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Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

In theory, this should make games "more accessible to a larger audience." But, as Water CS2 says, "The problem lies in the data Valve uses to make these suggestions." According to the YouTuber, Valve hasn't updated its conversion rates since 2022, when it first introduced the regional pricing system. At that point in time, "the Polish currency was near its weakest" – but Steam is still "using this weak old rate" from three years ago.

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JayGray91@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Maybe I’m just misunderstanding the quote, but I’m pretty sure regional pricing have been around at least since 2010s.

Maybe I should RTFA

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Ugurcan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Fun side note: It’s Yannis Varoufakis, who would later become Greece Finance Minister during the turmoils, started the whole Regional Pricing (and the very first item marketplace with TF2) when he was Valve’s CFO.

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