Unfair Regional Prices for Civ 7

Civilization VII regional pricing - https://steamdb.info/app/1295660/

What is the basics for regional pricing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination

Obligatory "famous dev talking instead of random OP" - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lSofMoSdMqw

China is the only country with fair regional pricing.

And while you think about it, I'll say why that is. If prices were high, they would unite, protest and boycott the company until they changed the prices to be reasonable. At the same time, keeping the game profitable in China, together with the multiple console launches creates space to raise the prices everywhere else for future DLCs and games from the publisher.

All a big financial game for a big publisher and it's shareholders.

I live in Brazil, and to be able to fully experience this game, which relies heavily on civilizations and leaders, I would have to pay R$650,00 ($105)

Here are other full priced games and their launch prices in R$:

• Elden Ring: R$229,90
• Cyberpunk 2099: R$199,90
• Baldur's Gate 3: R$199,90
• Stalker 2: R$239,00
• Helldivers 2: R$199,50
• Monster Hunter Wilds: R$279,00
• Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: R$299,00

The minimum monthly wage in Brazil just got raised to R$1518,00, and we have data that ~58% of our population lives with less than two monthly wages. ~24% live with LESS than one.

Buying Civilization VII costs the average brazilian 43% of their monthly wage.

Applying Steam regional pricing, the incomplete base game would cost 70% of what it is (R$350,00 -> R$245,00).

Translating to US minimum wage, the full base game would cost $523 dollars

Funny image from today's game with friends. It will be Civ6 for at least another year.