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Antabus on 12 November 2010
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Foamer said:
Antabus said:
Foamer said:
Antabus said:

I guess that is one more thing which I hate steam for. Their pricing policies for different regions. In €-region(!), you will save a whopping 2,2€. That is not too much, but considering that you can't sell the game you buy from steam, the deal is a bad one.

'Their' pricing policies are actually set by the various publishers.

Yes, their. The companies who sell their games through steam. Duh.

So why do you hate Steam for it? Surely the real problem would be if Valve/ Steam were setting the prices themselves and refusing to allow publishers any leeway.

 

Ok.. I think there was some kind of miscommunication from my part. I know that publishers set the price for their games, kind of. They agree on how much the publisher gets from a sold game on steam and valve takes some money for the sale, too. They don't decide the price individiually for every region and their cut on the sale does not depend on where the game was sold.

It is the service provider who decides to screw europeans with their pricing.