In a move to annoy probably everyone, Humble has added Euro & Pound pricing to their store. You may wonder why this would annoy people, read on.
The problem is 1:1 pricing, so $8 would equal £8 for example (when right now it should be £4.79), although developers can manually set their own pricing for different regions if they wish.
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So they have joined Desura & Steam in allowing 1:1 pricing which will only annoy people.
Checking prices on Steam, they seem to be one of the few places that aren't doing 1:1 pricing. Steam does do it for some regions, but not all.
What do you make of this? To me this is sad news, 1:1 pricing pretty much 99% of the time makes everything more expensive for everyone outside of the US. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
The problem is 1:1 pricing, so $8 would equal £8 for example (when right now it should be £4.79), although developers can manually set their own pricing for different regions if they wish.
QuoteToday we’re excited to announce the addition of Euro and British Pound Sterling pricing on the Humble Store. The new currencies will allow us to offer more great games to all Humble Bundle customers while supporting awesome charities.
Along with the currencies, we’ve introduced what we call Humble Pricing. Humble Pricing is an automated price that is updated every night based on the US dollar price of the game. Humble Pricing doesn’t scale up for VAT or other charges. It simply translates a single worldwide price to each currency.
While we love the simplicity of Humble Pricing, we recognize that it doesn’t make sense for every developer or publisher. We also give them the option to provide an MSRP for each currency or region. The flexibility of offering either Humble Pricing or industry standard pricing means that we can bring you more awesome games at awesome discounts worldwide.
These new currencies are only available on the Humble Store. Humble Bundles, Weekly Sales, and Widgets will remain US dollar only with one worldwide price.
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So they have joined Desura & Steam in allowing 1:1 pricing which will only annoy people.
Checking prices on Steam, they seem to be one of the few places that aren't doing 1:1 pricing. Steam does do it for some regions, but not all.
What do you make of this? To me this is sad news, 1:1 pricing pretty much 99% of the time makes everything more expensive for everyone outside of the US. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: FutureSutureQuoting: PlopSo how do I find out the USD pricing now?There is anonymoX for Firefox. It works.
None of the free proxies seem to work :/
Yep it works, thanks :)
Really dumb how they raised everything though :(
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"Humble Bundles, Weekly Sales, and Widgets will remain US dollar only with one worldwide price."
Oh well, I will just avoid their store in this case! Good thing Humble Bundles and Weekly Sales are still fair priced for everyone.
Oh well, I will just avoid their store in this case! Good thing Humble Bundles and Weekly Sales are still fair priced for everyone.
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I read somewhere in Desura the exchange rate is up to the developer, but the prices are rounded. Most games don't use 1:1 (some do) but the prices are usually lower in USD anyway.
With Humble dropping their DRM free philosophy and becoming a Steam reseller, I suppose this new "feature" makes sense.
With Humble dropping their DRM free philosophy and becoming a Steam reseller, I suppose this new "feature" makes sense.
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Fortunate for me, no prices in SEK just yet, 1:1 ratio would mean a 40% price increase. Oh how I hate this rather usual practice for setting prices.
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[quote=liamdawe]
but it's still exchanged(i never saw 1:1 conversations or something like this http://www.steamprices.com/eu/topripoffs ) anyway, just change your country to antarctica or use a US proxy and try to buy something through paypal ;)
Quoting: ssfActually Desura does allow it, and I've seen it happen on multiple titles.
but it's still exchanged(i never saw 1:1 conversations or something like this http://www.steamprices.com/eu/topripoffs ) anyway, just change your country to antarctica or use a US proxy and try to buy something through paypal ;)
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Quoting: DrMcCoyI'm in the french part so not well known , maybe more peoples know about the game in the german part.Quoting: hidekinSame price here in switzerlandOh? Interesting. I wonder if it's 40€ in Austria as well, on account of also being a German-speaking country.
How popular is DSA in Switzerland, by the way?
About the pricing i don't think it's a good idea from humblebundle i was buying game from the humble store instead of steam because the price was in dollars because it's a lot cheaper.GOG are still not releasing games for linux and i suppose they won't until linux is easier to support by them . Humblebundle is a great website to have also the drm free version of the games + the steam key but i don't like the the changes they're making. They had more indie bundle before , now we've them sometimes not as much as before.
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FutureSuture Feb 18, 2014
Humble no longer insists on games being DRM free. Humble no longer insists on games being multiplatform. Now this. No integrity whatsoever.
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Quoting: Anonymous"Humble Bundles, Weekly Sales, and Widgets will remain US dollar only with one worldwide price."
Oh well, I will just avoid their store in this case! Good thing Humble Bundles and Weekly Sales are still fair priced for everyone.
Wait for it...
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As a Canadian this will not affect me, but damn. :(
It's Humble enforced Austerity.
It's Humble enforced Austerity.
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Ok, I've bought Starbound last weak from Humble Store, because I wanted lower price. Now, I have almost no reason to buy games from them. It's easy, I'll buy games from Steam directly.
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