Comment on "Valve must stop making excuses": Steam under fire for "significant price disparity for PC games," causing regional pricing that's "often 20% to 30% higher than the dollar equivalent"
stuner@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The Polish price includes 23% VAT, no?
That would mean a $70 game in the US costs $86.10 in Poland. Not $100. The math doesn‘t check out for a lot of games I think.
Yes, and it should probably be cheaper in Poland. But it’s really 17% more expensive in this case, not 44% (or 30% as the article calculates).
Yeah I was curious where the 30% was originating when it looks like 45%
It’s either +44% (from $70) or -31% (from $101). Percentages are weird…
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That would mean a $70 game in the US costs $86.10 in Poland. Not $100. The math doesn‘t check out for a lot of games I think.
stuner@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes, and it should probably be cheaper in Poland. But it’s really 17% more expensive in this case, not 44% (or 30% as the article calculates).
WR5@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah I was curious where the 30% was originating when it looks like 45%
stuner@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s either +44% (from $70) or -31% (from $101). Percentages are weird…