For the sake of piracy, and their message, don’t buy from key Gen sites, as well. They not only are flat out stealing, profiteering like mother fuckers, but over and over again.
Don’t pay for organized crime when you can do it yourself if ya gotta. Cut the scalpers out.
I didn’t know this, and I recently bought a key through one of those sites. Put in my card details at checkout and got the key, and got a message from my bank saying the transaction has been declined due to security reasons. So my money never ended up going to them, but I still got the key. I unknowingly scammed the scammers!
Valve does a relatively good job with regional pricing. But after last year’s readjustments price in India is at the very least 50% more expensive than it used to be.
No, our economy didn’t improve to warrant this change, it’s in fact tabled heavily, and disposable income has also shrunk but a lot. It’ll get a lot worse too, as our policies become worse and worse.
There are other countries in similar situations where the prices were adjusted to be cheaper, but not in India, sadly.
So while Valve usually does a good job, they didn’t this time. We can’t expect individual developers to manually keep track of global economies and set their own prices, so it’s very understandable for then to just say they trust Valve for this. I just hope more of them realize that Valve is not perfect in how they go about it.
This is sometimes the case with god forsaken countries like Venezuela, we’ve had the same prices as US since forever and we’re the worst economy in the whole continent and rank among the top 10 in the world, so yeah sometimes is just bad luck or maybe even due to international policies that regular costumers are not aware of.
See I hate that the game company’s lose out but some games I’d rather have a legitimate copy so I can get my achievements and shit so key resalers are the only cheap way of getting a legitimate copy of the game, Wish there was a way to differentiate between the stolen keys and non stolen keys.
Before I show myself out, I’ll just say some use them as a progression indicator without looking up a guide while others enjoy that sweet dopamine rush.
I don’t know how it is in the US, but in my country Steam regional pricing doesn’t apply and the game can be about 5-7% of my paycheck for a AAA game (before “microtransactions” that is) which doesn’t seem like a lot at first, but it still seems like a lot in my mind.
regional pricing isn’t always applied. Egypt still has USD pricing making a $60 game a quarter the median monthly income making that $60 game the equivalent of $700
Same in Vietnam. The average gamer demographic makes like 15k-25k VND/hr. That’s like $.60-$.1.10 an hour. So 55-110 hours of labor for a video game. Everyone here is a pirate, and rightfully so.
Still legally 7.25 unless there are local laws superceding it. Though effectively, most places are starting at 10ish minimum, often closer to 15 for fast food/grocery type jobs in my area.
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They should be like the devs of Hotline Miami and just straight up provide the torrent lol
Imagine EA providing the torrent and thanking Skidrow for the great work on removing Denuvo lol
For the sake of piracy, and their message, don’t buy from key Gen sites, as well. They not only are flat out stealing, profiteering like mother fuckers, but over and over again.
Don’t pay for organized crime when you can do it yourself if ya gotta. Cut the scalpers out.
I didn’t know this, and I recently bought a key through one of those sites. Put in my card details at checkout and got the key, and got a message from my bank saying the transaction has been declined due to security reasons. So my money never ended up going to them, but I still got the key. I unknowingly scammed the scammers!
Bonus points! Double piracy!
They fucking deserve it.
Holly shit, this is pretty damn awesome!
OTOH Running with Scissors sucks major ass
I respect that, even though I really don’t enjoy their games so I probably won’t 😆
Valve does a relatively good job with regional pricing. But after last year’s readjustments price in India is at the very least 50% more expensive than it used to be.
No, our economy didn’t improve to warrant this change, it’s in fact tabled heavily, and disposable income has also shrunk but a lot. It’ll get a lot worse too, as our policies become worse and worse.
There are other countries in similar situations where the prices were adjusted to be cheaper, but not in India, sadly.
So while Valve usually does a good job, they didn’t this time. We can’t expect individual developers to manually keep track of global economies and set their own prices, so it’s very understandable for then to just say they trust Valve for this. I just hope more of them realize that Valve is not perfect in how they go about it.
This is sometimes the case with god forsaken countries like Venezuela, we’ve had the same prices as US since forever and we’re the worst economy in the whole continent and rank among the top 10 in the world, so yeah sometimes is just bad luck or maybe even due to international policies that regular costumers are not aware of.
Would you like to sign my petition?
See I hate that the game company’s lose out but some games I’d rather have a legitimate copy so I can get my achievements and shit so key resalers are the only cheap way of getting a legitimate copy of the game, Wish there was a way to differentiate between the stolen keys and non stolen keys.
What purpose do achievements serve even? Are there rewards you are after?
Achievements have only ever been annoying pop-up from my perspective.
What is the appeal?
Honestly they are just nice to have and pretty enjoyable to try and 100% a game.
A sense of achievement
Before I show myself out, I’ll just say some use them as a progression indicator without looking up a guide while others enjoy that sweet dopamine rush.
While you’re probably joking, sometimes it feels that way. (Referring to 1st sentence.)
It’s a joke in that it’s a pun but it’s still true, in my opinion.
I don’t know how it is in the US, but in my country Steam regional pricing doesn’t apply and the game can be about 5-7% of my paycheck for a AAA game (before “microtransactions” that is) which doesn’t seem like a lot at first, but it still seems like a lot in my mind.
regional pricing isn’t always applied. Egypt still has USD pricing making a $60 game a quarter the median monthly income making that $60 game the equivalent of $700
Same in Vietnam. The average gamer demographic makes like 15k-25k VND/hr. That’s like $.60-$.1.10 an hour. So 55-110 hours of labor for a video game. Everyone here is a pirate, and rightfully so.
Yeah, I’m fucking paying these guys. I played Postal 2 heaps (it wasn’t available in my country).
NGL, I’m gonna send some $$ their way for this.
Going based off minimum wage of the country I’m in compared to the us minimum wage of $7.25, it’s like charging $60 for the game.
These numbers are estimates, but it kinda shares an idea of pricing. I’m not sure if the us is still 7.25 though.
Still legally 7.25 unless there are local laws superceding it. Though effectively, most places are starting at 10ish minimum, often closer to 15 for fast food/grocery type jobs in my area.
Yeah I figured I’d just the the absolute minimum for both countries.
I mean, by nature we didn’t need permission, but thanks I guess!
at least you won’t go to hell for this one
Too late, see you there
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It’s still criminal in my country, which means even if RWS does not complain, the ISP can still complain and the police will still arrest.
The law is incredibly stupid at times.
Germany?