto price for all of the EU.

...whereas Poland uses their own currency.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Yujah:

Yes. So what?

Being in the EU is not also the same as being in the Eurozone. Price parity is required in the Eurozone, of which Poland is not a member.

Only 20 of the current 27 member states of the EU are in the Eurozone. Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Sweden can have price points that are different from the other EU member states.

[Yujah]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

You said...

Originally posted by Yujah:

I.e., inside of the EU the lowest price becomes the de facto price for all of the EU.

...whereas Poland uses their own currency.

Very deep sigh...

Yes, and that fact is completely irrelevant in light of poster's stated motive concerning relative to income high prices of games in e.g. Poland and Romania. Nothing stops me, an EU-citizen not from Poland or Romania, from e.g. opening an account at a Polish bank -- more realistically, using a Polish middleman business -- and buying in Zloty rather than EUR. The EU stops Valve from geoblocking that possibility. The EU; not the Euro zone.

For original poster: in the sense in which this is considered unfair one should also know e.g. https://www.statista.com/chart/18794/net-contributors-to-eu-budget/. That is, both countries you name to be among the biggest beneficiaries of EU subsidies and grants.

[Satoru]

People in the EU not actually understanding how the EU works, what the Eurozone is, or how their own currency works or how the Euro works. Like at least try to understand the just utter basics of the fundamental economic and political system in which you live in?

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Yujah:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

You said...

...whereas Poland uses their own currency.

Very deep sigh...

Yes, and that fact is completely irrelevant

You brought it up