If you pay for public toilets in Europe it is around 1-2€ and in Turkey it is 1-2 TL. I can go to toilet 9 times more suckers!

As i mentioned in another topic CV system works as intended. If they can buy for 32 $ they will still get full CV. It doesnt matter unless it is below %90 or something. And this includes all regions, you dont wait for only US price go that down. In any region if it goes down %90 below US price it is considered bundled.

Also I really want to see how those people would react the other side of the coin where they would get the CV of bundle price exactly not games seperatly.

I'm very grateful for paying $12 on Humble Monthly Bundle (or Choice whatever) to get half region locked games.

It's easier for many to dislike something than it is to try and see another's perspective. Thank you for providing some perspective.
You have a wonderful day as well.

Only time I've ever seen it referenced as unfair is when you pay more to get the same or less- ie, Europe paying USD prices but in Euros, or as vini noted above, when you pay USD and get region locked games. Outside of that, I've mostly only ever seen appreciation for regional pricing [ie, by those from low income regions], outside of where it causes issues, such as with Steam restricting gifting, or where it causes exploitation (eg, by resellers, or within certain rare SG groups).

Definitely don't recall seeing the CV issue you noted (outside of the exploitation I just mentioned) on SG, or any meaningful discussion on such- as Aeshma already noted, the CV system already accounts for regional pricing, so there's not much basis in complaining over any correlated issues between CV and regional elements. Complants over gifting annoyances (such as with Steam gifting locks or with getting restricted keys in bundles) or general SG misbehavior (which may manifest via cv or listing exploitation of one sort or another), sure, but nothing based in a direct connection between CV and regoinal pricing.

I haven't seen many Turkish people around, so hi!

İnternette ne zaman başka Türk görsem şaşırıyorum, nedendir bilinmez.

I'm from Russia, we have a minimum wage of 11 000 rubles = $145... at the same time, there is inflation in the country, and savings have been frozen for 6 years in a row (the state refuses to pay % on the money that citizens deduct to the pension Fund, as a result, pensions are gradually devalued)

to be honest, in this situation, the price of games is the last thing that bothers me :(

Well. We Iranian people can not even afford a single game!
Here, average wage is ~ $100 a month...
And worse, Steam wouldn't even let us to use it's store :(

A blessing and a curse depending on the publisher.

I agree with you. We all should appreciate what we have more than we do.

The funny fact is that most people in the world are living better than the kings did in middle ages and most people will try more different foods during their first 20 years of life than kings did in their entire life.

allah yardimciniz olsun kardesim. türkiyenin ekonomik durumu su an cok kötü. insallah düzelir en kisa zamanda. oyun konusunda türkiyenin iyi tarafi sanirim, korsancilarin isi daha rahat degilmi? filim olsun, oyun olsun. yoksa öyle degilmi? akrabalarimi ziyaret ettigimde herkes korsan filimler ve oyunlara sahipti.

I agree with you, as a gamer and a gamedev of sorts. Sure, developers have the right to set the price for their game and I've been using this to keep my game between $1 and $2 in all the markets, but I still think people whose monthly income is lower than USA/EU, not due to their fault but the standard in their country, GDP, market... should have the price adjusted too. Sure, games are LUXURY but even the price of a cake is adjusted to the market (which is why western tourists find all the food and lodging so cheap in "our parts of the world"), so why not a game or a TV.

Sadly, my country which is below Turkey pays EU prices for games and even higher markup prices for computer parts so... yeah... I wish we had regional pricing.

Thank you very much for this extremely helpful thread which will help heal the divide that has plagued SteamGifts for years eversince Steam introducted regional pricing, by repeating stuff we've been hearing for almost half a decade. I'm sure it won't create further animosity.

By the way to what email adress at Valve do I have to send my tax return so I can get Turkish prices?

i'm against regional prices because i would rather have all the idiots complaining about regions getting cheaper prices, pay for the wage difference we have.

i wouldn't mind having my 450 usd average wage turned into ~$3500. i swear i would start buying games at $60 on release.

My salary is 502 USD / month. My rent costs 188 USD / month. PS5 costs 1042 USD, PS5 games cost 88 USD. If it weren't for Steam, PC gaming and regional pricing, I'd have given up gaming a long time ago.

