Canadian Currency Change: Are we still going to get the same STEAM SALES?!?!?!

[blackdog]

As above, that would SUCK SO BAD if we got different sales!

[Mikoto]

ofcourse we are getting different sales

we're going to be paying more than before thus making the saving smaller and therefore a whole different sale due to simple pricing

we'll get the same game selections though, we just wont be able to buy as much as before

also inb4trolls saying we pay the same thing as before the change....kids probably never saw a credit card bill in thier life

[Dedish]

There is no savings. Compare triple a games on steam since the change with games at EB Games, same price. Only difference is steam is digital and EB is phyiscal. Hard to see a point spening anymore money through steam when I can pay the same price, get a disc, manual, box, and whatever else comes with it like poster or etc, PLUS on top of that least with a physical copies I can trade or lend it to friends.

So it's likely farewll to steam for me until some changes are made.

[HLCinSC]

Dedish eredeti hozzászólása:

There is no savings. Compare triple a games on steam since the change with games at EB Games, same price. Only difference is steam is digital and EB is phyiscal. Hard to see a point spening anymore money through steam when I can pay the same price, get a disc, manual, box, and whatever else comes with it like poster or etc, PLUS on top of that least with a physical copies I can trade or lend it to friends.

So it's likely farewll to steam for me until some changes are made.

The majority of physical PC games released the past few years are linked to an online DRM service that only allows a single activation.

[HLCinSC]

Sarok eredeti hozzászólása:

ofcourse we are getting different sales

we're going to be paying more than before thus making the saving smaller and therefore a whole different sale due to simple pricing

You will still be paying more, but technically the higher the base price the higher the savings. Like if a $50 game is 33% off your savings are $16.50. If the game costs $60 and is 33% off your saving $19.80.

[blackdog]

What I'm asking is; first, is this only a direct currency change as in, a game for $5.99 in the US is just converted to Canadian dollar sums, say $6.50. Second, if it is NOT just a direct currency change, then are we still getting the same sales as in the US? For instance, Kerbal Space Program is 40% today in the US, is it also 40% off in Canada?

If it is only a currency conversion for ease of use, then IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE because your credit card company already does that conversion when you purchase the game!

[greg_chow_13]

From what I understand the steam sales are world wide. Every time I see a game on sale my other steam buddy's see the same game.

No the currency is not "Converted" for game prices. It is set by the publisher/developer

So a game could be the same price USD as it is CAD. For example Boarderlands Pre-Sequel.

[blackdog]

greg_chow_13 eredeti hozzászólása:

From what I understand the steam sales are world wide. Every time I see a game on sale my other steam buddy's see the same game.

No the currency is not "Converted" for game prices. It is set by the publisher/developer

So a game could be the same price USD as it is CAD. For example Boarderlands Pre-Sequel.

Well that's not good, recently in Canada publishers decided to up prices of games in Canada because of the currency differences. Greaaat.

[Crazy Joe Davola]

Don't listen to these people. Generally prices are either equal to or less than what we paid before. There's a couple games that got jacked up to Canadian retail price (NBA 2k15), but the vast majority are properly converted if not cheaper. People look for reasons to complain.

[Riko~Nyaa]

Sarok eredeti hozzászólása:

also inb4trolls saying we pay the same thing as before the change....kids probably never saw a credit card bill in thier life

That is highly pretentious of you to say. I ran the math on my credit card bill, and with the current weakness of the canadian dollar, and the average 10% hike of prices on the steam store, I am actually paying less money than I was before for games.

Here is the last payment I made on the card. October 6th, 5.99 USD @ 1.155258 = $6.92
The 10% hike on that $6 game would make the cost $6.60 CDN. So in essentuality, im saving money as long as the dollar stays at about .9 USD = 1 CDN

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

In theory we be paying the same.

Hopefully valve honors this, and when the sales do come we don't get pooped on for being Canadian as opposed to our US counterparts.

[Bash]

This is Not a currency issue or that they are going to farely price things, what they have done is seperate the USA and Canadian Markets, you can see it as a deescalation of globalization in the pursuit of profit. As i posted earlier it's bad for business to have only 1 market to sell in. For now the prices will remain close to the orginal so that people are not outraged and also so people from other regions dont begin to lose confidence in steam they are changing every region to this new seperated market. So to answer your question about getting sales we will get sales just not the same ones as we had, over time this will become more apprent.

[Bonez]

Riko eredeti hozzászólása:

That is highly pretentious of you to say. I ran the math on my credit card bill, and with the current weakness of the canadian dollar, and the average 10% hike of prices on the steam store, I am actually paying less money than I was before for games.

Here is the last payment I made on the card. October 6th, 5.99 USD @ 1.155258 = $6.92
The 10% hike on that $6 game would make the cost $6.60 CDN. So in essentuality, im saving money as long as the dollar stays at about .9 USD = 1 CDN

you aren't taking in to account that they will start charging you tax now. They didn't charge tax (as far as I know) when we paid in USD because a US company does not charge Canadian tax... But now that it's localized, you can bet your ass the Government wants their cut... So depending on the region of Canada you live in, you could be paying 5 - 14 percent MORE than what you think the conversion price should be.

Also Bash has it right. The publishers are going to keep prices reasonable for now. Once things die down and we stop yapping about this change, they'll slowly start to hike prices, or in some cases, "forget" to lower them in tandem with the US prices. So a US priced game could go down to 20 dollars say, as full price, but we'll still being paying 30 or 35... quote me later, but I guarantee that's what they're going to do. They're corporations, BUILT to make money. You don't make money by playing fair. Our government is run by corporations, and Canadians are way too lazy / passive to stand up against this bs in the long run anyways (hence things like car prices, phone plan prices, internet prices, and the coverage you get with those things...)

[PsyFX]

A simple thing we can do is to Boycott any game that the publishers try to gouge us on. Idealy it would be nice to have a thread listing these titles to avoid. For example Sid Meier's Civilization® V is priced at 22.49 USD and $32.99 CDN, this is one I would easily avoid (if I already didn't own it from one of those bundles). I know there are probably better examples but that is my 2 cents.

[Satoru]

Steam WILL NOT charge HST

[Capt.Luke]

Bonez eredeti hozzászólása:

Riko eredeti hozzászólása:

That is highly pretentious of you to say. I ran the math on my credit card bill, and with the current weakness of the canadian dollar, and the average 10% hike of prices on the steam store, I am actually paying less money than I was before for games.

Here is the last payment I made on the card. October 6th, 5.99 USD @ 1.155258 = $6.92
The 10% hike on that $6 game would make the cost $6.60 CDN. So in essentuality, im saving money as long as the dollar stays at about .9 USD = 1 CDN

you aren't taking in to account that they will start charging you tax now. They didn't charge tax (as far as I know) when we paid in USD because a US company does not charge Canadian tax... But now that it's localized, you can bet your ass the Government wants their cut... So depending on the region of Canada you live in, you could be paying 5 - 14 percent MORE than what you think the conversion price should be.

Also Bash has it right. The publishers are going to keep prices reasonable for now. Once things die down and we stop yapping about this change, they'll slowly start to hike prices, or in some cases, "forget" to lower them in tandem with the US prices. So a US priced game could go down to 20 dollars say, as full price, but we'll still being paying 30 or 35... quote me later, but I guarantee that's what they're going to do. They're corporations, BUILT to make money. You don't make money by playing fair. Our government is run by corporations, and Canadians are way too lazy / passive to stand up against this bs in the long run anyways (hence things like car prices, phone plan prices, internet prices, and the coverage you get with those things...)

there is no tax on digital produc, what so ever.
just put somthing in your cart you will see.