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echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

The whole thing is stupid anyway.

If I have a game that I’m selling for $30 that doesn’t necessarily mean that I convert into the local currency and sell that game for $30 in Nigeria (I have no idea what currency they use in Nigeria).

I might not be able to sell the game for $30 in Nigeria because that might be 3 months of the annual income. But I don’t want to totally give up on the Nigerian market so I sell the game for $5, that way at least I’m still selling the game for some money.

To be honest I would probably prefer not to be basin my game pricing on the US dollar anyway right now. It doesn’t seem like the most stable currency. Not many never was anyway.

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Shiggles@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Sure, but people just set their VPN to Nigeria and bought their games for $5. This isn’t the cleanest solution, but they can’t just do what you said.

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- Gutek8134@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  According to my flatmate, it’s already been a thing for some time
  
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  - Ugurcan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It’s been a thing since forever. There’s an industry revolving around regional pricing scalping, led by Kinguin, Eneba etc…
    
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- chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  You a can also buy common university textbooks from India at a fraction of the price they sell for in the US. I say take your deals where you can get them!
  
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Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
But it’s the opposite in NZ and Aus, we pay more when converted back to USD while the spending power is much less.

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- echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Well if it’s AZ, my game would probably have been banned.
  
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- prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Don’t you guys have a VAT?
  
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