Interesting Discovery!

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So, I was looking at http://www.steamgamesales.com/, and noticed, that you can change your Country....

In the United States, (Just for example I'll use this game, to show how odd this is) Tomb Raider, is available for pre-purchase (At "10%" off) for $44.99....

However, if you change your country to Russia, the deal it says they have, is "539 RUB". Which, converted to USD is $17.79....

That's just an example! They pay way less for games.... Q_Q

I know where I'm moving! LAWL

What's your guy's thoughts on this?

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cxiong93

you didn't know russia had cheaper games?

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JohnMonroe

Do you have any thoughts on the fact that they do have cheaper games (i.e why do you think they have cheaper games?), rather than questioning the timing of when I found out?

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cxiong93

i think it was because of the fact that there is a lot of piracy in russia and to combat it, they made games cheaper.
they also made lots of games region restricted to russia-only and you can only play with those in russia

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cxiong93

you also may want to know that Brazil have low prices too now

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Jams

you didn't know russia had cheaper games?

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CEO

no i didnt know and i would not buy from a country i dont know.

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JohnMonroe

+1 (@That Guy I can't see)

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CEO

lol

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TheDarkHarvest

you didn't know russia had cheaper games?

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Kryzoid

you didn't know russia had cheaper games?

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HelloImCuddy

Spec Ops in Russia costs 149 rubles on sale. But in the Amazon with a coupon it can be bought for $ 2.50(~~90 rubles)

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charisma

you didn't know russia had cheaper games?

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IgotElbows

russia had cheaper games? you didn't know

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Herpulese

you dont f*cking say?

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Lucnvil

you are not cheaper on russia?

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Ekaros

He is, everyone is.

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MmMspeedy

In Soviet Russia, game buys you!

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juliobds

Even Europe has 2 tier prices for games. You really should get out more and travel a bit instead of just playing videogames. It is ultimately up to you so hey... you're the boss of where you go.

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MonkAlex

What's your guy's thoughts on this?
Why not compare the salary?
15k rubles per month average.

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MonkAlex

I can eat a week for 500 + rubles. Possibly this is for you for $ 45?

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21stcenturyrambo

you didn't know russia had cheaper games?

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DonVino

what are my thoughts on this? The internet has been very kind to you so far...maybe that will change with this thread

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scurvebeard

I thought steamprices.com was pretty good at tracking which regions had the cheapest prices for a given game.

Dunno if I'm reading the site info wrong, never had much use for the function really.

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GnomeBwana

you didn't know russia had cheaper games?

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SleepyCat

You didn't know... oh wait.

By the way, Tomb Raider may be cheaper in Motherland, but it's not giftable, so no SteamGifts giveaway of TR from me Q_Q. A lot of recent games are region-locked if purchased from the Russian store.

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Raik

you didn't know russia had cheaper games?

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RazielAntemos

Didn't you... yeah

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