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Kade · Sep 30, 2014

Just got this e-mail.

Dear Steam User,

Steam will soon be priced in Canadian Dollar!

If your Steam wallet has any money in it on October 7th, 2014 (Pacific Time), your U.S. Dollar balance will be converted to the Canadian Dollar, at a conversion rate dictated by market value at the time of conversion.

To view your account balance, simply log into your Steam client or the Steam website at http://www.steampowered.com. Once you have logged in, you will see your balance in the upper-right corner next to your account name.

Thanks,

The Steam Support Team
http://support.steampowered.com

Chère utilisatrice, cher utilisateur Steam,

Le dollar canadien arrive bientôt sur Steam!

Si votre porte-monnaie Steam contient un crédit au 7 octobre 2014 (UTC+8), le solde disponible en dollar US sera automatiquement converti en dollar canadien au taux de change en vigueur au moment de la conversion.

Une fois connecté sur Steam vous pouvez consulter le solde de votre porte-monnaie : il est affiché dans la partie supérieure droite du navigateur (à ladresse http://www.steampowered.com) ou du client Steam, à côté du nom de compte.

Cordialement,

Léquipe du Support Steam
http://support.steampowered.com

They've been pricing at MSRP already so everything is probably going up $5-$10.

Levito · Sep 30, 2014

Gotta love paying $70 for new games.

antibolo · Sep 30, 2014

Maybe this won't screw us over. Hahaha yes it will. It always does.

I expect a disproportionate price increase PLUS sales tax.

chrominance · Sep 30, 2014

oh fuck
oh fuck
oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck

THE END TIMES ARE NEAR
DISASTER AWAITS
WE MUST CLING TO THE UNDERBELLY OF GREEN MAN GAMING UNTIL THEY TOO SUCCUMB

(goddammit all to hell, couldn't you at least wait until after the holiday sale)

shortyme · Sep 30, 2014

booooooooooooooooooo

Hanzou · Sep 30, 2014

Does the mean we start paying sales tax now too?

Tapejara · Sep 30, 2014

They would do this when the dollar is weak, and not anytime during the past six years we've been on par.

ShadowgeistX · Sep 30, 2014

I want to hope that valve will be fair about it...but most likely it'll be terrible. As if the paypal conversion rate wasn't bad enough lol.

Phrozenflame500 · Sep 30, 2014

Bah, looks like we're going to get screwed really hard. Again. God dammit.

Begaria · Sep 30, 2014

Do we get a choice of hitting up the US store if we want to? I haven't been paying enough attention to this.

SuperSonic1305 · Sep 30, 2014

soultron · Sep 30, 2014

Just bought Mordor for $50 and it felt so strange.

BocoDragon · Sep 30, 2014

Canadian Dollar? Is this some kind of new indie game? I hope it gets greenlit.

tim_pkmn89 · Sep 30, 2014

BocoDragon said:
Canadian Dollar? Is this some kind of new indie game? I hope it gets greenlit.

It wouldn't be "hitting Steam" if it had to be Greenlit.

Serrato · Sep 30, 2014

Tapejara said:
They would do this when the dollar is weak, and not anytime during the past six years we've been on par.

Maybe they are pushed around by the big publishers... right?

The Dutch Slayer · Sep 30, 2014

I'm very sorry fellow canadians

Now you have to play even more for games

Drkirby · Sep 30, 2014

Serrato said:
Maybe they are pushed around by the big publishers... right?

Actually, they are just doing a big push to have more markets use their local currency. Having to buy a game in a non-native currency likely hurts sales.

Dylan · Sep 30, 2014

So, if the conversion happens October 7th, does this mean that we should empty our steam wallets now? Or does it even out in the end?

Say I have 10 dollars in my wallet.

On October 7th, that becomes 11.20CAD?

Someone do the mathemagics.

kasane · Sep 30, 2014

sigh

fml

fuck everything

daevv · Sep 30, 2014

We had a good run...

kasane · Sep 30, 2014

oh yeah

dota cosmetics too right??

fuck everything

BlackBuzzard · Sep 30, 2014

Sucks for my Canadian brothers. We in Europe are already used to getting screwed.

