Steams pricing to go regional

Cezaris LT · 22-12-2008 1:51am

$ = €, is just a bug, it will be fixed in the next update.

STEAM JUST FAILD BIG TIME

Overheal · 22-12-2008 6:45am

Yeah well, I blame EA. Its their fault - they came onto steam right around the same 2 days as this issue.

Krieg · 22-12-2008 10:36pm

I have turned around on this, I only got a proper look at the pricing there. The only way ill buy steam games now is for the cheaper older games that are difficult to get and possibly game bundles

Overheal · 26-12-2008 2:22pm

I notice even over here that Prince of Persia is $39.99 in Gamestop yet $49.99 on Steam.

I'm thinking it has more to do with the Christmas Chaos than anything else. Retailers across the country are in a full panic trying to meet their sales quotas before Jan 1. Overall sales are down 5% this year over last. sales are going on this weekend in a lot of stores for as much as 70% off. Used PS2 slim's at Gamestop have gotten slashed down to $50. Its a good time to be alive.

Stephen · 26-12-2008 2:29pm

Join this steam group to show your opposition to 1€ = 1$ pricing:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/1e1us?action=join

Overheal · 26-12-2008 11:36pm

Stephen wrote: »

Join this steam group to show your opposition to 1€ = 1$ pricing:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/1e1us?action=join

I'm sorry I couldnt hear you over the sound of my own debit card - big after christmas sale on steam: I just got me the Sands of time trilogy for 22 bucks

j/k I joined, I joined.

cherryghost · 27-12-2008 2:23am

lets all join together and rejoice temporarily

http://store.steampowered.com/holidaysale/

Overheal · 27-12-2008 7:10am

If anyone wants to buy in Dollars, I can go dig up my paypal account. The Prince of Persia pack is too good not to buy; same with the ID Software pack. serious savings on steam.

Sierra Oscar · 27-12-2008 1:16pm

Overheal wrote: »

If anyone wants to buy in Dollars, I can go dig up my paypal account. The Prince of Persia pack is too good not to buy; same with the ID Software pack. serious savings on steam.

A saving of over €150 for the ID pack at the moment . . . tasty . . .

Overheal · 27-12-2008 6:59pm

well hey, if you can get the money into my payapal before the end of the sale, its yours. just pm me your email adress and ill send you an invoice

Azza · 27-12-2008 7:46pm

How much is the Sands of Time Trilogy on steam?

Overheal · 27-12-2008 8:10pm

The SoT trilogy is $22.50 while if you get the PoP Package (New Prince of Persia and the SoT trilogy) that is currently $48.74 - a hell of a savings over Euro.

in hindsight i feel really dumb getting the trilogy and not the package, but i'll probably be happy to wait for the price of the new one to dwindle down to the $20-30 mark in about 6 months.

edit: Bioshock for $4.99 - is it worth it?

Azza · 27-12-2008 8:38pm

Yes Bioshock is certainly worth $5.00. I payed €49.99 when it was first released and I had few complaints.

On the POP package, can you gift that to European players?
The pack is not available over here but the new POP is.

Overheal · 27-12-2008 8:48pm

I would be amazed if steam was so draconian that it would not let me gift to a steam id just because it signs in to a european ip.

Now when you say worth $5 - it was that bad, or it was good

Azza · 27-12-2008 8:51pm

Its a good game. Yes System Shock 2 did what Bioshock did and did it years ago but Bioshock is still a good game.

ProjectColossus · 27-12-2008 9:32pm

Can somebody remind me how to view the price in Dollars so I can figure out how much I'm being screwed out of? (and hence if the difference is worth it)

I reckon €5 is a pretty damn good price for Darwinnia but I'd still like to know the difference. I'm looking at the Dawn of War collection for €15 and UT3 for €10 as potentially worth it too.

Overheal · 28-12-2008 12:53am

DoW Platinum should be $14.99 (sale price); DoW Everything pack (DoW + All 3 Expansions) $29.99; Darwinia $4.99

You will have to view the steam store through a US proxy to see the dollar prices as far as I know. You will be charged euro if you have european bank details however. This can possibly be circumvented through paypal - but unlikely, as they recently opened up a European branch in the last year.

To setup a proxy search proxy tutorial on youtube.

cherryghost · 28-12-2008 12:56am

rainbow 6 vegas/ghost recon advanced warfighter, 7.49 each. bejeweled, 99 cent.

