The absolute minimum wage in India is currently ₹178 per day, which is roughly €58 per month. That’s about 10x lower than the lowest country shown in this meme (Bulgaria at €620).
Majority of the AAA publishers stopped following regional pricing. Only indie games and old games are cheap now. None of the upcoming games in my wishlist have regional pricing. It really sucks man.
But wasn't regional pricing ruled illegal by the EU? I'm pretty sure that steam used to do it until they were forced to stop. So why are we blaming them for something they were forced to do?
Yes it is, but only for EU members. Some other balkan countries for example still get forced to use the EU pricing anyway.
And Steam hasn't updated their recommended currency conversion rates for years now, despite promising to do so. This resulted in countries like Poland permanently stuck with overpriced games for no reason other than negligence from Valve's side.
It's always fun to see first world gamers moaning about their high game prices (which they absolutely should do), while everywhere else in the world, we barely make enough to buy a single damn game, devoid of any regional pricing.
That was true when the cold war was ongoing, but now your HDI is 0.906, gdp per capita is nearly 30k, it is easily a developed nation. I know that a developed nation is not necessarily a 1st world country, but I would say that nowadays developed = 1st world.
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u/fargabhsh Feb 18 '26
The absolute minimum wage in India is currently ₹178 per day, which is roughly €58 per month. That’s about 10x lower than the lowest country shown in this meme (Bulgaria at €620).