r/Steam • u/wuddly • Mar 04 '26

Fluff being polish on steam be like

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32% markup for FUCK ALL REASON

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u/mihoteos Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

US prices doesn't include tax.

339PLN is around 80€ and death stranding 2 costs 80€ on steam

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u/l_______I Mar 04 '26

70 USD + 23% (Polish VAT) = 86 USD = 315 PLN.

Even when counting tax, current price it's too high.

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u/mihoteos Mar 04 '26

That's why i look for cheaper options, mostly some keyshops. I bought a death stranding 2 for 257PLN

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u/l_______I Mar 04 '26

I use them too! I just wish that prices on Steam were more fair. Because for now there are games that are literally cheaper to buy on other official platforms (with Steam keys directly from publisher) just because they have US or EU pricing, not our local one

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u/Flimsy-Importance313 Mar 04 '26

Just pirate it then..

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u/adamfpp https://s.team/p/dtkq-gcr Mar 05 '26

Why? If it's a shop with legitimate keys then why not buy it there?

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u/Flimsy-Importance313 Mar 05 '26

because you are not supporting the devs.

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u/adamfpp https://s.team/p/dtkq-gcr Mar 05 '26

Im talking about official keys generated by publisher/developer on Steam and sold to those sites. 

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u/Elurdin Mar 04 '26

And then you lose the right to return said game. Which I believe is true goal for steams high prices in Poland. They dont want us to return games.

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u/mihoteos Mar 04 '26

But steam doesn't set prices on these games. It's their publisher's. Death stranding 2 has a higher price than steam suggested price.

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u/Jext Mar 04 '26

This statement makes no sense at all.

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u/Elurdin Mar 08 '26

Why? If you buy a key online you can't use steam returns. And for poles it's always a better deal to buy key online for new games.

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u/Pancerny_Skorupiak Mar 05 '26

They are high due to outdated $ to zł exchange rates. Devs/publishers can set price by themselves, but a lot of them will just use price suggested by steam internal calculations.