I suspect piracy will become increasingly popular in these countries

  •  Lojcs   ( @Lojcs@lemm.ee ) 
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    I hope they don’t expect people to actually pay in usd and instead offer the conversion themselves. Because I can’t imagine people maintaining usd credit cards just to purchase games from steam.

    Otherwise, this could be a positive change as publishers can now set prices without the “what if the currency loses half its value tomorrow” insurance margin.

    Edit: steamdb has a chart of the new regional pricing. It’s 50% higher than the current one for tl and 150% higher for peso.

    •  XTornado   ( @XTornado@lemmy.ml ) 
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      11 months ago

      I mean… If the currency is that unstable… I would expect people doing that and having accounts with dollars or euros, saving money in a currency that moves more than a rollercoaster it’s not great.

      •  Lojcs   ( @Lojcs@lemm.ee ) 
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        They have savings accounts in dollars or pinned to the dollar, not spending accounts. But looking it up it seems tl credit cards can pay in usd + maybe a conversion fee so I guess it wouldn’t be such a deal breaker