Steam Raised Dollar Rate From 1.8 TL to 10 TL

The world’s most popular online gaming platform Steam, signed a decision that will most concern the players in Turkey. Currency parities on the platform have been updated. Recommended after this update dollar/TL rate rose to 10. This ratio was 1.8 before. So what does this mean?

Steam is intended for businesses or individuals with a developer account.Pricing Tool“, which helped determine the game prices with this service. Developers can set prices independently on the basis of countries, as well as use this Pricing Tool and automatically pricing he could. Considering that Steam is a worldwide platform, the use of the Pricing Tool was quite common.

Games based on Steam’s recommendation instead of local pricing will be increased by 5x

*By publisher and developer Dora Özsoy shared screenshots.

Let’s say you want to buy a game that an indie developer sells for $1. Recommended selling price of this game to date 1.8 TL was. However, this situation has changed with the last decision. Same game as of today for 10 TL can be purchased. Let’s emphasize once again: This applies to games from developers that use Steam’s Pricing Tool and have automatic pricing.

Some games have already updated their prices.

For example; When we look at the price history of Left 4 Dead, the price of the game, which is 18.5 TL, is as of October 24. 105 TLWe see him jumping. Of course, this change will appear in most games that offer automatic pricing for the Turkish Lira.

From this point on, game prices on Steam will seriously increase We can safely say. Because many developers were using the Steam Pricing Tool, which also took into account the country dynamics. The developer, who determined the price of the game in dollars, provided the prices in other countries to be formed instantly. From now on, games belonging to developers who do not apply local prices for Turkey, are more popular than ever. it will be more expensive…