Yes, I think more people will turn to that.
It won't help with region-locked games obviously, but every time something gets more expensive people will seek out cheaper alternatives if there are any. It's not as convenient as the Store and there is more risk if you don't know any trustworthy traders yet, but I'm sure some people will try out traders for the first time as a result of this if it happens. As much as it might be bad news for Britons it could be good news for Brazilians and Russians.
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tax loophole this and tax loophole that... The fact is, even the rich middle class are avoiding tax in England. It's going down the gutter and the poor will suffer the most. We're suppose to have one of the strongest currency in the world, and yet we pay so much to tax.
This will only increase piracy or buying it from other traders in different countries.
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It had to happen at some point. At least I can now legitimately complain about tax avoidance without inadvertently doing it myself with every purchase.
There's nothing a Brit likes more than to grumble! :D
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Maybe the devs/publishers will "swallow" the extra cost?
I mean, they're already selling the games cheaper in Russia or Brazil, w/o making a loss.
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I'd say this is small possibility, but they didn't swallow back when Steam didn't have EU-branch and was already under similar law (paying different VAT rates per country) and price was different in each EU country.
On other hand prices are pretty much same everywhere independent of where seller is (their VAT rate), but this might be because of Steam prices would be lower and no one would buy.
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Depends on the game.
You might also want to factor in the relative incomes of the countries. If you're in, say, Scandinavia, you probably have a better deal than those in the UK regardless of whether or not the UK price comes to 5 euro more or less, but if like me, you're in Hungary, the steam prices are kind of ridiculous even though I pay the same amount of euros as our hypothetical Scandinavian.
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Did you check these?
Maybe you guys in the Euro zone have just as many bad prices too and as the other guy said, it depends on the game. From my own experience in the past, I found Euro prices to be cheaper most of the time but not all of the time. I haven't done a full survey though.
I'll stand by what I said about the Aussies though, they get shafted and Euros or Pounds, we're both paying more than the Americans.
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If there was a tax loophole being used why the hell were we getting stiffed on the price conversions at all ?
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Possibly, according to IGN as some sort of tax loophole was closed at the recent budget.
We already pay more than most of the world when it comes to regional pricing, I think the poor people who have the Australian store front are the only ones who consistently pay more. Can't say I'd be happy if this happens, and I suppose more people would start trading for games.
As the article states, it's not just Steam store prices that could be affected, but anywhere that digital goods are sold. :(
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