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Posted January 22, 2023
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lupineshadow: The fact you are intimating someone is not telling the whole truth about their own country's situation from a country far away using Google to find statistics, instead of talking to them and asking them why, is why you are arrogant and stupid.
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BreOl72: If you look at my initial post, you'll see that I actually asked two questions.
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/factorio_price_to_increase_due_to_inflation/post46

Question one: "Argentinians have to pay $73,- for a game that US Americans only have to pay $30,- for?"
Question two: "How does that fit together with this: [...]"

Neither did I "intimate" anything, nor did I "not ask".

Now let's talk about being arrogant and stupid again, shall we?

Btw, while we're at it:
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lupineshadow: Amazing that you think that having access to google and a keyboard allows you to be able to correct someone living in another country about their own living status and economy.
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BreOl72: I did also not "correct" someone. Again: I simply asked two questions.
As someone who live in Argentina I can answer that question, the game cost the same for us, $30 but the final price with taxes and other things, increase the price to the double or more because taxes are over 100%, in some provinces even 125%.
Foreign people think we have cheaper games because regional prices, but the truth is that sometimes cost more for us than in other places.
Steam had a really cheap regional price, very outdated, but recently they changed those prices and many games cost a lot more.
How does this fit with all of this? I don't know, but for me is a really negative point for Factorio, I won't paid that amout for a game like that, in the end it's just less sales for the game, not more.
Posted January 22, 2023
Price must be going up because of a shortage on ones and zeroes.
Posted January 22, 2023
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Ruvika: the game cost the same for us, $30 but the final price with taxes and other things, increase the price to the double or more because taxes are over 100%, in some provinces even 125%.
So you get shown one price in the store, then at checkout the absurd tax is added?
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Ruvika: Foreign people think we have cheaper games because regional prices, but the truth is that sometimes cost more for us than in other places.
Apart from not having discounts, Factorio doesn't have regional pricing on GOG (those <8% differences can be ignored, as they stem from the site doing currency conversion).
Posted January 22, 2023
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Ruvika: As someone who live in Argentina I can answer that question, the game cost the same for us, $30 but the final price with taxes and other things, increase the price to the double or more because taxes are over 100%, in some provinces even 125%.
Could you post a screenshot, please?
Posted January 23, 2023
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Ruvika: As someone who live in Argentina I can answer that question, the game cost the same for us, $30 but the final price with taxes and other things, increase the price to the double or more because taxes are over 100%, in some provinces even 125%.
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BreOl72: Could you post a screenshot, please?
https://www.eldestapeweb.com/precio-dolar-hoy?gclid=CjwKCAiA2rOeBhAsEiwA2Pl7Q2xpvDtJnOrrfjP90levBtZjegZ-xPbRmaF3zgnjlXaWblAkk1uC-BoC26AQAvD_BwE here you have a link, the "Dolar Oficial" is what a dollar worth, "Dolar Blue" is what it cost when we try to make a purchase outside the country, plus 10,5% of IVA (VAT for you). This change everyday, always for worse.
Posted January 23, 2023
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BreOl72: Could you post a screenshot, please?
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Ruvika: https://www.eldestapeweb.com/precio-dolar-hoy?gclid=CjwKCAiA2rOeBhAsEiwA2Pl7Q2xpvDtJnOrrfjP90levBtZjegZ-xPbRmaF3zgnjlXaWblAkk1uC-BoC26AQAvD_BwE
here you have a link, the "Dolar Oficial" is what a dollar worth, "Dolar Blue" is what it cost when we try to make a purchase outside the country, plus 10,5% of IVA (VAT for you). This change everyday, always for worse.
Well, thanks...but that wasn't really what I was asking for.
I can look up the exchange rate myself (though the explanation in regard to the "dolar blue" and the10,5% VAT was useful).

But what I was hoping for, was a screenshot of the game, at GOG's checkout, made by an Argentinian.
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Posted January 23, 2023
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Ruvika: https://www.eldestapeweb.com/precio-dolar-hoy?gclid=CjwKCAiA2rOeBhAsEiwA2Pl7Q2xpvDtJnOrrfjP90levBtZjegZ-xPbRmaF3zgnjlXaWblAkk1uC-BoC26AQAvD_BwE
here you have a link, the "Dolar Oficial" is what a dollar worth, "Dolar Blue" is what it cost when we try to make a purchase outside the country, plus 10,5% of IVA (VAT for you). This change everyday, always for worse.
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BreOl72: Well, thanks...but that wasn't really what I was asking for.
I can look up the exchange rate myself (though the explanation in regard to the "dolar blue" and the10,5% VAT was useful).

But what I was hoping for, was a screenshot of the game, at GOG's checkout, made by an Argentinian.
Here you have.
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Posted January 23, 2023
I can understand a price increase with future games from the developer, but unless it's a game that has been getting continued support, it's hard to justify a price increase.

As much as I enjoy video games, it's one of the first things I would cut back if money if my financial situation took a hit. When I was without a job for months, due to the business being shut down during the pandemic, stopped buying games.
Posted January 23, 2023
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BreOl72: But what I was hoping for, was a screenshot of the game, at GOG's checkout, made by an Argentinian.
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Ruvika: Here you have.
Thank you.
Posted January 23, 2023
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SpaceMadness: I can understand a price increase with future games from the developer, but unless it's a game that has been getting continued support, it's hard to justify a price increase.
FWIW Factorio has been getting regular updates almost every month. Including two this month.
Posted January 23, 2023
Yeah, but after v1.1.00 it mostly has been a lot of small polish updates, not comparable with how it was before.
(Which makes sense, since they are working on the expansion.)

That's why I said :
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BlueTemplar: Honestly, I'm surprised that the price hadn't *already* been increased further to 35€ with 0.17 in 2019 and 40€ when the game got officially out of beta with v1.1 in 2021 !
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lupineshadow: [...]
Why did you assume $ meant USD?
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Because that just makes sense ? I would expect them to clarify if it wasn't the US dollars they were talking about...
Post edited January 23, 2023 by BlueTemplar
Posted January 23, 2023
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lupineshadow: [...]
Why did you assume $ meant USD?
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BlueTemplar: Because that just makes sense ? I would expect them to clarify if it wasn't the US dollars they were talking about...
I agree - I think that you're safe assuming when people use the $ character, they mean USD.

If someone means a different currency that uses the $ symbol locally, then in UK, International and Business English, it is expected that they define it with the three letter international currency abbreviation. e.g. AUD for the Aussie Dollar. Otherwise, the person using the $ symbol is just asking to be misunderstood.
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