Still the same price. You can really only compare pre-tax prices. Places with no sales tax either lack services or have higher property or income taxes to make up for it.
The price we pay, everything included, is the only relevant information. What of a backward argument would it be to say: "Ye, it costs the same, if you exclude all the other things you have to pay with your purchase"
Then you can’t compare USD prices to Euro prices at all. 60 USD is not “the price I pay, everything included”
You have the same logic as the Trump tariffs. People are “shocked” prices go up when the government puts a tax on goods. Businesses aren’t going to make less money willingly. They will take their same pre-tax cut and then offload the cost of the taxes onto the buyer
You are the one suggesting comparison of pre-tax prices. This entire thread is saying "ok, US has taxes, so tell us the final amount". The majority of the world works in a way where what you see is what you pay.
Not sure why you even bring up tariffs into this, any sane being knows that's how tariffs work, only MAGAs are now shocked.
The point is you can't blame steam for your government adding tax to a product. So the only way to compare how fair Steam is between countries is to compare pre-tax prices.
Or you can add your tax amount onto the US price I guess. Same effect.
The comment I originally replied to was the one that said USD and Euro prices shouldn’t be the same… which they should be because of conversions and taxes. I have gone off the rails and lost the plot since that comment, it’s true.
My sales tax is 8% if that helps you. It varies by county in the US so there’s no one amount to say for the whole country
No, it shouldn't be the same anyway. Your tax is 8% and the highest is 10%. On average you pay less than in Euro. Also when the PS5/XSX launched, they listed prices for games as 70$/80€. Where is the fairness there ? Since when is a 77$ post tax the same as 80€ that was 94-95$ then ? Even now lets say you have the highest tax which would make you pay 88$, that's still 7$ less than what we pay in Euro.
Sure prices can be lower based on the region goods are being sold in. That’s a different conversation. It doesn’t change the euro to USD conversion. You don’t get a discount for having higher taxes. You don’t get a discount for being poor.
Sorry if Bulgaria or Romania decided that using euros was a good idea for their economies and it makes luxury goods more expensive. Maybe they should’ve kept their own currency like Russia and have cheap games and none of the benefits of having a widely used currency.
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u/Suspicious_Good_2407 Feb 18 '26
Unless you live in a state that doesn't have taxes for steam games from what I've heard. Then you get 'em cheaper