UPDATE:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads%2Fpricing-change-rollback-information-thread-latest-news-here.1031635%2F

Hello all and thanks for your feedback, Following up from yesterday, this will sound a bit schizophrenic but I have really appreciated the reactions from this forum. I have spent the last 24 hours reading your comments and feedback and replying to email (fredrik.wester@paradoxplaza.com for all of you who didn't know it); during this time I came to a couple of conclusions:

1 In regards to the price changes you are absolutely right. You deserve more transparency and better communication from Paradox when it comes to changing of our prices and pricing policy. Therefore I have decided to roll back all price changes made; any price changes will have to be for future products well communicated in advance. I just came off the phone with Steam and they say we can't do the roll-back before the Summer Sale is over (otherwise it would mean we have to take all Paradox products off the summer sale) but it will be done right after. For anyone who bought any of the games during this time (including during the summer sale) we will try to refund (if possible in the Steam platform) or reimburse with games of a value exceeding the difference. If none of this is possible (I do not in detail know the limits to the Steam platform) we will internally calculate the difference in revenue before and after the price change, double the value, and donate the money to the UNHCR.

2 Some of the frustration has been expressed due to our DLC policy and how we handle additional content for our games. Since the release of Crusader Kings 2 (Feb 14, 2012) we have adopted a policy where we release paid content and at the same time content for free even if you do not want to pay for the DLC. This means that if you only paid for the original game, you still have a completely different game today with thousands of additions, upgrades and changes. This doesn't mean you should stop giving us feedback on how we conduct our business but if you straight out just hate our DLC policy I respectfully say that we have to agree to disagree.

3 I have promised myself never to give in to mob mentality; it's one of the worst things I know and a terrible way to convince me. In fact, being a pig-headed CEO of a company that has grown from 7 people to 225 during time I have had the privilege to run it, I have probably from time to time been more prone to say "no" than "yes" when people gang up on me/us to make us change our minds - I guess partly by principle not to cave in due to pressure. In this case, my change of stance has been made from communicating with people who have been active in our community for 10+ years, people who spent thousands of hours in our games and coming to the conclusions you find above.
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Finally - as much as I love a good conspiracy theory; to be frank, the whole "Tencent bought 5% of Paradox and now they're all greedy" and "They're now a publicly traded company and therefore do things the market wish for" is below the level of intelligence of this community. I still hold 33.3% in Paradox, I am still CEO, board member and avid gamer. All you need to know is that the buck stops here. All problems/feedback can easily be sent my way, I will not always agree but I promise to listen.
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Best
Fred
fredrik.wester@paradoxplaza.com


PARADOX

Paradox Increased it's prices at alot of countries I made a detailed list at bottom.
Seems like we need to spend more money to buy endless dlc's :)

Here is an example for Russia
http://i.imgur.com/daWq94w.png
List is updated again they added some games
http://i.imgur.com/hqd97eM.png

Edit: Admin at Paradox's Forum explained why there was a price change:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/price-increase.1022680/#post-22833834

Screenshoot of it -> http://i.imgur.com/cbjIbLN.png

You can check it yourself here
https://steamdb.info/pricechanges/

Affected Countries;
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Eu Countries
Hong Kong
IndΔ±a
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Peru
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
UAE
United Kingdom


UBISOFT

UPDATE: After Paradox Ubisoft also jumped to the train. Let's hope they are the last one.

Here an example from Russia (picture is outdated they added more games now)
http://i.imgur.com/S0d6aqU.png

You can check it yourself here
https://steamdb.info/pricechanges

List of Affected Countries:

Azerbaijan
Colobia (Few Titles)
India
Mexico (Few Titles)
New Zealand
Peru (Few Titles)
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South Korea
Turkey
UAE

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Same for EU :(

Probably more price ups coming too, this week is last week to do it if you want to discount during summer sale :P

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I hope it's only Paradox :/

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6 years ago
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Pretty sure Rockstar have been a big offender for this the last few years

6 years ago
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Yeah, no sale on base game but discounted "Shark Cards" plus base game.

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I will start worry about (not really) when I finish all Civilization games I have in my library

6 years ago
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i see only for pillars now which games also?

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It's changes from region to region here full list for Russia(I'm not from Russia)
http://i.imgur.com/daWq94w.png

You can check for your country here https://steamdb.info/pricechanges/

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The annual boost-your-prices-before-summer-sales extravaganza! All studios welcome!

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^ This

6 years ago
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Even if you right, i can't remember prices being dropped down by publishers.

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Prices being dropped down all the time.

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*its

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Looks like Canada's affected, too. Disappointed.

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Preparing for steam summer sale with -75% discounts :D

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Well, i suppose i won't be buying their games anytime soon.

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Is it possible that I dont see any changes (Czech Republic)? Nvm, I can see Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny up but not EU/CK.

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Paradox is not our friend :(

6 years ago
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This developers and their love for...

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CKII was on sale until yesterday and now again lol. Don't see any price changes, only that there were better discounts a few days ago.
EDIT: Now discounts are gone again? Was this a glitch?

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Paradox has some games I really like but they have some very shady consumer practices... this seems just another example of inflating prices before the sale, in order to have a higher "discount".

I'm increasingly less inclined to give them my money.

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They can all raise prices preparing for the Summer Sale. I'm not buying anything, regardless of price.

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what other companies have done this recently? just to look out for them to avoid them during this summer

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Just bookmark this link https://steamdb.info/pricechanges/
I'm checking it everyday so

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yeah i have for now but its organization isnt exactly the best. as of right now just looking out for paradox and rockstar as red flags during this sale

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Good reason to stop buying their games

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Good thing I never bought their games anyway

6 years ago
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While this kind of sucks, I only care how the sale price compares to the historical lowest. Always check IsThereAnyDeal or get EnhancedSteam plugin.

6 years ago
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I think raising price is common practice with most consumer goods before a sale? Not just games. Just look at Christmas period for example. It's always the discount that catches peoples eye as opposed to the actual price & most people probably don't check the price of something they want to buy before a sale starts to the new sale price. Sometimes it ends up more expensive on sale, which I find amusing.

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It's common, but it still blows.

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It's illegal in many countries.

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Oldest trick in the book. This is why you never buy something based on what percent it says it's discounted by.

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I can confirm that they raised some of the game prices in South Africa. The dlc for Pillars of Eternity is 19% more, won't be buying it then :(

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Sorry :( Fixed it now :)

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:)

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I know they're based in Stockholm, but is that the base for their currency conversion as well?

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I think it's likely that Gustavus Adolphus required more funds for his war chest. For the Lion from the North!

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I'm pretty sure Gigau just moderates the forums, isn't in contact with Paradox in any way

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Yeah saw that already in April @ CK2 Collection form 144.99 to 256,17€ here ^.^

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That's a huge hike... Is it because they added DLC to the collection and raised prices to reflect the added content, or... just a price hike?

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I just notice other day. Some of the Bandai Namco games have increased their price in Turkey too.

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