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"Valve must stop making excuses": Steam under fire for "significant price disparity for PC games," causing regional pricing that's "often 20% to 30% higher than the dollar equivalent" (www.gamesradar.com)
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"The problem lies in the data Valve uses to make these suggestions." According to the YouTuber, Valve hasn't updated its conversion rates since 2022, when it first introduced the regional pricing system. At that point in time, "the Polish currency was near its weakest" – but Steam is still "using this weak old rate" from three years ago.

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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That would mean a $70 game in the US costs $86.10 in Poland. Not $100. The math doesn‘t check out for a lot of games I think.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yes, and it should probably be cheaper in Poland. But it's really 17% more expensive in this case, not 44% (or 30% as the article calculates).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah I was curious where the 30% was originating when it looks like 45%

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