I’ve heard that it’s relating to the currency itself: it has stabilized since 2022 yet no updates on adjusting the price (as it was last updated back when PLN was weak), hence making games more expensive than usual when you take into account what an average salary a Polish person earns per month.
PC gaming is big in Poland but for some reason they’re being ripped off on Steam (where games are purchased) so, most of the time they buy keys from third party sites like Greenman or Fanatical. As according to Steam DB, it always has one of the worst regional pricing (+30%) from USD.
Valve set Steam’s regional pricing recommendations for Poland in October 2022, right when the złoty was at its weakest. The złoty has since recovered significantly, but Valve never updated the recommendations. Since most devs just lazily accept Steam’s defaults, Polish gamers end up with the second-highest game prices in the world - often 20-30% above USD - despite having roughly a third of the average American salary. So they flee to key resellers, which is exactly the outcome regional pricing was supposed to prevent.
Historical reasons. They don’t want to encourage deal-hungry neighbors to invade for a discount, Poland has been through enough.
Still cheaper than buying them in Australia!
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Regional pricing rates. Argentina has similar woes.
Is it because Poland is the home of Steams other main competitor?
