Steam payment HUGE price increase!

[Velxeor]

I'm assuring you that Belarus and Ukraine don't have 2000$ average salary. Neither do lots of other countries.



That's what I'm trying to say, yes.

All these countries can use Russian services, which are much more profitable than European ones, for them

[Laertiades]

All these countries can use Russian services, which are much more profitable than European ones, for them

How? Russia is totally region blocked now, even for others Commonwealth of Independent States countries. We can't send Steam gifts to them, they can't send gifts to us.
And Steam doesn't really like people changing their regional settings out of the blue. (And why should we? It's kinda like cheating.)

[Velxeor]

How? Russia is totally region blocked now, even for others Commonwealth of Independent States countries. We can't send Steam gifts to them, they can't send gifts to us.
And Steam doesn't really like people changing their regional settings out of the blue. (And why should we? It's kinda like cheating.)

We have a man in the team from Ukraine, he uses the Russian steam.

[Aronys]

@Velxeor You are delusional if you think that. My pay is €700 a month and I always had to pay full price. I never whined about that because that's what the game costs. If you can't afford it, you don't play a subscription based game. Gaming is a expensive hobby, whether you like it or not. A lot of countries which have even worse economy than Russia have always had to pay the full price. Guess what? We manage it because we learn to budget. If it's that big of a cost, and you really want to continue playing, then cut something else from your life that's not necessary. Like cigarettes or a few drinks. Yeah it sucks that you weren't notified, but the TOS states that only the renewable subscription price change will be reported. That one apparently hasn't changed. SE is well within their rights to adapt the price to be in line with everyone else.

[DarkPaladin]

@Velxeor

€700, I would be a king with that here lol, Brazil's minimum wage would be 256,12 if it was on euro , try to live with that as your month salary and play the game xD, plus, would you buy SB, if you knew beforehand that the sub price would change? like someone said already, SE should have warned -at least- 30 days before the change ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[LalatinaCross]

This is causing a lot of drama in-game. Half of my FC said they'll quit the game and keep complaining all the day about this.

It was a dirty move to adjust the conversion rate one month after the release of a new expansion and without a warning.

This is probably Steam wanting more money and SE giving a damn for the players.

[Aronys]

Mine can't. What will you say now?

[DoppelShifter]

Sid Alpha reported the issue on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXXjJE0kQtY

Other outlets and journalists might follow.

[Velxeor]

The regional price was only for subscription, Game items were priced at the current exchange rate, it suited everyone. In general, all this is not important. Return money to people for a hundred-billboard and disperse.)))

[LalatinaCross]

Back when Heavensward was released, the prices on Steam for Brazil were higher than via MogStation, but who bought the standard at Steam had to pay the price to play.

At the present, Stormblood had a lower price in BRL via Steam, but game time and other optional items/services had their convertion rate changed from USD 1,00 -> BRL 2,00 to USD 1,00 -> BRL 3,20.

So, yeah, it's due to the Stormblood launch.