South African Rand coming to steam on 10 November

[Grievous]

no i was like fsck that noise and went to bed i think

You went to bed in a dream? Inception!

[The_Imp_ZA]

The FPB Ratings have been on Steam for ages, I'm sure they know about it.

I don't know how many more times this has to get posted. I think I've also said it about 3 times already.

There is literally a FBP rating on the right side of the majority of Steam pages. People are heralding this as the apocalypse, when there probably won't be any difference at all. SA is too insignificant for publishers to bother with region locks, adjusted pricing or anything like that. The dollar prices will show as rands instead, and hopefully some local payment options like PayFast or support for local debit cards will become available. Maybe if we're lucky, things will get a little bit cheaper too.

Origin has had local pricing and payment methods for a while, and has anything crazy happened there? Nope! So everyone can just calm down, and stop worrying.

[diabolus]

Having things in rand will be a good thing, go over to Origin and see what happens when things are rand. Case in point : Star Wars Battlefront = R599 . If that was $60, guess what, you will not be paying R599....but like R800....

It is actually pretty bad to buy any game on Steam that is full price in USD. Seriously.

[Glordit]

Origin has had local pricing and payment methods for a while, and has anything crazy happened there? Nope! So everyone can just calm down, and stop worrying.

That was Origin, who no body truly care about any way. I pay for PS4 games on the PSN store with ZAR and the pricing is decent 90% of the time.

[diabolus]

That was Origin, who no body truly care about any way. I pay for PS4 games on the PSN store with ZAR and the pricing is decent 90% of the time.

The point is, you can get new releases such as Assassin's Creed:Syndicate / Star Wars Battlefront for R599 on the Origin Store. On Steam this would be $60. Why anyone want to pay in USD is beyond me...even with VAT and Taxes it will still be cheaper than R850 (which is what $60 is right now).

Xbox Live in ZAR is also much cheaper than Xbox Live in USD....same story.

So Steam in ZAR can only be good. I might actually buy directly from steam instead of using G2A/Kinguin .

[HavocXphere]

Actually...come to think of it this might be a good thing. The ZAR is definitely going to drop further & I don't think steam will adjust their prices in real time to keep up.

[Grievous]

The thing is that I'd say 90% of the console gamers in South Africa buy games retail, not many people have the internet for current gen digital downloads, its only really the "hardcore" console gamers that do, the majority of family / casual gamers will go retail.

I think this is changing, I have a friend who I would classify as very casual. he buys pretty much everything online, because its super convenient. The only things he gets in store is hardware (Second controller, charger station).

[Ghost29]

It's the 10th and everything is still in $.

[The_Imp_ZA]

It's the 10th and everything is still in $.

Changes on Steam, whether it be new game releases, sales or whatever else, happen locally at 7PM. When daylight savings are in effect they occur an hour later, at 8PM.

Still have more than a few hours to go.

[Solitude]

*waiting patiently*