I really haven't bought day 1 games on steam in years, there are many cheaper alternatives available.

CreeperBlocks · Sep 30, 2014

god damn it. Maybe i'll switch to GOG instead.

Oracle Dragon · Sep 30, 2014

I don't know how much of a difference it will make, it's hard to find PC price games here. But between the exchange rate and the fee for currency conversion I don't think this will be a big deal, unless we (probably) start paying a pile of taxes on it as well.

DaBoss · Sep 30, 2014

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Kade · Sep 30, 2014

New Steam Group

$1=$1

Kazerei · Sep 30, 2014

Loonie why you so weak

Anth0ny · Sep 30, 2014

It was fun while it lasted, friends.

$70 games everywhere.

Jotamide · Sep 30, 2014

It's time to welcome our Green Man Gaming and Humble Store overlords.

Hanzou · Sep 30, 2014

Oracle Dragon said:
I don't know how much of a difference it will make, it's hard to find PC price games here. But between the exchange rate and the fee for currency conversion I don't think this will be a big deal, unless we (probably) start paying a pile of taxes on it as well.

This what I think people don't realize. If they just bump up prices 10% or so then it makes no difference since that is what we were paying g after conversion anyway. Now if taxes get added on...

Annubis · Sep 30, 2014

Expect new AAA titles to be 70$ + taxes.
Here in QC that means 80.48$ for one game.

I think GMG / Gamersgate / Amazon.com will be seeing a lot more of me now.

BY2K · Sep 30, 2014

Damn it.

Damn it damn it damn it damn it!

-Pyromaniac- · Sep 30, 2014

I haven't been playing PC games much lately and this will probably make me rarely do it....sucks.

sikkinixx · Sep 30, 2014

Oh well, I'll just keep buying on Amazon.com and ignoring the Steam store like I always do.

Ventara · Sep 30, 2014

Eh, I buy most of my games from Russians now. Sucks for the region-locked games, though.

Tempesta di Fuoco · Sep 30, 2014

What's next, Monopoly money?

Devo · Sep 30, 2014

guess it's time to move to the states then

Drkirby · Sep 30, 2014

kasane said:
oh yeah

dota cosmetics too right??

fuck everything

Right now they have it defined as 10USD = 11 CAD for the Dota hats.

Since 10USD is actually 11.20 CAD, you are going to get a minor discount for now.

RE_Player · Sep 30, 2014

Well I'm done buying games on Steam.

phoenix296 · Sep 30, 2014

This is not a good thing...

Oh well. Most of my purchases are made through Russian bears these days anyway.

Stranger In The Alps · Sep 30, 2014

This is terrible news. Canadians have been getting screwed around all year with higher prices for videogames. If they start making us pay sales tax, this means new games will cost $80 and some change. Can't wait for the next steam sale to see the underwhelming new prices!

Windam · Sep 30, 2014

It was good while it lasted.

frequency · Sep 30, 2014

Well, at least this should help me stop getting games on Steam that I'll never play.

Motwera · Sep 30, 2014

Sentenza · Sep 30, 2014

frequency said:
Well, at least this should help me stop getting games on Steam that I'll never play.

It won't. You'll just learn like we euro-fellows that there are plenty of sources to buy your Steam games for cheap.

Luigi87 · Sep 30, 2014

Well... lame.
Taxes + Higher game prices. I wonder what that will mean for existing Steam cards though. I guess they'll give the full amount.
To clarify: $25 CAD Steam cards will only give about $22 USD in the wallet (it even has this printed on the cards).

yatesl · Sep 30, 2014

Canada should join the rest of us non-US Steam users and just buy everything with TF2 keys.

Fate_Shirou · Sep 30, 2014

Expected, Canadian console gamers are already paying 80$(69.99+tax) for brand new games, well here in quebec/ontario anyways.

calder · Sep 30, 2014

Yeah that sucks. Hopefully this doesn't also mean they will be opening a Canadian presence in some way or else we'll have to pay taxes too (at least, I believe that's what determines whether or not we pay GST on online purchases).

Buggy Loop · Sep 30, 2014

I dont understand the problem, your credit card does the conversion from US to CND. Whats the difference between the credit card doing it or Steam doing it?

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