Originally posted by FunkeymonkeyTTR:

Originally posted by Ben Lubar:

Did anyone who's angry about this read it at all?

I read "If your product's base price is below Steam's lowest possible transaction price in a currency, it is no longer available to purchase in countries that use that currency."

then fact checked it on a bunch of games and dlc which are now hidden and unavailable to purchase despite living in country with a strong currency, did I miss something else?

The game would have to be pretty close to what a transaction fee would cost in order to be affected by this.

Wow, you just screwed up my planned sale, some of my games disappeared in different countries, the sale will hide games from a bunch of countries altogether. Why did you do this? Who asked for this? Couldn't you have at least warned us in advance?

Originally posted by Ben Lubar:

Originally posted by FunkeymonkeyTTR:

I read "If your product's base price is below Steam's lowest possible transaction price in a currency, it is no longer available to purchase in countries that use that currency."

then fact checked it on a bunch of games and dlc which are now hidden and unavailable to purchase despite living in country with a strong currency, did I miss something else?

The game would have to be pretty close to what a transaction fee would cost in order to be affected by this.

they could've made a minimum checkout limit or require using the steam wallet for smaller purchases since the minimum steam wallet top up is $5.00.

instead we get the worse option.

Originally posted by FunkeymonkeyTTR:

Originally posted by Ben Lubar:

The game would have to be pretty close to what a transaction fee would cost in order to be affected by this.

they could've made a minimum checkout limit or require using the steam wallet for smaller purchases since the minimum steam wallet top up is $5.00.

instead we get the worse option.

If you think your game isn't even worth a dollar, maybe make it free like mine is.

Shame, Valve

Bro why? This update looks weird ngl.
"Let just hide a bunch of things here and there"

Originally posted by Cryptic:

so this sounds like yet another anti-indie-developer change honestly.

I don't think you can read properly.

Originally posted by Mushe:

Originally posted by Cryptic:

so this sounds like yet another anti-indie-developer change honestly.

I don't think you can read properly.

My game just disappeared from sale in Argentina without any warning, just because I haven't looked at the recommended prices in a while, which have been updated a lot in the last 5 years.

Originally posted by TERNOX:

Originally posted by Mushe:

I don't think you can read properly.

My game just disappeared from sale in Argentina without any warning, just because I haven't looked at the recommended prices in a while, which have been updated a lot in the last 5 years.

So having a full year of warning that the recommended prices changed wasn't enough for you? Having your game for sale for about what a transaction fee costs Valve seems like something they wouldn't want.

Originally posted by TERNOX:

Originally posted by Mushe:

I don't think you can read properly.

My game just disappeared from sale in Argentina without any warning, just because I haven't looked at the recommended prices in a while, which have been updated a lot in the last 5 years.

Actually recommended prices in Argentina haven't changed since the currency inception in Steam until October of last year. You had almost 1 year to update...

Source: I'm from Argentina (check my profile!)

Originally posted by rat:

common epic games store W

If this was the EGS, you wouldn't even have a discussion board in the first place.

DLCs for a buck and on sale for less sometimes but not games. I like running low sales so everyone can afford it.

van a empezar con sus mmdas..

Originally posted by Cryptic:

DLCs for a buck and on sale for less sometimes but not games. I like running low sales so everyone can afford it.

You still can. Nothing changed there.

Like all other corporations, Valve never halt their efforts to be as anti-consumer as possible. In this case, it's also anti-developer.
People liked buying $1/1€ games at 73% off? Can't have that.
Valve created a market for garbage games in 99% off bundles? Ain't going to lift a finger to enforce quality, but also ain't allowing customers to pay what those games are worth.

Originally posted by Ben Lubar:

The game would have to be pretty close to what a transaction fee would cost in order to be affected by this.

The "transaction fee" straw man is a poor choice. If this was about transaction fees, as FunkeymonkeyTTR suggested cheap games could be limited to wallet purchases (much like Steam market or ingame purchases use wallet funds), or there could be a per-cart minimum.
Obviously there's no transaction fees when using wallet.

What this is: using a crowbar to enforce Valve's "recommended" prices, and like any Valve changes, with immediate effect.

Originally posted by TERNOX:

My game just disappeared from sale in Argentina without any warning, just because I haven't looked at the recommended prices in a while

Applying those isn't going to lead to more sales. I'm fairly confident nobody who resides in the countries most affected by the October 2022 pricing changes actually buys much at Valve's updated prices. As of this, they just can't buy thousands of games that didn't multiply the price five-fold or ten-fold or whatever it is.