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Gameolith Adds Fair Pricing To Their Game Store

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So, while other game stores have done things like regional pricing which results a lot of the time in prices being converted 1:1 making a lot of games more expensive for people outside of the US, Gameolith has done the opposite.

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This is the logo you can expect to see on store pages.

Gameolith has introduced a "Fair Price" scheme, that converts the $USD price to other currencies every hour, so for people in the UK like myself, it makes games what I feel to be the correct price (since GBP is stronger as a currency than USD).

I wonder if any other stores will add a scheme like this. What do you guys think to this and to Gameolith as a store? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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8 comments

Mike Feb 22, 2014
Wait, so Broken Age costs $18 in the US and not £18? I would buy it for £10 (what it would cost if it was converted), £18 is just a rip-off. Need to move somewhere with a less overvalued currency.
Liam Dawe Feb 22, 2014
DoubleFine sadly are one of the developers who do decide to do some funny stuff with their pricing. It actually costs more in £ than it does in $ for Broken Age.
FutureSuture Feb 22, 2014
I was under the impression that Humble does that as well, except that it is not for every game.
kozec Feb 22, 2014
Sadly, this is EXACT same thing that Humble store does and nothing to be glad about. For example, Europa Universalis IV costs $39.99 or 39,99€ depending how american you are.

Being informed about fair price is nice, but most likely, they are doing it only to get some attention in that Humble Store thing.
Larian Feb 22, 2014
I was just wondering if any of you fine people in the UK would complain so terribly if they used the former GBP price as the baseline and adjusted the US price so they pay about half what they do now. Just food for thought. I would not be surprised in this scenario to find there were right and proper Brits stamping their feet because they felt they were being goI was just wondering if any of you fine people in the UK would complain so terribly if they used the former GBP price as the baseline and adjusted the US price so they pay about half what they do now. Just food for thought. I would not be surprised in this scenario to find there were right and proper Brits stamping their feet because they felt they were being gouged in the wallet and demanding pricing parity with the dollar.

And onward came the flames....uged in the wallet and demanding pricing parity with the dollar.

And onward came the flames....
Liam Dawe Feb 22, 2014
Quoting: kozecSadly, this is EXACT same thing that Humble store does and nothing to be glad about. For example, Europa Universalis IV costs $39.99 or 39,99€ depending how american you are.

Being informed about fair price is nice, but most likely, they are doing it only to get some attention in that Humble Store thing.

No, that is completely different. That is a 1:1 transfer, this is a exchange rate conversion.

So $39.99 would be around 29.11€ on Gameolith's fair price scheme.
kozec Feb 22, 2014
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: kozecSadly, this is EXACT same thing that Humble store does and nothing to be glad about. For example, Europa Universalis IV costs $39.99 or 39,99€ depending how american you are.

Being informed about fair price is nice, but most likely, they are doing it only to get some attention in that Humble Store thing.
No, that is completely different. That is a 1:1 transfer, this is a exchange rate conversion.

So $39.99 would be around 29.11€ on Gameolith's fair price scheme.
Sorry if I expressed myself too vaguely. That 39,99€$ price is from Gameolith :(
Liam Dawe Feb 22, 2014
Quoting: kozec
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: kozecSadly, this is EXACT same thing that Humble store does and nothing to be glad about. For example, Europa Universalis IV costs $39.99 or 39,99€ depending how american you are.

Being informed about fair price is nice, but most likely, they are doing it only to get some attention in that Humble Store thing.
No, that is completely different. That is a 1:1 transfer, this is a exchange rate conversion.

So $39.99 would be around 29.11€ on Gameolith's fair price scheme.
Sorry if I expressed myself too vaguely. That 39,99€$ price is from Gameolith :(

That isn't a Fair Price title though, so it's nothing to do with this scheme.
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