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Steam's regional price hikes of up to 4298% could spur exodus from Argentina and Turkey gamers
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this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
On November 20, Valve changed its pricing policy in Argentina and Turkey to pivot from their pesos and lira currencies to the U.S. dollar.
Now, to be fair, there is evidence to suggest that these pricing conditions won't remain quite so severe.
Basically, some Steam users will spoof their region to be in one of these "cheap" locations in order to get access to lower priced games.
Additionally, the lira and peso are so inflated (and fluctuate so frequently), that Valve stated it was unfair to developers to have to constantly adjust prices with those market conditions.
According to Gabe Newell, founder of Valve Software and owner of Steam, "piracy is a service problem".
As much truth as I think there is in that statement, particularly in wealthier countries like the United States I call home, it seems clear that Argentinian and Turkish PC gamers are actively being priced out of legitimate PC gaming if things don't change, and soon.
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