In a move to annoy probably everyone, Humble has added Euro & Pound pricing to their store. You may wonder why this would annoy people, read on.
The problem is 1:1 pricing, so $8 would equal £8 for example (when right now it should be £4.79), although developers can manually set their own pricing for different regions if they wish.
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So they have joined Desura & Steam in allowing 1:1 pricing which will only annoy people.
Checking prices on Steam, they seem to be one of the few places that aren't doing 1:1 pricing. Steam does do it for some regions, but not all.
What do you make of this? To me this is sad news, 1:1 pricing pretty much 99% of the time makes everything more expensive for everyone outside of the US. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
The problem is 1:1 pricing, so $8 would equal £8 for example (when right now it should be £4.79), although developers can manually set their own pricing for different regions if they wish.
QuoteToday we’re excited to announce the addition of Euro and British Pound Sterling pricing on the Humble Store. The new currencies will allow us to offer more great games to all Humble Bundle customers while supporting awesome charities.
Along with the currencies, we’ve introduced what we call Humble Pricing. Humble Pricing is an automated price that is updated every night based on the US dollar price of the game. Humble Pricing doesn’t scale up for VAT or other charges. It simply translates a single worldwide price to each currency.
While we love the simplicity of Humble Pricing, we recognize that it doesn’t make sense for every developer or publisher. We also give them the option to provide an MSRP for each currency or region. The flexibility of offering either Humble Pricing or industry standard pricing means that we can bring you more awesome games at awesome discounts worldwide.
These new currencies are only available on the Humble Store. Humble Bundles, Weekly Sales, and Widgets will remain US dollar only with one worldwide price.
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So they have joined Desura & Steam in allowing 1:1 pricing which will only annoy people.
Checking prices on Steam, they seem to be one of the few places that aren't doing 1:1 pricing. Steam does do it for some regions, but not all.
What do you make of this? To me this is sad news, 1:1 pricing pretty much 99% of the time makes everything more expensive for everyone outside of the US. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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A pitty, but I don't think GOG will ever support Linux. Not until it takes over Windows (if that ever happens).
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Quoting: DrMcCoyI wonder how long it's going to be until we see shit like this: http://store.steampowered.com/app/243200/?snr=1_7_15__13Same price here in switzerland ...40€ ...
This game here is 40€ in Germany and 20€/$20/20£ everywhere else, on account of that being a Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye) game; and that name has quite some pull in Germany.
The price should be the same in every country or at least no be the double of the price
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OK thats one of the main reasons why I never liked (and used :P) Steam, I guess I will pass Humble now, too.
> joined Desura & Steam in allowing 1:1
thats not correct Desura does not use 1:1 pricing, it's a fixed exchange rate(Also there was an interview somewhere where they mentioned that they never introduce it cause of Australia blah blah blah)
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PS: If you pay with paypal on desura you can also let paypal exchange this for your(just change your country selection on your profil)
> joined Desura & Steam in allowing 1:1
thats not correct Desura does not use 1:1 pricing, it's a fixed exchange rate(Also there was an interview somewhere where they mentioned that they never introduce it cause of Australia blah blah blah)
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PS: If you pay with paypal on desura you can also let paypal exchange this for your(just change your country selection on your profil)
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Quoting: ssfOK thats one of the main reasons why I never liked (and used :P) Steam, I guess I will pass Humble now, too.
> joined Desura & Steam in allowing 1:1
thats not correct Desura does not use 1:1 pricing, it's a fixed exchange rate(Also there was an interview somewhere where they mentioned that they never introduce it cause of Australia blah blah blah)
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PS: If you pay with paypal on desura you can also let paypal exchange this for your(just change your country selection on your profil)
Actually Desura does allow it, and I've seen it happen on multiple titles.
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Quoting: hidekinSame price here in switzerland
Oh? Interesting. I wonder if it's 40€ in Austria as well, on account of also being a German-speaking country.
How popular is DSA in Switzerland, by the way?
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So how do I find out the USD pricing now?
None of the free proxies seem to work :/
None of the free proxies seem to work :/
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FutureSuture Feb 18, 2014
Quoting: PlopSo how do I find out the USD pricing now?There is anonymoX for Firefox. It works.
None of the free proxies seem to work :/
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This is a surprisingly dumb move. Is GOG the only sane distributor which doesn't do such crazy stuff?
I think GOG will start supporting Linux, around the same time they'll release Witcher 3 for it. It might be a while until that though.
I think GOG will start supporting Linux, around the same time they'll release Witcher 3 for it. It might be a while until that though.
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Outside of sales, Steam is really bad pricing wise. I recall when Crusader Kings 2 came out on Linux. I went to buy it on Steam (for about £30) and thought, let me check Amazon.
Got the original game and a couple of expansion packs for about £8. Used the code on steam and happy days.
Now with sales, they kick ass. Certainly a convenience store. Even EU4 could be bought around the place for about £10 less then on Steam the day it came out, but by then I had such a hard on for Paradox that I wanted to give them the extra money through a pre-order.
300hrs and counting on ck2... damn them.
Got the original game and a couple of expansion packs for about £8. Used the code on steam and happy days.
Now with sales, they kick ass. Certainly a convenience store. Even EU4 could be bought around the place for about £10 less then on Steam the day it came out, but by then I had such a hard on for Paradox that I wanted to give them the extra money through a pre-order.
300hrs and counting on ck2... damn them.
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omg this could end my humble bundle use. I only did buy almost every bundle because they where in dollars and they are dirt cheap.
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