We don't get to choose the where we're born. We shouldn't be punished for something we have no control over. AND A PRODUCT WITH A 0 MARGINAL COST SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE REGIONAL PRICING. It's f**king retarded for some devs to NOT use the regional pricing (looking at you EA). You'll either get my 30 dollars or you'll get nothing. Why the hell would you choose nothing ?

I was really scared when Steam said that they would not use more regional prices here in Argentina, because the games are really cheap, compared if i bought them in dollars, now for example i'm saving to buy cyberpunk. Thank god they keep the store

I lost my job as bartender, thanks to this stupid government and their love to the quarentine, but i found another job, i won AR$18.000 per month. Cyberpunk 2077 it's AR$2.199 on Argentina, you may said, that's unfair to other countries

Almost everyone lost their job thanks to the quarentine, more than 60.000 small business closed, and the dollar, we have like 5 diferents dollars (oficial, blue, solidario, etc) and the one to buy in digital plataforms, is AR$200, AR$12.000 if i want Cyberpunk 2077 on other plataforms.

Yine gerçekler yüzüme tokat gibi çarptı...

Even within countries there are differences. In the U.S., the area with the highest median income, in San Francisco, is a whopping $8000 per month, but in Little River, California, the annual median income is $3194 that's $266 per month

At the same time, cost of living also varies significantly. In places like San Francisco and New York, a salary that seems very high anywhere else is actually really low.
That $8000/month salary in San Francisco comes down to $5700 after tax. Which sounds high, until you realize that median rent is $4200 a one-bedroom apartment costs an average of $3500, health insurance is at least $400 per month, a typical family spends $430 on food, and regular bills (electric, phone/internet, TV, transportation) will easily be another $300-$500. And on top of that, most people have student loans to pay off college often costs $50,000 or more per year
Activities are also more expensive - movie tickets are $15 per person, restaurants can easily be $50 per person, etc.

As weird as it sounds, I know plenty of people who earn $100,000 per year (or more), who can barely make ends meet.

I live in South Africa, and our pricing for games are somewhat lower than the direct US dollar conversion on Steam.
You'd think then that I'd be using this system as many have suggested moving up the ranks on my CV.
This, however, is not the case. Unfortunately, there aren't an exceeding number of South Africans on SG and even fewer who'd want some of the lower end games, as it's not always easy to create a GA for AAA titles.
I've attempted two games previously region-locked to SA. I struggled to get the required 5 entries to validate the GA and receive the CV.
As such, I have to do GAs for games from international resellers and bundles for which there aren't the benefits of the reduced price per region.
The exchange rate is a killer, and has been getting progressively worse year on year since I've joined SG.
So, I'm grateful (OP to check typo on title :P) for region-based pricing reduction, but no, I can't use it to my advantage to climb the ranks as many suggest.

While it is 2.970 Dollars for a month in USA (According to a person who works five days a week, 9 hours a day)

I don't live in the US, but I'm pretty sure minimum wage isn't this high there, except maybe in some very limited areas.
Wikipedia seems to say around $11 an hour for the average minimum wage. But $7.25/hour as far as the federal minimum wage goes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States

Ps fiyatlarını yazında adamlar birim fiyat nedir öğrensinler :))

Nope.
Does no one understand that regional pricing is collusion between businesses to set a fixed price?

Just to add; how much you make in the USA depends on where you live. My room mate only make 1,160 a month, and the government takes 17% (That's 200 dollars) of that. I make less than 800 after taxes and have to be room mates with someone else, just to pay the bills and we NEVER have money left over, because there is always back bills to pay.

But I am thankful my parents that disowned me give me a hundred dollars each year for my birthday. I use that for humble and would have no games otherwise. Though I think it'll be a while before they put Cyberpunk on HB Monthly. lol

Oh, just to add, I've never complained that other countries get lower prices. I mean, there is a reason they do. Not like companies just love those countries more for no reason. You're 100% right on that part.

Well, I'm from Hungary and as being from a member state of the EU (European Union) I pay the highest price for every game, in most cases even more than someone from the US. AND even though the average wage is about 3-4x more in Germany than the one we earn here, we must still pay as much as they do, since we are both EU member states...

How about that? :D

Let me put it this way:
Would you want to be charged more money on something because of your race?
Would you like it if someone else paid less because of your race or their race?
That is what different prices on digital goods is exactly.
Do you want to support this sort of thing??????

It is clearly not based on income, cost of living, or gdp.

Just be glad others are paying part of your cost for your digital goods you are paying less for.