ProjectColossus · 28-12-2008 1:19am

Overheal wrote: »

DoW Platinum should be $14.99 (sale price); DoW Everything pack (DoW + All 3 Expansions) $29.99; Darwinia $4.99

You will have to view the steam store through a US proxy to see the dollar prices as far as I know. You will be charged euro if you have european bank details however. This can possibly be circumvented through paypal - but unlikely, as they recently opened up a European branch in the last year.

To setup a proxy search proxy tutorial on youtube.

Cheers for that. DoW Everything still shows as 15 euro for me (sale price) so even before the VAT that would be added to the Dollar price($30 -> €21), that's 6 euro cheaper for us! That seems to have worked out strangly in our favour. And the price difference on Darwinnia is pretty much negligible. Thanks again.

Overheal · 28-12-2008 1:38am

Value Added Tax != Sales Tax. And Valve only adds sales tax if you live in Washington State.

Strange DoW being cheaper. American Publisher; Canadian Developer.

Sierra Oscar · 28-12-2008 1:52am

Valve will have an official comment on all this price changing shenanigans "eventually". I expect after the holidays . . .

Overheal · 28-12-2008 1:57am

The official word so far is they are well aware or community outrage and are working with their clientelle (publishers) to remedy the situation

ProjectColossus · 28-12-2008 3:37am

Overheal wrote: »

Value Added Tax != Sales Tax. And Valve only adds sales tax if you live in Washington State.

Strange DoW being cheaper. American Publisher; Canadian Developer.

Sorry well whatever tax they used to slap on when I was paying in Dollars. It was about 20% extra.

Overheal · 28-12-2008 6:03am

*shrug*

Thank you for your recent purchase on Steam.

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Your credit card has been charged as detailed below. This email message will serve as your receipt.
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
7.49 USD
Prince of Persia: Two Thrones
7.49 USD
Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within
7.49 USD
Subtotal
22.47 USD
Tax
0.00 USD
Shipping
0.00 USD

Total
22.47 USD
Credit card type
Visa
Card number
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Confirmation Number
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Date Confirmed
Fri Dec 26 14:32:41 2008

Perhaps the tax was added because you were purchasing from the Eurozone

ProjectColossus · 28-12-2008 6:23am

Overheal wrote: »

*shrug*

Perhaps the tax was added because you were purchasing from the Eurozone

Well, yeah I assumed that's why.

Maximilian · 28-12-2008 3:45pm

Funny how as soon as they change the pricing, Ubisoft games become available. Guess we know now why they weren't available previously...

Kinetic^ · 28-12-2008 11:54pm

I used to like steam and would generally buy all games via that platformn as it saves me having boxes lying around the room or fear of losing the game key. They've shot themselves in the foot........the head....and wherever else with this absolutely retarded move. How did they actually think that this was going to appeal to everyone? :rolleyes: Great job on ruining what was a perfect platform for purchasing games.

dreamers75 · 29-12-2008 12:17am

for all my bitching about steam i just bought vegas and portal for 11 quid

Mantel · 29-12-2008 10:54am

Maximilian wrote: »

Funny how as soon as they change the pricing, Ubisoft games become available. Guess we know now why they weren't available previously...

Same with EA.

dreamers75 wrote:

for all my bitching about steam i just bought vegas and portal for 11 quid

Yeah, with the sale on. All the sale prices are what I'd buy most of these games for, except the extreme 75% off ones, some of them are pretty damn cheap. I got X3:TC for 26 euro (20 from play and 39 from steam before the sale) although i had to buy it in a bundle with X3:R which I already had, it was cheaper than the game on it's own.

ShadowHearth · 30-12-2008 10:40pm

Lads what do you thing about those bundle packs? like all valve games etc? its like 67eu, and you get everything. When i payed 40eu just for L4d in gamestop

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But things is, i still enjoy having a libary of games on mine shelf, it just looks nice

.

Maybe someday i will new video game nerd and talk how hellgate: london sucked now

. And i will have acutal disc of it

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I was thinking of getting some steamgames, but i doubt that i will like having a virtual collection

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Maybe it sounds stupid, but i do love to have a fizical item

, but on the ather hand this steam things sorts out DRM problem perfectly.

Steams pricing to go regional

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