Steam Midweek Deal: Psychonauts costs $2/£1/€2

[Rhonin the wizard]

NJ5 said:

NiKKoM said:
Why do I pay more? it's not like there are transport costs to europe... >_<"!!
Even de Appstore is more fair in exchange rates then steam..

Partly because of taxes, I'm sure.

The other part is... because European gamers are willing to pay more, I guess. If we weren't, they would have to drop prices.

 

The biggest VAT in an European country is 25%, not over 40%. Before they introduced the euro and pound on Steam, to the price was added a VAT that differed from country to country. Without the VAT the prices were basically the same, with some small exceptions. Now we Europeans would have to pay over 40% more on the majority of games available on Steam. Personally I only buy games that are at discount(under 10euro) or priced fairly(within 20% of the USA price) in Europe.