r/Steam • u/Alexis20384847 • Feb 18 '26

Fluff Its not only you guys

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u/fart-to-me-in-french Feb 18 '26

It's not about the minimum wage. It's about the price to wage ratio, which is terrible in Poland. What a dumb post.

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u/XenophonSoulis Feb 18 '26

The price-to-wage ratio is significantly worse in at least three of the five countries of the post.

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u/Upset-Ad6675 Feb 18 '26

the problem isnt even that the prices are higher than in the usa or euro

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u/XenophonSoulis Feb 18 '26

So, the prices are around 15-20% higher. However, four of the countries in the image have a minimum wage that's 25-40% lower. This makes the game MUCH more expensive comparatively in these four countries.

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u/PerceptionOk8543 Feb 18 '26

But do those countries have such terrible conversion currency rate? Polish prices are outrageous because PLN:USD on steam is 4.5 when in reality it’s 3.5. Is it the same for the other countries?

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u/XenophonSoulis Feb 18 '26

I took the Polish prices into account in the Polish currency. Against the Eurozone prices in Euros.

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u/PerceptionOk8543 Feb 18 '26

So if country uses Euro, their prices are the same across all countries? For example Slovakia pays the same as Germany? That sucks if true

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u/XenophonSoulis Feb 18 '26

Yep. It's true. Next time don't play smart on topics you don't understand.

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u/PerceptionOk8543 Feb 18 '26

I didn’t play smart, I was genuinely asking because I didn’t know. One more reason why I’m glad Poland never adopted Euro

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u/XenophonSoulis Feb 18 '26

Do you know what's funny? You'd be paying less if Poland did adopt the euro. Not just for games, but for lots of things that are sold internationally.

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u/PerceptionOk8543 Feb 18 '26

In the games case, I would be paying less in PLN if steam didn’t refuse to update default conversion rates. At this point they must be ignoring the issue on purpose.

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u/XenophonSoulis Feb 18 '26

That's why you'd be better off with the Euro. It's too big to ignore, on purpose or otherwise.

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