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Valve has adjusted regional pricing in both Argentina and Turkey meaning that users in those countries, as of 20 November, now pay in US dollars rather than Turkish lira or the Argentine peso. The aim, according to Valve, is to assist developers so they don’t have to constantly adjust prices to keep up with what PC Gamer’sdescribesas volatile Turkish and Argentinian currencies.
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One usersaid, “Argentinian here. Yesterday, I spent 46K (Argentine pesos) on some games. Now, with the new prices, it would cost me 701K,” while anotheradded, “When a couple games cost around your salaries, that’s not funny at all.” User TucumanPAPAsaid, “Mortal Kombat 1price after the new price change is more than my entire monthly salary […] This literally killed the small but loyal market we have here.”
In their report, PC Gamer notes that Argentinian and Turkish users have informed the site of incredibly high taxes on top of these new prices, further increasing costs. It’s a really unfortunate situation, and one that there may be no clear solution for anytime soon.
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