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DebatableRaccoon, do gaming w 'Today is the end of Steam': Argentina and Turkey floored by new Steam price hikes as high as 2900%

Looks like Steam just became a service issue.

vxx,

Looks like those countries have a currency issue with hyper inflation.

PunnyName,

Por que no los dos?

ExcursionInversion,
@ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world avatar

Gabe should have just fixed those countries currency issues instead obviously

SheeEttin,

Valve did have a staff economist, but he left to become finance minister for Greece. (He didn’t last very long in either position.)

ExcursionInversion,
@ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world avatar

That would be fun to add to a resume lol

dellish,

He will, right after releasing Half Life 3.

DebatableRaccoon,

And, ya know, poverty

gary_host_laptop,
@gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml avatar

fuck you

deegeese, do gaming w 'Today is the end of Steam': Argentina and Turkey floored by new Steam price hikes as high as 2900%

This is a tempest in a teapot.

Steam ended pricing in those currencies and reverted the prices to USD without local adjustment.

Any developers who want to sell in Turkey or Argentina will set a local price in USD.

This really only affects older/abandoned games where the developer never updates pricing. Those games will be left charging US prices in poorer countries.

BananaTrifleViolin,

Yeah it's a nonsense. Argentina and Turkey have atrocious economies, with inflation at crazy levels. Turkey's is at 60% and Argentinas is at 143% currently, on a background of years of terrible economic decisions. Their local currencies are effectively trash so it makes absolute sense for Steam to move to dollars if they're going to continue bothering trading in those countries.

gary_host_laptop,
@gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml avatar

I’m from Argentina, the prices we have now are absolutely ridiculous even with the LATAM USD, an Argentinian might have a monthly income of something around 250-350USD, and some games are something along the lines of 40USD even with the regional pricing, you need to add to that the fact that there is a tax on the dollar of 155%. I assume a normal person from the US earns something along the lines of 1500-3000USD a month, so it’s completely incomparable. To give you an idea, physical retro collectible games are cheaper than virtual ones.

nottheengineer, do gaming w 'Today is the end of Steam': Argentina and Turkey floored by new Steam price hikes as high as 2900%

It was already discovered that that was a big and game devs need to fix it manually for now.

shanie,
@shanie@kbin.social avatar

This has been planned for months and every Turkish friend I talked to said “if you want anything from Steam before the end of the month I’ll gift it to you, just send the $3” so no, it’s not a bug.

darq,
@darq@kbin.social avatar

In my experience that loophole has not worked for a long time. I have never been able to redeem gifts from friends in a low-cost region while I'm outside of the country. Even though my Steam account is also based in that same region.

_haha_oh_wow_, do gaming w 'Today is the end of Steam': Argentina and Turkey floored by new Steam price hikes as high as 2900%
@_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’ll cry for you, Argentina.

kubica, do games w Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya says 'It would be a disaster' if he ever collaborated with Hideo Kojima or Yoko Taro: 'It doesn't work like in Dragon Ball'
@kubica@kbin.social avatar

"It doesn't work like in Dragon Ball, where Goku fuses with other characters," continued Kamiya, "Two people with completely different personalities and ideas would clash. There's no way you'd get a decent game of that."

bionicjoey,

It’s an interesting idea. I think sometimes two different creative people collaborate on something you can get something greater than the sum of its parts. But it all depends on the specific people and whether they have a shared vision for the art they’re creating together.

Even_Adder,

The guy’s a turd on Twitter. I think he’s just not-so-secretly just not a great guy. There’s probably a good reason he got fired.

echo64,

Everything he’s ever made was a collaboration between him and other creative people, he’s just being big headed about himself

Zehzin,
@Zehzin@lemmy.world avatar

But for the Fusion Dance to work in Dragon Ball both users have to be perfectly in sync or you get a bad fusion, he should have specified it doesn’t work like the Potara fusion. smh get your lore right

makyo, do games w Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya says 'It would be a disaster' if he ever collaborated with Hideo Kojima or Yoko Taro: 'It doesn't work like in Dragon Ball'

It’s not always that bad, there are plenty of creative geniuses who were able to work together. I mean you could end up like the Beatles who granted they did end up hating each other but they still created some amazing stuff together for the better part of a decade.

QuantumSparkles, do games w Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya says 'It would be a disaster' if he ever collaborated with Hideo Kojima or Yoko Taro: 'It doesn't work like in Dragon Ball'

Did he not already collaborate with Taro when Platinum made Automata?

all-knight-party,
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He's not involved in any of the credits for the game, that I can tell. His studio did it, but it doesn't mean he was a decision maker for the design.

GrammatonCleric, do games w Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya says 'It would be a disaster' if he ever collaborated with Hideo Kojima or Yoko Taro: 'It doesn't work like in Dragon Ball'
@GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world avatar

Very mindful of him.

Sanctus, do games w Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya says 'It would be a disaster' if he ever collaborated with Hideo Kojima or Yoko Taro: 'It doesn't work like in Dragon Ball'
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

Thats a weird way of saying you don’t want to work wirh Kojima. Its fine but, a lot of this made up stuff can made up vibe together. Bayonetta was dope in Smash Bros.

Railcar8095, do games w Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya says 'It would be a disaster' if he ever collaborated with Hideo Kojima or Yoko Taro: 'It doesn't work like in Dragon Ball'

Ok, now I want a Kojima, Kamiya, Yoko Taro and Toriyama colab

Appoxo, do pcgaming w 'Today is the end of Steam': Argentina and Turkey floored by new Steam price hikes as high as 2900%
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*The end for steam in those countries.

Either they will pony up the cash or resort to piracy. But in regards to the second option: All publishers and storefront loose without regional adjusted pricing for the regions.

helloharu, do games w Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya says 'It would be a disaster' if he ever collaborated with Hideo Kojima or Yoko Taro: 'It doesn't work like in Dragon Ball'
@helloharu@lemmy.world avatar

Shame, I was looking forward to the big tiddy android witch with gun feet that breathes through her skin.

quams69, do games w Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya says 'It would be a disaster' if he ever collaborated with Hideo Kojima or Yoko Taro: 'It doesn't work like in Dragon Ball'

All I want is bayo 2 on pc. I got the first one and went to get the second after enjoying the shit out of it but it’s owned by nintendo now so I should go fuck myself I guess

TonyTonyChopper, do pcgaming w 'Today is the end of Steam': Argentina and Turkey floored by new Steam price hikes as high as 2900%
DebatableRaccoon, do gaming w Embracer exec says laying off hundreds of people was an 'agonising process,' but that restructuring is 'how we win'

The nerve of this prick to talk as if he’s some selfless saviour fighting for the great good…

RandoCalrandian,
@RandoCalrandian@kbin.social avatar

Worse is how he actually thinks he’s that

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