So; since 25 posters account for 432 of the posts (23 pages of the thread), last night I have locked the thread to those that have repeatedly posted here. Feel free to share your opinion on the price increase, but the same people posting over and over causes those that post once or twice to be lost in the shuffle.
Steam reviews are handled by Steam and we can't actually edit or delete them. This makes sense when you think of it, otherwise developers could delete every single negative review of their game. Your review is locked until a Steam moderator can investigate it further (and locked so you can't edit what it was reported for).
So...As I understand it (correct me if I am wrong or mistaken) paradox seemed to be indicating that for years they were pricing it lower in other countries, but higher in ones like mine in the US. So now, since other countries are doing better they get to finally start paying closer to what we have been paying for the same product. Now, as a person who has been paying more to support this game in the US for years while others in other nations apparantly have been paying less, who should be ticked off? I have a hard time sympathizing with the main complainers here if they have been paying less than me for years for a luxury item internationally. Its not food or water or health care, its a game.
Except these countries are not doing better. They are all experiencing serious economic problems. If anything the standard of living and purchasing power decreased.
To be fair, when I didn't have money, I spent what I had on food and bills, and only bought one game a year. When I had money, I spent more money on games. I never blamed it on the game company for being too expensive. It's a luxury item, not a necessity. Food , water, housing, education, healthcare, those things are needed by all human beings and should be ensured to all and income adjusted. Why did I as an American have to pay more for my same game than folks other countries? How is that fair?
I think we didn't avoid the price increase, in think they gave it to us all along.
Ok, first of all, I am not trying to whine. In fact, I am fine with paying more, but I was making a point about everyone else equating this price increase in other countries with an act of economic injustice. Now, the price of all you stated for cars and computers etc is of course ridiculous, and so how about we ask if there are bigger, much bigger issues of injustice that need to be dealt with as well. I am not some Trumpian conservative, and I am disgusted with the way things are going in that realm. In many areas I am a globalist liberal. But I feel that acting as if I as an American somehow deserve to be charged more because of where I live is no more just than your having to pay such ridiculous amounts for a car or a computer. And yes I guess I am entitled, I have a damn good life right now, but I also have had to live paycheck to paycheck, had to skip meals and fear bill collectors for not paying on time because I had no money, and I will say that at that time I sure as hell was not worried about game costs.
Sorry about my wording on that statement, I did not mean to sound whiny and entitled. I do understand that many nations are undergoing economic challenges , as well as political ones, that cause very personal problems that you should not have to deal with. Its truly bullshit that no one should have to suffer. I guess my frustration is not my having to pay more or less than others for the game, really I don't care personally, I am fine with it. But I got mad when a game I happen to love a lot got a crapload of negative reviews on steam, not because of the quality of the game, but because of the price change. And I guess when I found out that it was because the price was being changed to be more equal with what I had already been paying since day one, I felt a bit burned about the reaction. Sorry if I sounded like an arrogant entitled American. Have a few too many of those already.
