Steam Turkey new game prices

HikariLight Nov 20, 2023 @ 5:48pm

Steam chose to drop a currency that has little value.
Turkish users are the first to claim how important they are, then turn around and complain about how poor they are because their currency has such little value.
The Lira is worth $0.035 USD (or just under 4¢). And is expected to continue to drop in the coming years.
Remember Steam is a FOR PROFIT business, so if something won't bring in money, they won't take part.
Also, game devs got tired of receiving a currency that they couldn't use due to its low value.

#1

Mending Maen Slot dah... Nov 20, 2023 @ 7:14pm

So , buying cheaper game with lira is not an option anymore?

#2

CSGOSKINS Nov 20, 2023 @ 7:16pm

Cant buy games anymore ,too expensive. It is steam disaster

#3

Sprite Nov 21, 2023 @ 12:36am

crazy price = stupid answer

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Night Bird Nov 21, 2023 @ 12:42am

Valve must take back the games in the inventory of all users in Turkey at the current dollar rate and refund Turkish players. It no longer makes sense for Valve to serve in Turkey. No one in Turkey can buy games at these prices.

#5

BayWolk Nov 21, 2023 @ 2:55am

+

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serialXR Nov 21, 2023 @ 5:07am

Originally posted by Night Bird:
Valve must take back the games in the inventory of all users in Turkey at the current dollar rate and refund Turkish players. It no longer makes sense for Valve to serve in Turkey. No one in Turkey can buy games at these prices.

Taking the games back is... not a great idea. What were you thinking while you were typing this? I can buy games at this prices. Many people can and some can't. But we would prefer other stores since they are cheaper. Stores like Epic and Microsoft Store (Xbox Store) still keep the same prices for now at least.

Would you like it if they took what you already own? I don't think so. They will keep operating around here. They lost some customers thats right. That doesn't means they lost all of them. People who owns Counter Strike will keep playing it from here. They will keep buying skins. Same goes for similar games.

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serialXR Nov 21, 2023 @ 5:12am

Originally posted by HikariLight:
Steam chose to drop a currency that has little value.
Turkish users are the first to claim how important they are, then turn around and complain about how poor they are because their currency has such little value.
The Lira is worth $0.035 USD (or just under 4¢). And is expected to continue to drop in the coming years.
Remember Steam is a FOR PROFIT business, so if something won't bring in money, they won't take part.
Also, game devs got tired of receiving a currency that they couldn't use due to its low value.

Sadly some of this is true. It sounded like you made fun of our situation a bit. I probably understood wrong but yeah...

Its business after all and they kept giving us games for low prices for years. I still blame other players who use VPN to buy games from here cheaper. Thats probably one of the reasons why Steam stopped selling in liras. But the main reason is the value of our lira I know that. Like you said its not really profitable for them and game studios.

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Suzaku Nov 21, 2023 @ 5:26am

Well there goes the turkish community. Thanks steam !

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HikariLight Nov 21, 2023 @ 5:48am

Originally posted by SecretPlayer:
Originally posted by HikariLight:
Steam chose to drop a currency that has little value.
Turkish users are the first to claim how important they are, then turn around and complain about how poor they are because their currency has such little value.
The Lira is worth $0.035 USD (or just under 4¢). And is expected to continue to drop in the coming years.
Remember Steam is a FOR PROFIT business, so if something won't bring in money, they won't take part.
Also, game devs got tired of receiving a currency that they couldn't use due to its low value.

Sadly some of this is true. It sounded like you made fun of our situation a bit. I probably understood wrong but yeah...

Its business after all and they kept giving us games for low prices for years. I still blame other players who use VPN to buy games from here cheaper. Thats probably one of the reasons why Steam stopped selling in liras. But the main reason is the value of our lira I know that. Like you said its not really profitable for them and game studios.

Not my intention to make fun of anyone's situation.
But I see on a regular basis Turkish users stating that they are the biggest buyers and largest user base.
And then I also see those same users state how it takes them a whole months pay to purchase a single game.

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Strider Nov 21, 2023 @ 5:48am

Originally posted by HikariLight:
Steam chose to drop a currency that has little value.
Turkish users are the first to claim how important they are, then turn around and complain about how poor they are because their currency has such little value.
The Lira is worth $0.035 USD (or just under 4¢). And is expected to continue to drop in the coming years.
Remember Steam is a FOR PROFIT business, so if something won't bring in money, they won't take part.
Also, game devs got tired of receiving a currency that they couldn't use due to its low value.

