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It’s ok for anyone except those who live in a unpopular country. Valve just doesn’t care about latin America and others. You legally can’t buy games, the prices are ridiculous.
Valve doesn’t care about you, doesn’t care about gaming and is only interested in money.
Actually, Steam Regional Pricing is the only way I can afford to buy games legitimately. I live in a 3rd world country, and we're poor compared to the majority of the world. Thanks to regional pricing, a full price USD$60 game is now $15 in my country. Believe it or not but minimum wage here is <$1/hour.
I have to admit that I've never bought a game "full price" of $15, not that I wanted to, just can't afford it. I believe my most expensive game is ~$10.
unfortunately every time pricing isnt close or worse than USD it gets abused by steam gift resellers which is why they have to crack down :( lots of people were abusing it - i know people who would set their country to countries with favorable steam conversion rates for cheaper games
Fuck those abusers. They're the reason why Steam adjusted the regional pricing in my country to +50% (some games +100%). Before, $60 games in western countries are translated to $10 in my country, now they're $15 - $20. And our minimum wage is <$1/hour.
agreed - they really ruin it for everyone
Hey guys, we've sold 4 million copies of our game in this country I'd never heard of!!!
Goes to wiki for country
Population: 1.2 million
Fuck.