Steam pricing questions

[Dogg Thang]

While waiting for some games to come down in price on Steam, I'm becoming more aware of the crazy Euro prices, often way more expensive than buying the games in a shop.

Fallout New Vegas, Dead Space 2, Portal 2 and Crysis 2 are all ?50 (around ?43).

My question is, what are these games priced for you UK folks?

[Bort]

http://www.steamprices.com

[Dogg Thang]

Thank you Bort! Much appreciated.

Edit: Oh my word. Steam is just bending us Euro people over and giving us a right buggering. The differences are quite horrific.

[Bort]

Yep. It can be a right bugger at times.

I've helped a few people out by buying and gifting from the cheapest region. Always an option.

[Dogg Thang]

Ah, I wasn't sure you could gift across regions. That's a really good idea.

[Dogg Thang]

In Euros, Fallout New Vegas is €50. That's around ?43. In the UK, it's a far more reasonable ?30 (around €34). And yet I could walk into a shop today and there it was for just over €20 (less than ?20). So I bought it.

I quite like buying digital for the handiness of it and we're so used to complaining about PSN prices but, even with some good sales, if I can buy retail for less than half price of what a game costs me on Steam, it seems Steam still has a long way to go.

[cutmymilk]

Its a topic that has cropped up regularly in the last few years. Pay more... for less? Thats why i only buy hard copies. If something comes out digital only at a price that cannot be challenged by other retailers it will stay high. We have to stop that happening!

I personally would illegally download someting rather than buy it on itunes. Real CDs at a cheaper price, thanks!