This is all fine and great for some much older games that are in the $15 or less bracket but the new games are a problem. Why would I buy new games for example, Fallout 4 on Steam for their current price of R800 when I could buy a physical disk from a online retailer like RARU, Takealot etc for R600. As we all know console games are more expensive when new than their PC counterparts, but Steams price for the PC version is around R70 more than I would even pay for the PS4 or XBone disks for Fallout 4 or any other new game. Steam is going to have to do something to be competitive, when I can buy the same game for R200 less, while at the same time getting Physical media, which also means less downloading (which is especially important for us with slow connections).
I understand that $60 is not R600 rand, but things will need to change otherwise Steam will see the entire of South Africa not buying new games from them.
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This is all fine and great for some much older games that are in the $15 or less bracket but the new games are a problem. Why would I buy new games for example, Fallout 4 on Steam for their current price of R800 when I could buy a physical disk from a online retailer like RARU, Takealot etc for R600. As we all know console games are more expensive when new than their PC counterparts, but Steams price for the PC version is around R70 more than I would even pay for the PS4 or XBone disks for Fallout 4 or any other new game. Steam is going to have to do something to be competitive, when I can buy the same game for R200 less, while at the same time getting Physical media, which also means less downloading (which is especially important for us with slow connections).
I understand that $60 is not R600 rand, but things will need to change otherwise Steam will see the entire of South Africa not buying new games from them.