Users have dubbed the situation "unfair"

“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.

  • echo@lemmy.tfEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    This isn’t a new thing, nor is it unique to Steam. Most major platforms price their services differently between markets- it’s in any business’s interest to bring in as much revenue as possible from a market without pricing everyone out. For every country with higher pricing than the US, there are at least as many priced below the dollar.

  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
    191·
    7 days ago

    But Steam is not making the prices, its the decision of the publisher. And we should be thankful that Steam does not have the power to say how publisher price their game all over the world. You don’t want Steam to have this much power. It’s just a platform where publishers are allowed to publish their games, at the price they wish. That’s called free market.

    Yes, it comes with some downsides, but you can’t fault Steam for it.

  • BurgerBaron@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    I’ve been buying keys from the legit shops like Instant Gaming, Fanatical, and Green Man Gaming for years now because the prices on Steam itself are usually higher more often than not for Canada anyways.