Steam payment HUGE price increase!

[JunseiKei]

Looks like the prices on steam for non NA players had a HUGE increase in price with no previous announcement.

So here's the REAL question:

Who actually controls the finance in this situation? Square Enix or Steam? You might want to bring this to SE's attention on customer service in case it's Steam being shady.

[Nezia]

So here's the REAL question:

Who actually controls the finance in this situation? Square Enix or Steam? You might want to bring this to SE's attention on customer service in case it's Steam being shady.

As far as I know the is a tool steam has that allows them to readjust prices in certain locations in order for them to be sold for a more... accessible price in the region.

Don't know how it goes in other places, but in Brazil at least 90% of the products sold on steam have readjusted prices, or else the sales would be at least 70% less here.

The game developper can choose to turn this tool off whenever they please, the thing is: They turn it off 1 month after the expansions hits, when people who came back to the game have their sub time comming to an end and need to pay for it again.

[Chekir]

What kills me right now is the lack of any information.I submited two tickets: one for SE and one for steam support,look's like we can only wait right now.

[Zeonsilt]

This could be a bug in MogStation.

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Why through Steam? I thought that in other non-NA countries that you could buy FFXIV through the Square-Enix store? I only bought 1.0 through GameStop back in September 2010 on release day, yet all of 2.0 onward was digital (though I did buy the physical collectors editions except the Stormblood one). Then again, I'm Legacy so I only have to pay $9.99 a month...

[DoppelShifter]

Why through Steam? I thought that in other non-NA countries that you could buy FFXIV through the Square-Enix store? I only bought 1.0 through GameStop back in September 2010 on release day, yet all of 2.0 onward was digital (though I did buy the physical collectors editions except the Stormblood one). Then again, I'm Legacy so I only have to pay $9.99 a month...

The prices outside Steam are all synced to USD prices, so they are equally expensive and prohibitive. The prices through Steam were lower because they practiced different prices for Brazil and Russia, using a different conversion that they spent a few years without fiddling with and then suddenly removed completely from subscription prices.
...Curiously enough, the BASE price of the game wasn't changed. So Stormblood is sold at 105,99BRL instead of 69,90USD (which would be something around 200BRL).

If anyone know how to contact Jim Sterling about this would be wonderful, Sid did god's work but Jim hits harder on this type of issue and he isn't particularly a fan of SE. I bet that he could give more voice to this.

I contacted the #1 Boglin Boy, but I do recommend more people try to do the same. Not just for him, but for other outlets, such as Kotaku, Polygon, IGN, Gamerescape and whoever else you can get.

You can try through Twitter (though it's hard for him to answer directly because he gets a lot of spam), or through his email jim at thejimquisition dot com.

[Akatosh]

Why through Steam? I thought that in other non-NA countries that you could buy FFXIV through the Square-Enix store? I only bought 1.0 through GameStop back in September 2010 on release day, yet all of 2.0 onward was digital (though I did buy the physical collectors editions except the Stormblood one). Then again, I'm Legacy so I only have to pay $9.99 a month...

Not all of them. I went to their website. Unless I checked on the wrong part, no, there are no options for digital copies in Brazilian currency. Sure, I could buy it through there, but I'd need a card with authorization for international purchases, plus I'd be dealing with some very atrocious taxes my Country establishes (in short: being gamer in Brazil sucks). Steam is just more convenient and affordable around here.

[PharisHanasaki]

Well, there too are significant discounts on Steam when paying for games in Mexico. However I've always payed 13 USD in MXN for my Entry subscription and $15 for Standard. I don't think there's supposed to be a discount in that, Steam payment is only a means for paying your sub if you don't have a debit or credit card.

[Catwho]

I hope it's a mistake. They may have intended to raise prices, but doing it with no warning is really unfair.

[Aramina]

With due respect, based on the conversion rate... that's what the rest of us have been paying all along.

edit: I pay $14.99 a month in US dollars and according to https://coinmill.com/BRL_USD.html that is 47.69 BRL.