Philippine Peso, and ironically (in context with your joke about it being 'bad" for other reasons) one of the lowest prices on the steam store ;)
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I wish I could buy games from other regions and not get banned :(
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good thing ? or bad thing ? i'm pretty sure the answer is ... :)
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No BRL. I actually contacted their support about adding BRL a few years ago and they said it was something they wanted to do sooner rather than later. Apparently, that was a lie.
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Not one south american currency. But we still have region locks on games, right?
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No kidding. Also, taking a look around this thread shows most countries affected have no problem at all buying with USD. Most people are complaining because the price will increase with their regional currency. But for South America, not only it's a hassle to buy with USD, it usually takes a lot of extra fees such as international card fees and paypal fees, and that's combined with the ridiculous 4-1 average ratio of conversion of our currencies to USD. So they screw people over while not helping those who could actually benefit from regional currency.
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Have you tried using Revolut? I use if for international purchases and the exchange rate and fees are much better.
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I had never heard of it, but I've looked it up and yeah, I'll give it a chance and see what it's all about. Thanks.
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No regional prices for countries that really need regional prices :\
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Lemme guess, 1 USD = 1 EUR for those brightest minds running HB (into the ground).
Just checked my Humble Store wishlist and yeah, they "subverted my expectations" alright!
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That sucks. I remember buying 1$ tiers with less than an euro.
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TBH I'm surprised that this hasn't happened sooner. The VAT for EU purchases has been coming out of their margin for years, and this is a convenient way to reduce that cost in a subtle way that they can put a positive spin on.
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Nothing positive for the consumer, of course. How IGNorant of us to even consider that as an option in their book.
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Which one doesn't? I only know we have different VAT rates.
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All non european UNION countries that are located in Europe.
Like in the Balkan.
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Ah yeah I thought the EUR would only be imposed in EU countries. Sorry for the confusion
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You know that VAT is changeable for every product ?
You have A priced Vat (alcohol,smokes), B lower VAT (pharmacy), C much lower VAT (made in your country), No vat (technology,videogames), depends on what are you buying.
Every country is different,most poor countries don't have VAT on video games.
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Please, give me a list of those European countries with 0% VAT on videogames. Well, 2 or 3 will suffice.
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Every country outside E.UNION but located in Europe.
You can check on gamivo dot com when your game is in cart, for every Union country there is VAT in different percentages,but outside Union is 0%
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I meant official tax sources/documents, not a shady key reseller who cheats on taxes, lol.
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https://i.ibb.co/QYrkM5t/ddddddddddddddddddddddd.jpg
How is this cheating,the reseller is located in Malta and i have never had a problem with them.
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First, let's get back to those official sources/documents of European countries with 0% VAT on videogames.
Second, it doesn't mean that VAT outside of EU is 0%, only that you can lie about your location if you live in EU and not pay it...
Go to you local videogames shop and ask what real VAT rate is. At least they will have a laugh.
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You are full of shit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax#Non-European_Union_countries
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Read the reduced rate current smartass , alot is 0%
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Those are some special exemptions. Dot they apply to games?
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Yes they do. Not just games but all kinds of DIGITAL goods,like software and subscriptions.
Physical copy is different story but digital products have no VAT whatsoever (cause they don't go through customs and stuff like that)
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I'm fairly certain we have double or even triple VAT.
For example Nintendo switch costs 420 euros here. From what i understand its about 300 in Germany.
Though i guess it may not be tax, just that everyone is corrupt and takes a cut of the sales of nearly everything, not just electronics
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It really shouldn't of been hard to guess at all considering the Euro is almost the same value as the dollar now.
You can find the rate here.
https://www.x-rates.com/table/?from=USD&amount=1
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Euro has never been lower than dollar ..ever.
It's always stable and cost more than dollar.
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That maybe depends on your local currency i guess.
Euro is always 61 - 61.5 denars and dollar is always 53-55.5 denars here.
just checked
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You just misunderstood the data. The first column shows the value of $1 and the second is the inverted value. They don't represent the range the Euro is moving in between, as you suggested. The Euro really never was worth less than US$1.
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The Euro really never was worth less than US$1.
Not true, you'd just have to go way back. Around 2000 it was roughly the other way round to the current exchange rate. With the dollar being worth more than the Euro. See:
https://www.macrotrends.net/2548/euro-dollar-exchange-rate-historical-chart
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Yes, that's correct I made a mistake. Thanks for letting me know, I've removed it from my comment.
As for the value of the Euro being lower than the dollar, it has though according to the article linked below.
https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-the-euro-to-dollar-conversion-its-history-3306091
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It's not a min/max table. The first column is the value in other currencies. The second column is the exchange rate (1USD/1st column value). 1USD worth 0.91 EUR and for 1 EUR I'll get 1,09 USD.
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Since December 2002 Euro was always higher than USD.
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Since € prices include VAT, I don't see a problem with that.
$1 + 20% = 1.09944982 €
https://www.google.com/search?q=%241+%2B+20%25+%3D+%E2%82%AC
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It's not like I even care any longer, since Humble Choice "Classic" is still being charged in USD. They backpedaled swiftly when they saw threats of people cancelling their Choice subscriptions.
As for the Humble "weeklies", they've been so lame in the past year, that I barely bought even Tier 1 on some of them, nevermind purchasing Tier 2 or 3. They know where to shove the new currency rates.
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Can I pay with $ if I want to? As with regional pricing EUR and GBP most of the times costing me more than paying with $?
