Valve Rips Off European Steam Users
November 7th, 2007 by James Hyde in Action, Business, News, PC
If you’re one of the many Europeans who is interested in purchasing Call of Duty 4 through Valve’s Steam service, you might reconsider. Valve charges North American users $49.99 for the game, while Europeans must pay $69.99 for the game, plus tax. Depending on which European country you live in, you might pay as much as $80-$85 for the same game that North American users pay $50 for. The declining value of the dollar might have something to do with it, but Europeans have dealt with hight game prices for years, no surprise that Valve and Activision are trying to cash in on it in digital form.
November 7th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Every company rips off Europe, especially computer and game companies.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
[...] hat die Preise für Call of Duty 4 bekannt gegeben. Danach sieht es derzeit so aus, dass die europäsichen Spieler [...]
November 7th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
This is such a load of BS. Steam was supposed to level the playing field in terms of pricing, now we’re back where we started with all this BS regional pricing >:-(
November 7th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
thats stupid, you can buy the collecters edition of the game for £35 (which is what i did), why would i buy more than £35 for hte normal version, without a cd. thats probably their only shit deal they have though, every other game is cheaper than it is in the shops i think.