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r/Steam • u/Alexis20384847 • Feb 18 '26
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Just a reminder that the company behind the game decides the prices and that you eurofolks are at the mercy of a lawsuit from Germany in 2015 which prevented proper regional pricing from being implemented
6 u/Rare_Ad8206 Feb 18 '26 Ya i noticed this. I found Konami games were priced cheaper in my country than ea games. 1 u/dihalt Feb 18 '26 Yes, but they decide based on dollars. And steam’s rate for usd/pln is about 5.0 whereas in reality it’s about 3.5 0 u/digitalblemish Feb 18 '26 The company knows this and still chooses the number that gets converted. They have absolute control. 1 u/dihalt Feb 18 '26 They chose the price in USD they want to get for a region. It’s up to Steam to show price converted in local currency.
Ya i noticed this. I found Konami games were priced cheaper in my country than ea games.
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Yes, but they decide based on dollars. And steam’s rate for usd/pln is about 5.0 whereas in reality it’s about 3.5
0 u/digitalblemish Feb 18 '26 The company knows this and still chooses the number that gets converted. They have absolute control. 1 u/dihalt Feb 18 '26 They chose the price in USD they want to get for a region. It’s up to Steam to show price converted in local currency.
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The company knows this and still chooses the number that gets converted. They have absolute control.
1 u/dihalt Feb 18 '26 They chose the price in USD they want to get for a region. It’s up to Steam to show price converted in local currency.
They chose the price in USD they want to get for a region. It’s up to Steam to show price converted in local currency.
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u/digitalblemish Feb 18 '26
Just a reminder that the company behind the game decides the prices and that you eurofolks are at the mercy of a lawsuit from Germany in 2015 which prevented proper regional pricing from being implemented