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Probably only via masked internet connection as they determine the regions based on IP addresses.
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Worst thing ever for anyone living in poor parts of Europe or most part of the continent,the prices gonna be much more expensive cause 1$ is not 1Euro
Literally everything gonna be more expensive just like on steam store.
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For people from the EU who doesn't use EUR (such as me from Sweden), this change is just bad. We still have to pay for currency conversion AND get a worse exchange rate on top of that (Humble's). People from countries who use EUR doesn't have to pay conversion rates from their CC anymore.
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At first I thought "at least 1 euro would be better than switching to 10 SEK" but then you realize, other currencies are so expensive nowadays so it's pretty much the same price. But yeah, I'm just tired of having euro forced on me in general. Hopefully it isn't as bad as what Fanatical does.
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Also known as "We're making everything more expensive outside the US".
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Bit weird but doesn't look too bad:
First tier is BS. 1€=1£=1$
But rest for example last book bundle:
7.5€ 6£ 8$
13.5€ 11.5£ 15$
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IGN - nothing will change = they slowly change everything.
If its 1€ = $1... its another shit from HB.. like 7€ more exepensive monthly than before.
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So, even choice is now going to be local currency? They used to say old plans keep being USD except for the new plans.
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And This month i will have yearly renewal... F$%*
And yes i am sure it will be much higher price then USD...
EDIT: and of course EURO is still not my country currency = i will pay conversion rates anyway but will pay more..
EDIT2: Now i am not sure if my renewal will be in EURO or USD (paused for now).
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For anyone wanting to compare pricing, the book bundle released today has regional pricing on it.
The tiers are $1.50/$12/$23 in NZD.
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1.50/10.50/20.00 in CAD.
It's a little bit more expensive for the first tier now, It used to be around 1.33 CAD for a first tier bundle when converted from US dollars.
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Wow... thats a big jump they are forcing us to pay. I'd much rather pay the US price and let my card do the conversion. Its way lower then what HB wants.
Pretty much no more bundles other then my Prepaid HB sub. Guess it will likely jump way up when it renews as well.
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50/500/950rub in RUSSIA
for example before price changing it costed 65/520/975rub (1$/8$/15$)
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Oh, that seems ok. Those tiers are all slightly less than the amount we'd pay in USD, nice :)
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P50/P400/P750 in PHP which roughly translates to the USD values anyway as 1 USD is P50. So they just changed currencies but it's still essentially on US prices.
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humble is getting worse by the day. from fantastic bundles with awesome pricing they went to greedy assholes which will make any other bad company in the gaming business look decent in the nearest future.
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TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK YEAH
edit. Ehh, i thought it will be lile Steam.
It is close to old price :/ Fine change i guess.
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now its 1€ for me, which is more than 1$. This will be 46,96zł(OLD) vs 51,25(NEW) for monthly. Not much u think? But its 10% difference
+i will be converted twice($ to € and then € to PLN)
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The greed is taking them to the wrong side slowly. Who nows if the Year subscription i paid last October is going to be the last thing i buy from them...
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Detruire,
thanks for link.
it is 50rub/500rub/950rub at RU at least we save fees
hope that all games won't be region locked
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a lot of ppl would use a VPN and buy via russia if the games werent region locked.
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Actually, there is a euro in the difference. Usually, a 12 USD bundle would be just under 11 eur. At the current exchange rate 12USD = 11EUR.
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I can confirm that I pay more that I should with a simple exchange rate. At the moment, 12$ = 11€. But for this Humble Choice, I paid 11.43€.
Since I'm curious, I checked my previous purchases, because in my mind, a Monthly was about 10.50€. For the record, I use PayPal, that might be the reason why I pay that little extra.
My Monthlies from 2019 :
December : 9.46€ (with a 2$ voucher, so 11.XX€ full price)
November : 11.29€
September : 8.43€ (with a 3$ voucher, so 11.XX€ full price)
My Monthlies from 2018 :
September : 10.67€
August : 10.61€
July : 10.64€
June : 10.62€
March : 10.05€
February : 10.32€
January : 10.53€
My Monthlies from 2017 :
October : 10.46€
June : 10.01€ (nice !)
So basically 10.XX€ in 2017 and 2018, and boom, 11.XX€ in 2019 and 2020.
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It's Paypal rates, they always charge more than the actual rates
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Prices are :
Premium 19.99$ - 17.99€
Basic 14.99$ - 13.99€
Lite 4.99$ --> 4.49€
I don't know the classic plan but it must be the same thing.
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Classic users are unaffected for this regional price change:
- There are no regional prices for classic and it will remain $12USD + applicable taxes.
- The only way a Classic subscriber will see or receive regional pricing is if they cancel their subscription and then purchase a Choice subscription (Lite, Basic, Premium) the following month.
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Coming soon: bundle pricing is in your local currency
Today, we’re making purchasing more consistent across our store, bundles and Humble Choice by introducing regional pricing for all of our bundles. The following currencies are supported for bundles: EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, NZD, TRY, RUB, and PHP.
Please note, for live bundles launched before today, the currency is still in USD.
https://blog.humblebundle.com/2020/02/10/announcing-regional-pricing-for-bundles/
*Classic users are unaffected for this regional price change:
There are no regional prices for classic and it will remain $12USD + applicable taxes.
The only way a Classic subscriber will see or receive regional pricing is if they cancel their subscription and then purchase a Choice subscription (Lite, Basic, Premium) the following month.
https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/DWb9wQD
https://www.x-rates.com/table/?from=USD&amount=1
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