Steam prices in Europe and USA

Publishers can decide on prices, and this doesn't always result in equal prices for other regions.

That is the bad part about living in Europe. Best would be if we were all gamebuyingrussians jobhavingLuxembourgers etc etc

But I am still happy - wait. That explains why that guy from USA traded me CoD Ghosts for Skyrim LE. That was a clear win win lol :D

All European purchases must be charged with VAT ( 15-21% tax ) , US Byers do not pay VAT yet but Senat is workin on this issue lol

This is nothing. Darkspore was $19 in the US and E49 in EU :)).
This is one of the main reasons I usually buy games on sales or I buy retail Steam (this one's cheaper then games on sale LOL).
Publishers have the right to decide how much a game costs so there's nothing Valve can do.
So wait for sales or make friends over the ocean and from Russia. Just make sure those games from Russia aren't region locked :D

Answer is easy. Price are different because we-customers allow it. If everyone from Europe would say "screw you publisher for treating us like this" they would change prices to more fair.

Just like publishers said about Australia - they pay more because they are willing to pay more. If Aussies wouldn't buy any new game for those $80, nobody would try to sell them for that kind of money.

steam wants more money that's all

really? You only just realised that different regions have different prices?

I hate it too.
I didn't buy LA Noire @ summer getaway sale because it costed € 10 while it was $ 3,75 in the US (= € 2,82).
I feel ripped off when they do something like that.

The reason because they do this is for the "regional value". People in Europe willing to / able to pay more for it so they ask more.

I know prices for Ireland are a bit over an euro higher than they are for customers in Estonia. So they aren't even the same in all of Europe

It's normal that prices are different.
Currency exchange rates don't tell the whole story.
People in the US get lower wages than people from Belgium.
Minimum wages of Belgium is € 1500 /month (or more) for 38 hours/week.
While in the US it's something like $ 1000 (= € 750).
Life in Belgium is also more expensive so you can't say we earn twice as much but we do earn more.
It's fair and it isn't.

I'm sorry, but you need some full stops in that group of words. As of now, you strike me as someone who just had his lunch money taken and is trying to explain what happened to a teacher.

Europe prices suck for the most part.

Your opinion has been noted, checked, classified and put into database by NSA. Have a nice weekend.

I'm not buying whenever I see this shit in my disadvantage

It is all about control. You allow this to happen. Bypass region restrictions and you get locked out of trading.