Path of Exile 2 Steam prices just doubled in my region.

I hope GGG at least makes a statement...

strange.. when i buy the big pack on the website its 100 bucks for deliver.
but on steam ingame its 68 bucks... wtf ?

Hope staff/GGG releases an official statement soon. Regional pricing really helps a ton of people.

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RuinadosDragoes#4440 wrote:

Never heard so many BS on my life. Videogames a luxury product..... LMAO. Even worse, digitally distributed ones...

Regional prices are not for charity. Companies choose to earn a bit less on some locations than to earn nothing as the result of a obscenely overpriced direct dollar conversion price.

Of course, video games are luxury goods. As the OED defines, a luxury is "a thing desirable but not necessary." It doesn’t matter whether it's caviar, a private jet, or a $450 digital video game—the definition holds. Regional pricing might be a valid business model, just like keeping prices the same for everyone. That doesn’t mean I have to agree with it or support it.

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WizardofVoid#5398 wrote:

Whatever your job is, someone, somewhere in a less developed country is doing that same job better than you and getting paid less for it. Regional pricing helps people with less income to have access to things they otherwise could not.

Not to mention, there is already regional pricing that GGG themselves exercise on this website. But if you live anywhere other than the ones on the top-right corner of the page, you pay US prices. Having regional pricing on steam would make it fair for the rest of the world. The fact that you can't comprehend something so simple is just sad.

No, the reason for regional pricing isn’t charity—it’s profit maximization. Companies like GGG or Tencent aren’t philanthropists. They implement regional pricing when it makes more financial sense than direct currency conversion. If maintaining uniform pricing earns them more, they’ll go with that. This isn’t about helping players; it’s about what’s more profitable. And for the record, I’m still not a fan of regional pricing.

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RuinadosDragoes#4440 wrote:

Maybe he lives on a well developed country and still dont have the income to buy the game.

The thing is, he talks about a discounted price but this is not even the reality because the aim of regional prices is to make everyone pay the same while taking everyones living costs scenario in perspective.

As I said earlier its not charity, its a tried and tested business model that in the end benefits everyone involved.

Haters gonna hate I guess, specially when they are clueless about simple facts.

Yes, that must be it—I can’t possibly afford $30, despite having numerous badges and spending nearly $2,000 on this game already. Thanks for the concern, but I’m well-paid, even though there are plenty of people in poorer countries who could probably do my job just as well. :D.

My critique of regional pricing is based on principle, not personal circumstances. The aim of regional pricing might be to balance costs against living standards, but let’s not pretend it’s some noble endeavor—it’s a business strategy that prioritizes profit, plain and simple. Everybody should pay the same for the same product...

Hope staff/GGG releases an official statement soon. Regional pricing really helps a ton of people.

Weird how GGG already supports Regional Pricing by changing your region here on the website. Brazil, Russia, and Thailand, for example, have localized prices for the Supporter Packs here on the website. So why not have localized prices for all countries on Steam?

Hopefully, they will address this soon, as it seems Support is avoiding this topic as well.

Im pretty sure VPN and some abuse stuff didn't work on steam nowadays, since Steam keeping massive update on their security.

This case is absolutly on different matter. Because some regions has increased (up to 101%) and some is decreased (-20%). like it's not fair actually.


Hope GGG and steam can solve this issue, and bring back the original region price.

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tyreen#6725 wrote:

Yes, that must be it—I can’t possibly afford $30, despite having numerous badges and spending nearly $2,000 on this game already. Thanks for the concern, but I’m well-paid, even though there are plenty of people in poorer countries who could probably do my job just as well. :D.

My critique of regional pricing is based on principle, not personal circumstances. The aim of regional pricing might be to balance costs against living standards, but let’s not pretend it’s some noble endeavor—it’s a business strategy that prioritizes profit, plain and simple. Everybody should pay the same for the same product...

So your anti-regional pricing stance is purely an ideological one, since you yourself admit that it's good business strategy. Can I ask why you think it's a good stance? What benefit does it bring, since the developer makes less money and potential customers in third world nations are priced out of a piece of art?

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SalsaDeGranada#4950 wrote:

So your anti-regional pricing stance is purely an ideological one, since you yourself admit that it's good business strategy. Can I ask why you think it's a good stance? What benefit does it bring, since the developer makes less money and potential customers in third world nations are priced out of a piece of art?

I don't like being charged more than others for the same product, especially since video games are not a necessity. It devalue those packs and promotes grey market issues. Regional pricing isn't guaranteed to bring in more money either, as we've seen that they reverted some of their regional pricing changes on steam. Yes they have some on their website too, but I doubt it has more impact than the steam sales. In my opinion, a single, global price seems better.

perhaps the initial price was half what it was supposed to. You can always google the exchange rates for your country something like USD to xy currency.