I dont think turkish users ever claimed they are some sort of extremely important community of games that should be held in a higher regard, what kind of statement is that? Or is it just projection? We simply want games that we can reasonably afford.

They are however, a relatively large community in a country with 90 million population. Gaming culture was thriving here and these price changes wont help in the slightest. Problem is not the dropping of lira, its how it affected the store. Literally every single game spiked up 3 times more expensive, some going up by 4 or 5. This will cripple any revenue Steam might bring from Turkey, as it will only help making pirating more common.

Steam is business, you are absolutely right. And anyone who knows how business work is getting less revenue is better than literally no revenue. Games doesnt have a 'material' to produce, the more you sell it more money you will make. This spike of prices will decrease the profit, not increase it since its legitimately makes the gaming scene only for wealthy and upper-middle class people. I think steam will find a compromise to this eventually, I can only suggest to not post on matters you clearly dont know the nuances of.

Also, its not the low value, its the instable fluctuation of its value that made steam do this. There are far less valuable currencies that still exist on steam as we speak.

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HikariLight Nov 21, 2023 @ 5:53am

Originally posted by Strider:
Originally posted by HikariLight:
Steam chose to drop a currency that has little value.
Turkish users are the first to claim how important they are, then turn around and complain about how poor they are because their currency has such little value.
The Lira is worth $0.035 USD (or just under 4¢). And is expected to continue to drop in the coming years.
Remember Steam is a FOR PROFIT business, so if something won't bring in money, they won't take part.
Also, game devs got tired of receiving a currency that they couldn't use due to its low value.

I dont think turkish users ever claimed they are some sort of extremely important community of games that should be held in a higher regard, what kind of statement is that? Or is it just projection? We simply want games that we can reasonably afford.

They are however, a relatively large community in a country with 90 million population. Gaming culture was thriving here and these price changes wont help in the slightest. Problem is not the dropping of lira, its how it affected the store. Literally every single game spiked up 3 times more expensive, some going up by 4 or 5. This will cripple any revenue Steam might bring from Turkey, as it will only help making pirating more common.

Steam is business, you are absolutely right. And anyone who knows how business work is getting less revenue is better than literally no revenue. Games doesnt have a 'material' to produce, the more you sell it more money you will make. This spike of prices will decrease the profit, not increase it since its legitimately makes the gaming scene only for wealthy and upper-middle class people. I think steam will find a compromise to this eventually, I can only suggest to not post on matters you clearly dont know the nuances of.

Also, its not the low value, its the instable fluctuation of its value that made steam do this. There are far less valuable currencies that still exist on steam as we speak.

And those other low value currencies will probably have to get their value straightened out or they may be next on the chopping block.
From what I know, the Lira had a lot of value when first added, but the greedy politicians that got in power ruined it.
The politicians may of had good intentions at first, but it when down hill fast, and the global economy collapse caused by Covid didn't help either.

Last edited by HikariLight; Nov 21, 2023 @ 5:53am

#12

Grandmaster Nov 21, 2023 @ 5:56am

Originally posted by SecretPlayer:
Originally posted by HikariLight:
Steam chose to drop a currency that has little value.
Turkish users are the first to claim how important they are, then turn around and complain about how poor they are because their currency has such little value.
The Lira is worth $0.035 USD (or just under 4¢). And is expected to continue to drop in the coming years.
Remember Steam is a FOR PROFIT business, so if something won't bring in money, they won't take part.
Also, game devs got tired of receiving a currency that they couldn't use due to its low value.

Sadly some of this is true. It sounded like you made fun of our situation a bit. I probably understood wrong but yeah...

Its business after all and they kept giving us games for low prices for years. I still blame other players who use VPN to buy games from here cheaper. Thats probably one of the reasons why Steam stopped selling in liras. But the main reason is the value of our lira I know that. Like you said its not really profitable for them and game studios.

I think they should fight these loopholes, not penalize whole countries for it, but maybe that's one of the reasons. But there is a much bigger region, for example Russia and there is no way to buy part of the games there, only to change the region and yes, this is their problem, you know what I mean, also the huge inflation in Turkey is also the fault of the people themselves and their choice and it's sad...

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INDIE-BINDIE Nov 21, 2023 @ 6:47am

I will not buy anything until they find a better solution.
As a person in Turkey, who earns TL, and has bank accounts in TL, why should I buy games in USD and go through all the bank procedures and extra fees? This is a terrible solution.
Don't buy anything my fellow Turkish players.

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Unicorn Jan 8 @ 8:53am

Those who vote for erdogan reap what they sow no sympathy from me (a turk)

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