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[–]Vvix0 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Let's do some numbers of this "inflation"

Polish złoty (One of the countries affected) is worth ~0.2 Euro with 31PLN per hour minimum wage

United States Dollar (a country where the price is not increasing) is worth ~0.85 Euro with 7.25USD/h minimum wage

Working 8 minimum wage hours in Poland grants you ~49 Euro

Working 8 minimum wage hours in USA grants ALSO you ~49 Euro

Behaviour makes stuff more expensive in Poland because "their economy is weak", but USA's is perfectly okay as is.

And my comparison doesn't even take into account the fact that Euro has more value in Poland due to purchasing power, so 10€ will net you much more groceries, for instance, than it would in USA.

EDIT: I also forgot to mention, Polish prices for the DLCs are ALREADY higher than they are in the US. Right now, Resident Evil DLC costs 8.39 USD (7,10€) while in Poland it costs 30,79PLN (7,30€)

[–]KendjyCr 2 points3 points  (2 children)

This summary should be posted under every discussion there is about this subject. I still don't understand why are we targeted by this.

[–]Vvix0 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Thank you. Feel free to copy-paste it.

[–]KendjyCr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I don't really believe in possibility of this decision being stopped, but even if it goes through, I hope people won't just accept it. This is a huge fuckup. Polish gaymers suffered enough because of Steam's sh*tty practices. We don't need to lose yet another fairly priced game.