soulgrindr: Whenever there are separate prices in pounds and euros they are always HIGHER, so lets not go down that route...

Parasitius: I sent feedback to the bods at GoG Control about this, it's not that hard a solution.

All they need to do is write some code that locks a persons home country's currency to that of the GoG prices. Updated on a daily basis and everyone now pays the American equivalent in their own currency. All that's needed then is an option in the users account where they can choose the country they live in and instant local pricing.

Example.

This time last year the sterling was pretty much getting $2 for every £1 which meant it would cost a fiver (£5) to buy a ten dollar game.

Today, that is now £6.29 (going by the link in KingofGnG's post) and even though it seems more expensive, buying it in dollars would still cost you the same amount in your own currency once the bank has converted it back.

I've had several whiskey's at this point so my fuzzy logic sees the above solution as the best thing EVER!!!!

Now, feel free to pick my awesome solution apart by pointing out some probably obvious flaws to such a wonderous idea.

End of line.

jaegerdude: Can you change the currency from dollars?

jamyskis: Still, may not be a bad idea to add an optional currency converter. Maybe add an option to the account settings to allow the usual currency to be specified, and then add the converted price in small print below the price for guideline purposes only.

The only catch with this would be that most payment processors often use slightly disadvantageous exchange rates. So while PayPal currently gives $1.33 to the Euro, the exchange rate is $1.37. It's not a huge difference though.

P1na: Dabbled with that at work. It's a pain to keep things up to date, and you expose yourself to people saying "you said it was xxx€ but I was charged yyy$! You lied to me!!!"

P1na: Dabbled with that at work. It's a pain to keep things up to date, and you expose yourself to people saying "you said it was xxx€ but I was charged yyy$! You lied to me!!!"

jamyskis: You wouldn't set fixed exchange rates - you'd import them on a daily or hourly basis from an established provider like Google or XE.com. Although that doesn't fix the problem of payment processors setting their own disadvantageous exchange rates...

StingingVelvet: I generally get the impression most customers appreciate the straight dollar pricing.