phrozenfayte
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- Apr 9, 2010
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Americans complaining about the cost of their games is a joke. We pay exactly double for games over here in Australia. $99 for any standard game and $120 for any AAA game. This used to be fine when our dollar was half that compared to america, but we're now 93c vs the american dollar and growing steadily, its ridiculous.
It used to be quite fine to purchase games on steam in american dollars, even with a 2% conversion rate, you could save almost 40% of the standard game cost. A 30usd american game is easily found on the shelves here for $100 aud. However Developers have noticed that australian's have basically accepted paying double, and thus if you log into steam with any australian IP address causes the prices on steam to double for certain games.
Dragon Age for $39 usd, modern warfare 2 for $79 usd, borderlands for $89 usd. Disgusting.
It used to be quite fine to purchase games on steam in american dollars, even with a 2% conversion rate, you could save almost 40% of the standard game cost. A 30usd american game is easily found on the shelves here for $100 aud. However Developers have noticed that australian's have basically accepted paying double, and thus if you log into steam with any australian IP address causes the prices on steam to double for certain games.
Dragon Age for $39 usd, modern warfare 2 for $79 usd, borderlands for $89 usd. Disgusting.