Steam regional pricing error?

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While bargin hunting yesterday I seen Lord of the Rings: War in the North was 75% off on GMG. Looking on Steam it is $73.99 here in Austalia and $5 on GMG ($4 with 20% off code). For those who don't know, Australian's gets screwed big time on computer games, so called "shipping costs". Usually on new games, this is $20. Checking with a friend in USA confirmed that the normal price there is $19.99, so I am guessing this is just another Steam pricing error. Maybe trying to make up for the Sleeping Dogs for 85% off at the end ot the summer sale, I only just missed out on that one, didn't confirm fast enough:(
So it would be amusing to hear if anyone else seen extreme regional pricing differences, real or errors. Russian prices obviously excluded:)

12 years ago*

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MrCastiglia

I'm just going to say Alice Madness Returns. 45€ here, 20$ on NA.

I think there is not a better example of this, well Darkspore maybe.

And yeah, you aussies are even screwed harder when it comes to prices.

12 years ago

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wuut

sims 3 isn't that extreme but still costs around 10€ more than dollars.

12 years ago

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AzatothAU

It is mostly only new AAA games that have the shipping cost added. Once they have got what they can out of us, price will go to mormal. Of course it doesnt stop us from having friends overseas who can help us buy for their price :)

12 years ago

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nu1mlock

Sleeping Dogs was 91% off.

It's not a pricing error on Steam's part, it's just that the publisher doesn't want the game to be cheaper - so it's not.

12 years ago

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AzatothAU

Sorry, yes was 91% :). Still I doubt it the publishers choice to charge $54 extra. Like I said, it is $20 extra for a new game, which this isn't. The game is around $20 - $30 in stores here.

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WSS

Alice 50$ here, 20$ NA.
Sims 3 30$ here, 20$ NA.

and it continues with every fucking EA games,

12 years ago

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bobofatt

Maybe trying to make up for the Sleeping Dogs for 85% off

This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

12 years ago

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AzatothAU

Well I forgot it was 91% off. One error is under pricing, other overpricing. I am assuming this is overprice error anyway.

12 years ago

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bobofatt

% doesn't matter. They're not going to hike up one game in one region to make up for some losses taken on a pricing error on a different game in a different region a month ago. They wouldn't even do it to the same game in the same region. That's not how business works.

The money lost over Sleeping Dogs is simply money lost from their overall profits. They don't "make up" for it, they just continue on business as usual.

12 years ago

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service4nopurpose

a pricing error was two worlds 2 velvet edition for 15 cents or 0.15 usd

12 years ago

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Zlia

Nothing unusual there.
You can expect everything to be cheapest in the USA, because they're sooooo poor...
(Or, cuz, y'know, most publishers are from there. But that's just an assumption.)

12 years ago

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AzatothAU

Yes I read about this seen this thrown about when someone in Europe complained they were paying more becuase a Euro is not equal to $1USD lol.

12 years ago

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RainBoom

59.99 EUR=80.6693 USD

12 years ago

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