I know it's a psychological thing, but am I the only one who's more discouraged buying Steam games now looking at their true value post-conversion? Games that previously sell at $60 for example may now retail at a whooping RM190, and the lowest dollar prices still set you at around RM5; budget games previously under $10 and $5 tags are now under the RM30 and RM15 tags, hefty sums by my standards. When I'm buying in USD there was the illusion that I bought for less (nevertheless I still calculated the exchange value everytime I made a purchase), and the pain of knowing you're spending in an inferior currency was less apparent.

I want out of this. Anything, even a Steam mod to locally convert to prices to the market USD value, is better than being reminded in your face that the ringgit's a shitty undervalued currency. Otherwise, I'm not tempted to buy anything now. These prices just look too high.

This post has been edited by Parrot: Sep 21 2014, 12:28 AM

Like said, it's not the discounted prices that is the problem. I've been waiting for that to happen, but I also failed to take into account how expensive it'll still have to be anyway to make a profit.

So you're perfectly fine with Steam forcing what they perceive to be a one-size-fits-all policy onto all customers of a country. Hokay, but I wasn't as bothered by the reduction of the pricing as much as how it's even more discouraging to buy anything now because they're now upfront about how even the cheapest games are as pricey as your daily eating/traveling/utility expenses and loan installments. And since original video games are essentially a luxury, what is the point of wasting my hard-earned money now when I know exactly how much I could be wasting on games I may or may not end up liking? Hell, I can't afford better Internet anyway, so what's the point of buying (or pirating) these games in the first place when I have to spend days, even weeks, to download before I can play?

All I wanted is an option on Steam to recalculate the RM prices in other currencies so I'm not immediately deterred by how expensive they still are, and I'll be content enough to move on. I don't complain for the mere sake of complaining.

This post has been edited by Parrot: Sep 24 2014, 04:31 PM

D'ffen strokes.

At least I'll save money for more important things.