Comments on: Steam Goes European – Prices Go Crazy

By: ezcruci

ezcruci — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:00:32 +0000

From this i could get a neck that could blow up again.I bought a copy of css for about 10 dollars living here in germany as us citizen about 2 years ago , now i want to purchase another game and i could have not believed it if i haven’t seen it with my own eyes; example gta 4 cost 39.99 euros = dollars around 29.66 $.Now they want 67.38 dollars for it.Lmao Dont piss down my back and tell me its raining…….

Going to order on amazone.com send to my dad in cali to my second address and have him sent it to me.

All i have to do is to be a littte bit more patient, but this will pay of and save paper credit.

By: salem5

salem5 — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:58:48 +0000

first EU != EU
That time was a fest for the UK, for Germany it was hell. WE are the suckers who had to pay overpriced, it was before the change possible to save 5€ or more in Steam by buying with US Dollar prices, even with tax. But with that change, they made us pay horrendous prices which have topped buying Retail sometimes with additional 10€!
If its pricing, EU != EU, as long as the island-eggheads use their own currency :P

By: JimNNail

JimNNail — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:22:01 +0000

People started posting about it at my XFire blog lol.

http://www.xfire.com/blog/jimn/336822/

By: cosy

cosy — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:07:04 +0000

spain
Bioshock 19,99€
Civ IV 29,99€
GTA 4 49,99€
Civ 3 4,99€

By: jalf

jalf — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:03:46 +0000

I know a few people for whom Steam *was* competitive. It’s a bit of a special case, but because Norway is not a member of the EU, they had to pay VAT on purchases from play.com, but they *don’t* have to pay VAT on downloaded products, so Steam used to be cheaper there. Which is why they’re *really* pissed now… :D

For the rest of us? Yeah, play.com was cheaper before, and is *certainly* cheaper now.
The only reason this pricing fiasco bugs me is that I was just looking forward to being able to buy EA games without the DRM through Steam.

By: OneOne

OneOne — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:31:40 +0000

I’m mystified at anyone thinking Steam has ever been competitive. It may be more convenient, if you have a large and unlimited internet connection, but ever since its inception, Steam has *never* been cheaper than getting a box from Play, Amazon, CD-Wow or Sendit.

Now that they’ve hiked their prices by 40% or more in the “Eurozone”, I’ll keep chuckling as their sales inevitably tank into the gutter. Those of you buying £ – get in there fast before they rise again. The USA and UK could end up propping up the whole of Steam as ther marketplace for the rest of Europe’s 650 million people look elsewhere for games software.

By: NeoXF

NeoXF — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:49:57 +0000

I thin you guys should check this…
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1203/
Look at the “Individual” price, then at the “Package”. Oh, and did I mention Full Spectrum Warriors is a free game now?

Wow, Steam is a mess right now, I don’t even know if I’m gowing to get VALVe Complete Pack anymore…

By: Lewis

Lewis — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:24:25 +0000

Original Stalker is about three quid.

By: NutMan

NutMan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:55:29 +0000

A lot of the prices quoted in this article are wrong. Civ 4 Complete is $49.99 not $59.99 USD and Bioshock is $19.99 USD not $54.99 USD

Also a commenter said that Far Cry 2 and COD 4 are $54.99 USD which is wrong. They’re both $49.99 USD

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:54:02 +0000

Just did a test and added a load of games i want to my cart.

Total comes to £152.82. Using a currency converter thats $228.355

Switch back over to Dollars on steam and it comes to $383.82/£256.849

In conclusion £=FTW!

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:04:47 +0000

To me and as for as long pay pal operates in the ol usd i can buy most things in either £ or $. So if they make any one cheaper? Thats what i pay in. Failing that i have ~~thralls~~ friends in the US.

By: Arnulf

Arnulf — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:20:14 +0000

Hehe. Way to make a discussion lively again. In secrecy I admire the Brits for their idiosyncrasies. So for the time being they can keep their precious Pound.

Anyway, importing software into Europe inflicts a kind of balance tax. So it’s not Valve to blame but the Eurocrats. But I would be careful to lay too much blame at their feet. As far as I understand it, the thing is that developing software in Euroland is way more expensive than in the Northern Americas. This is a way to evening out the odds, so to speak.