NS2 price on Steam
slowhand
Join Date: 2010-03-07 Member: 70866Members
Join Date: 2010-03-07 Member: 70866Members
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Whatever I suggest pre-ordering now ;)
I can by US versions of games for $45/$50US but pay $89.95 (or more) AUD if I bought it locally.... those figures just don't... add up.
This is why it makes sense. It's the same ratio.
We can argue about if the actual cost should stay the same or if the ratio should, but my personal opinion is that UK people shouldn't get the game at 50% off just because of a favorable exchange rate. People in UK that complain about it being expensive are ignoring the fact that it costs us just as much, relatively, to buy it in USA. This is because USA income follows the same ratio as the price of the game.
This is why it makes sense. It's the same ratio.
We can argue about if the actual cost should stay the same or if the ratio should, but my personal opinion is that UK people shouldn't get the game at 50% off just because of a favorable exchange rate. People in UK that complain about it being expensive are ignoring the fact that it costs us just as much, relatively, to buy it in USA. This is because USA income follows the same ratio as the price of the game.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What about other countries where it might actually cost more? Lets say what if i would live in China the USA price would be pretty expensive when comparing the living cost and income of one person.
That's what he's saying, so in your example China would have a low price compared to the America.
Concerning futur price on steam, maybe it coumd be more important after release, yes, but not sure.
Because we made "pre-orders" and we paid 20$ or 40$, maybe the final release could be re-evaluate to 40 $ with nothing more. Who knows?
1 USD != 1 GBP != 1 EUR... That's why we have exchange rates when converting money between currencies.
This is why it makes sense. It's the same ratio.
We can argue about if the actual cost should stay the same or if the ratio should, but my personal opinion is that UK people shouldn't get the game at 50% off just because of a favorable exchange rate. People in UK that complain about it being expensive are ignoring the fact that it costs us just as much, relatively, to buy it in USA. This is because USA income follows the same ratio as the price of the game.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This argument has been brought up so many times before, but it doesn't hold water. Other online distributors than Steam has no problem converting between currencies properly.
I can even buy games on DVD in my own country Denmark, or from Amazon UK (with high postage) and still have it be a lot cheaper than Steam, because of their $1 = €1 policy.
Or use one of many freely available VPN networks such as <a href="http://anonymitynetwork.com/" target="_blank">http://anonymitynetwork.com/</a>
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They are banning accounts for using VPNs or proxies.
Or they just haven't got around to banning you yet ;)
Or they just put in significant effort to ban a small number of people so that others might fear similar results. Also known as the VAC technique.
<!--quoteo(post=0:date=:name=Shacknews)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shacknews)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Some consumers who purchased Valve's Orange Box from vendors located outside of their home country--mainly in an attempt to save on cheaper products--have recently reported that their otherwise legally-obtained games have since been deactivated by Valve's Steam software for territory violation. Talking with Shacknews, Valve's Doug Lombardi now says that the Steam software is merely carrying out this function by design. "Valve uses Steam for territory control to make sure products authorized for use in certain territories are not being distributed and used outside of those territories," said Lombardi.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<a href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/49656" target="_blank">http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/49656</a>
So yeah evidence or lies still.
So yeah evidence or lies still.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah, that was a bad example. Anyway, when I was searching through various forums for methods on how to bypass Steam's localization I saw many reports on suspended accounts (you change your IP, buy the game and then reset your IP back) but I just can't find those damn posts now... I think the safest way to bypass Steam's locazation is to create an account with US information then go through VPN/proxy, buy the game and make it a gift to your normal account.
Win.
Ironically I'm surprised at some of the sludge still in Steam with the whole fail at currency changing. I mean, in your retail stores for the same game, it's priced differently, correct?
US Prices:
<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=us" target="_blank">http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=us</a>
UK Prices:
<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=uk" target="_blank">http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=uk</a>
I fail to see the $1 USD = $1 EURO.
<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=es" target="_blank">http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=es</a>
<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=es" target="_blank">http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=es</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Duh, was late and now feel retarded lmfao.
Wow, you guys really are getting screwed. I would ###### or... boycott them lol.
It's really something that should fix it self, since Steam does have competition from other online distributors such as Direct2Drive, and local retail shops, which in most cases are cheaper due to Steam's $1 = €1 policy. The only reason I can think off, as to why this continues to be the case, is that most people in Europe doesn't know about it, and just buys off Steam anyway, at the high prices.
Only time I've bought games on Steam is from weekend deals or their holiday sales.
Here are some of the ways the community is already making their voices heard, yet Steam does nothing.
Steam Forum Thread: <a href="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=770231" target="_blank">Looks like $1 = €1 after all</a> (500 pages)
Steam Community Group: <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/groups/1e1us" target="_blank">1€ ≠1$ (1euro1us)</a>
Only time I've bought games on Steam is from weekend deals or their holiday sales.
Here are some of the ways the community is already making their voices heard, yet Steam does nothing.
Steam Forum Thread: <a href="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=770231" target="_blank">Looks like $1 = €1 after all</a> (500 pages)
Steam Community Group: <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/groups/1e1us" target="_blank">1€ ≠1$ (1euro1us)</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You could always get a friend in the USA who you could trust, send them the money required in USD from your currency through paypal, then have them buy the game for you as a gift at that price to bypass that.
I honestly feel bad for you folks having to deal with that, really unjust.
It's like saying it's unjust that mcdonalds charges 5 pounds for a cheeseburger meal in the UK when they only charge 5 dollars for the same thing in the USA.
Why should you pay more total taxes when you make more money just because you make more money? Its part of the deal, they can do it and you can deal with it. If you want to pay less, move to india and have at it.