That would not be meaningfully cheaper, as buying a key from a reseller would mean paying in USD probably, and what’s escalating the price is Bandai not bothering with regional pricing.
I don’t live in Brazil, but from what I’m aware of, Steam does keep track of where regional purchases are made and restricts them from being redeemed by accounts in other regions (Most examples are eastern European/SEA gamers being unable to gift games to other territories)
Additionally, even sites that sell “legit” keys may come with strings attached that are risky for the buyer (G2A has laundered game keys bought with stolen credit cards, whose chargebacks can and will ban your account), and often don’t apply regional pricing at all compared to straight from steam.
This leads to prices sometimes that due to currency conversion rates (and regional discounts), may seem cheap to western gamers but very expensive for South Americans or SEA/Eastern European gamers (Some companies don’t even care and just charge full US price).
Ackshully, what has made this game so pricey is the lack of regional pricing. In that they are charging the literal converted value of the game in foreign currency to us.
Games with regional pricing, even the pricey ones, tend to go for about ~250 beans.
I notices that’s a thing with Japanese developers - most don’t give a shit about Steam’s regional pricing feature. Maybe because they fear VPN shoppers or something.
Brazilian pricing moment, I feel so sorry for you.
Why not buy Steam keys? Is it just as expensive buying through Humble Bundle or some site that sells legit keys?
That would not be meaningfully cheaper, as buying a key from a reseller would mean paying in USD probably, and what’s escalating the price is Bandai not bothering with regional pricing.
I don’t live in Brazil, but from what I’m aware of, Steam does keep track of where regional purchases are made and restricts them from being redeemed by accounts in other regions (Most examples are eastern European/SEA gamers being unable to gift games to other territories)
Additionally, even sites that sell “legit” keys may come with strings attached that are risky for the buyer (G2A has laundered game keys bought with stolen credit cards, whose chargebacks can and will ban your account), and often don’t apply regional pricing at all compared to straight from steam.
This leads to prices sometimes that due to currency conversion rates (and regional discounts), may seem cheap to western gamers but very expensive for South Americans or SEA/Eastern European gamers (Some companies don’t even care and just charge full US price).
Ackshully, what has made this game so pricey is the lack of regional pricing. In that they are charging the literal converted value of the game in foreign currency to us.
Games with regional pricing, even the pricey ones, tend to go for about ~250 beans.
Ah, Bandai-Namco right?
I notices that’s a thing with Japanese developers - most don’t give a shit about Steam’s regional pricing feature. Maybe because they fear VPN shoppers or something.