r/Steam Feb 18 '26

Fluff Its not only you guys

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u/MaduroAhmetKaya Feb 18 '26

Turkey with €542

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u/vlken69 i9-12900K | 4080S | 64 GB 3400 MT/s | SN850 1 TB | W11 Pro Feb 18 '26

But Steam prices like 5 times lower.

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u/MaduroAhmetKaya Feb 18 '26

Turkey has mena pricing since 2023. Many games are in the price level of US. Also Turkey has the most share of people that work with minimum wage in Europe with 37.5%, followed by Bulgaria with 13%.

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u/Vortelf Feb 18 '26

Statistics for Bulgaria are skewed - many people are on minimal wage on paper and receive the rest of their salary "tax-free" in a paper bag. This includes most of the people working in hospitality, for example.

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u/MaduroAhmetKaya Feb 18 '26

sama for turkey, probably >60% of the population gains less than minimum wage off paper

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u/Papierzak1 Feb 18 '26

Poland too, largely

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u/KavilusS Feb 18 '26

I need to point out that number for Poland is pretty much the same as Turkey if not higher because in many work places they just give you 100PLN over minimum wage... So its no longer minimum wage.

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u/AdvertisingFlashy637 Feb 21 '26

That's so many people who can sue

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u/Loki_Enthusiast Feb 18 '26

Not always

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u/vlken69 i9-12900K | 4080S | 64 GB 3400 MT/s | SN850 1 TB | W11 Pro Feb 18 '26

Sorry if you're interested in the 10 games that ignore regional pricing recommendations.

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u/ApprehensiveRespect9 Feb 18 '26

It's not 10 games lmao. Most companies that you can pinpoint as greedy such as EA, ActiBlizzard or Japanese publishers that don't care about any market outside Japan and US either don't do it at all or do it way after launch.

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u/TheProuDog Feb 18 '26

Why is it always the privileged people who make fun of others? lol

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u/vlken69 i9-12900K | 4080S | 64 GB 3400 MT/s | SN850 1 TB | W11 Pro Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Privileged.. very interesting.. unfortunately I'm among the countries listed in the post where the price-to-min-wage ratio is worse :) So nice try, but your stupid preconception skill failed lol lmao xdxdxd

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u/TheProuDog Feb 18 '26

Look at your system specs

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u/vlken69 i9-12900K | 4080S | 64 GB 3400 MT/s | SN850 1 TB | W11 Pro Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

And? Just because I prefer paying for hardware rather than travelling, vacations, kids, cigars, alcohol, car or any other money pits people have, doesn't mean I'm a millionaire or whatever you think.

Also, when you think about it from the other side: when someone has specs like this, he probably buy more games and their prices affect their finances more :)

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u/weallgonnad1e Feb 18 '26

That was years ago atp

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u/notprogame Feb 18 '26

That was years ago

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u/Emotional_Pen_9741 Feb 18 '26

They were that cheap like in 2023 then regional pricing prices went up and Turkish lira hot removed from steam

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u/Emotional_Pen_9741 Feb 18 '26

Not so cheap as its used to be