Steam pricing and Purchasing Power Parity
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Hello the Stardock team. I'm an Object Desktop user from Turkey. I've been a Stardock member for more than a decade.
I want to renew my Object Desktop subscription, I can't because it's too expensive for me.
Our currency Turkish Lira has been losing value over the last 18 years. 18 years ago, 1 USD was 1.6 TRY, today it is 7.1 TRY.
Our current minimum monthly wage is 2500 TRY (currently 350 USD), 1 year ago, it was 420 USD.
This is a request for everyone living in poor countries like me. Please consider pricing your software according to Purchasing Power Parity.
Steam sets pricing of games and software according to the PPP.
This is a random game I picked, Steam sets a different price for each country. Poor countries can't afford like European countries so they pay less.
My currency is the bottom 2nd in this list. Euro is the top currency and Euro price is 455% more expensive than Turkish Lira price.
I know Steam takes a big cut from companies so I want to purchase your software from your website so you get 99% of the revenue but I need your support.
