I suspect piracy will become increasingly popular in these countries

  • Lojcs@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I hope they don't expect people to actually pay in usd and instead offer the conversion themselves. Because I can't imagine people maintaining usd credit cards just to purchase games from steam.

    Otherwise, this could be a positive change as publishers can now set prices without the "what if the currency loses half its value tomorrow" insurance margin.

    Edit: steamdb has a chart of the new regional pricing. It's 50% higher than the current one for tl and 150% higher for peso.

    • Alisu [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      You can purchase in foreign currency with any international card, there's a bit of a fee though.

    • XTornado@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I mean... If the currency is that unstable... I would expect people doing that and having accounts with dollars or euros, saving money in a currency that moves more than a rollercoaster it's not great.

      • Lojcs@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        They have savings accounts in dollars or pinned to the dollar, not spending accounts. But looking it up it seems tl credit cards can pay in usd + maybe a conversion fee so I guess it wouldn't be such a deal breaker