South African Rand coming to steam on 10 November

Solitude said:
Just because something doesn't affect you doesn't mean it doesn't affect other people. There's more evidence of this occurring in this thread: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/779689-Steam-will-soon-be-priced-in-ZAR and I saw more people mentioning it on Twitter.

Here's more information on psychological pricing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pricing

And some more interesting reading:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gregory-ciotti/10-classic-academic-studi_b_6182498.html
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This was never an issue for me personally, since I always converted to Rands before purchases, with actually rounding up the exchange rate. So it looked worse, everything looks cheaper to me now. Plus didn't anyone get an sms after purchasing and see the Rand amount? Would have thought it would take one purchase of think its cheap because of Dollars and then get the sms and be :eek:
 
FarligOpptreden said:
Very cool indeed! Good to see Rocksmith 2014 is nice and cheap in our region, I wonder if the original will be the same so I can import the tracks into 2014. :D
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Rocksmith was always relatively cheap on Steam , the problem with this game is that guitar cable that you need . The retail versions usually come with the R300+ cable attached, which increased the local/retail versions' prices , even if you had the cable already.
 
diabolus said:
Rocksmith was always relatively cheap on Steam , the problem with this game is that guitar cable that you need . The retail versions usually come with the R300+ cable attached, which increased the local/retail versions' prices , even if you had the cable already.
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I already own and play Rocksmith 2014, I just want the extra songs from the original Rocksmith as well. I'll have to buy the "import tool" for about $10 as well though, but it will be considerably cheaper tham buying DLC songs for about R30 each.
 
Apologies if this has been discussed somewhere already.

Just noticed that GTA V is now priced at R799 on Steam. IIRC, its normal price was R589 when they switched to ZAR. I don't recall the prices of other games, so I don't know if this is an isolated incident.
 
Mister 44 said:
Apologies if this has been discussed somewhere already.

Just noticed that GTA V is now priced at R799 on Steam. IIRC, its normal price was R589 when they switched to ZAR. I don't recall the prices of other games, so I don't know if this is an isolated incident.
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What some companies do is that they increase the price just before a sale and then have a big percentage off. There's a sale coming Wednesday. This is speculation though and may not be the case here.

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I see it happened before the last big sale too:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/39h0ml/gta_v_raises_its_prices_to_7997_so_the_sale_price/
 
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Also noticed that "Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter" and "Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter" are both more expensive than Fallout 4
 
diabolus said:
Rocksmith was always relatively cheap on Steam , the problem with this game is that guitar cable that you need . The retail versions usually come with the R300+ cable attached, which increased the local/retail versions' prices , even if you had the cable already.
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Yeah I had to buy the cable on Takealot for around that much, so it is pretty pricey when you combine the game + cable.
 
I want paypal option dammit, guess its not coming back so I will have to start buying Steam games via other online shops. :(
 
AlphaJohn said:
I want paypal option dammit, guess its not coming back so I will have to start buying Steam games via other online shops. :(
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Why don't you just use your card on Steam directly? If you have access to PayPal them I'm assuming you already have a credit or cheque account. Unless you're with Capitec?
 
The_Imp_ZA said:
Why don't you just use your card on Steam directly? If you have access to PayPal them I'm assuming you already have a credit or cheque account. Unless you're with Capitec?
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I'm with Capitec and have no issues with steam purchases using my debit card.
 
Reavs said:
I'm with Capitec and have no issues with steam purchases using my debit card.
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Wasn't sure if they would work. I need to get myself a Capitec debit account, those things are badass. My current FNB debit card is practically useless online.
 
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