I know there's a thread about HZD coming to steam, but this is more about regional pricing and how people from rich countries can screw over poor counties by taking advantages of it.
So, when steam open up preorders on HZD, the price of the game in Argentina was 539 pesos (about 7 dollars). Overnight, that price went up 2100 pesos. This is because of the amount of people buying the game using a vpn to get game cheap Sony decided to up the price.
For everyone that doesn't know, here in Argentina we have high inflation numbers every year. Due to customs, buying hardware here (consoles,
PC parts, etc) can cost 2 or 3 times more than in the US. Gaming is an expensive hobby and here even more so. The only good thing we had in the last couple of years is having some stores on pc with competent regional prices, but if people in other countries keep abusing this, we won't even have that.
In the end, I just wanted to vent a little and bring awareness that if you're in a first world country and abuse regional pricing to get games cheap you're actively hunting people that most likely have a lot less income than you.
So, when steam open up preorders on HZD, the price of the game in Argentina was 539 pesos (about 7 dollars). Overnight, that price went up 2100 pesos. This is because of the amount of people buying the game using a vpn to get game cheap Sony decided to up the price.
For everyone that doesn't know, here in Argentina we have high inflation numbers every year. Due to customs, buying hardware here (consoles,
PC parts, etc) can cost 2 or 3 times more than in the US. Gaming is an expensive hobby and here even more so. The only good thing we had in the last couple of years is having some stores on pc with competent regional prices, but if people in other countries keep abusing this, we won't even have that.
In the end, I just wanted to vent a little and bring awareness that if you're in a first world country and abuse regional pricing to get games cheap you're actively hunting people that most likely have a lot less income than you.