STEAM introduces new payment method: Roubles! [sorry: Russian letters inside]

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they be invading steamgifts

whoah!:) that's great news! at least for me ^_^
well, i'm almost sure, such localized versions will lack English in most cases.
And that might be a problem for us to gift such games here

just read the article in the link... so there is not only good news, but a new problem:
"Importantly, after we switch over to Rubles on in August, there will no longer be the option to sell your games for USD in Russia. Therefore, if you choose not to sell in Rubles, we will need to stop selling your title in Russia."
Если по русски: "Отмечу, что после перехода на рубли в августе, в России не будет возможности оплачивать игры рублями, поэтому если вы решите не продавать игру за рубли, нам придётся перестать продавать игру в России"
So if the publisher decides, he doesn't want to sell his games twice as cheap, he could chose not to sell them in Russia at all..:(

Пффф.. Да уж,клапаны такие тупые что никак не предвидят это.. Мне кажется что игры просто-напросто будут привязаны к СНГ географически :/

Well... they say, Russia is the second country (after USA) to buy on Steam. Aproximately 8-9% of Steam purchases are made from Russia. And that's quiet lots of money:) Lowering the prices will certainly increase Russian userbase, hence increasing revenues, so publishers would think twice, before abandoning Russia at all. actually most user just can't affford to spend $30 on a single game and there might be ~1% of Russian users, buying a game at $60. that's why making those prices twice lower will greatly increase number of purchases. Valve is really good at what they are doing:)
Also i'm not sure, but Valve might somehow fine publishers for local restrictions, so i'm almost sure, most publishers will just use local prices without making any local version, unless they have to or they are really greedy. There are not so many examples of extremely greedy publishers. Anyway, many games are currently avaliable in retail at local prices, so it won't change much, except, foreign publishers will be able to sell at local prices with just Steam, ignoring costly retail distribution.

Well, this probably means tRouble! AAAAAAAAAAAaaaahahahahahahahahaahhahahah

I'll show myself out.

I'll publish Russian roulette game on steam only for russia. You can enter with an steam account worth 50$ or more. If you are lucky, you get a free game. If not, your steam account will be disabled.

Wonder if Valve will roll with this idea?

And the game costs less if your account is worth more.