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General discussionWhy there's still no Regional pricing for African countries?! (21 posts)(21 posts)
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Posted July 12, 2019
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immi101: that's not true. They don't need to deal with the local currencies/banking systems in order to set regional prices.
Just add another database entry to set the price and handle the transactions in dollar just like before.
Works fine for South America, no reason it shouldn't work for Africa.

But there are probably not enough buyers from African countries to convince GOG that it is worthwhile to sit down and work out some suitable pricing arrangement.
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satoru: Steam always takes into account how locals actually pay for things. They look at local payment methods that are popular. Have you ever heard of Kombini? No? Its a cash payment service that allows users in Japan to buy things online with just cash because credit cards are something no one uses in Japan. In places like Brazili they supported Boa Compora a popular local payment method. Every country that steam supports always has a range of payment methods that make sense ofr that region.
No one uses CC in Japan? Really? I find that hard to believe in today's modern economy.
Posted July 13, 2019
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GameRager: No one uses CC in Japan? Really? I find that hard to believe in today's modern economy.
Have you ever travelled outside of the US? Here in Europe most payments can be done with a Debit card.
Posted July 13, 2019
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GameRager: No one uses CC in Japan? Really? I find that hard to believe in today's modern economy.
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teceem: Have you ever travelled outside of the US? Here in Europe most payments can be done with a Debit card.
It's the same way in the States.
Posted July 13, 2019
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teceem: Have you ever travelled outside of the US? Here in Europe most payments can be done with a Debit card.
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tinyE: It's the same way in the States.
Don't certain "institutions" do credit checks? What if you've never used credit? And what about hotels in the US?
Post edited July 13, 2019 by teceem
Posted July 13, 2019
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GameRager: No one uses CC in Japan? Really? I find that hard to believe in today's modern economy.
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teceem: Have you ever travelled outside of the US? Here in Europe most payments can be done with a Debit card.
I thought that user meant debit/credit cards together were not used in Japan. Here we tend to use the terms interchangeably sometimes.

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tinyE: It's the same way in the States.
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teceem: Don't certain "institutions" do credit checks? What if you've never used credit? And what about hotels in the US?
Hotels'etc do take debit cards as well as they have the MC/Visa logos usually and have to be accepted at places that take such...including stores/hotels/etc.

Also no credit checks are done usually as most are tied to checking accounts or "free floating"(issued by a company and you put money or paychecks on them to spend at places) and are given with said accounts.
Post edited July 13, 2019 by GameRager
Posted July 15, 2019
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satoru: Steam always takes into account how locals actually pay for things. They look at local payment methods that are popular. Have you ever heard of Kombini? No? Its a cash payment service that allows users in Japan to buy things online with just cash because credit cards are something no one uses in Japan. In places like Brazili they supported Boa Compora a popular local payment method. Every country that steam supports always has a range of payment methods that make sense ofr that region.
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GameRager: No one uses CC in Japan? Really? I find that hard to believe in today's modern economy.
Credit cards are extremely uncommon in Japan. Its a very very cash oriented society. On the plus side, you can pretty much just throw random bills at a cashier, and they will always give you the correct change very fast.

Even more so if you're a foreigner in Japan. Banks wont even talk to you, let alone give you a credit card.

That of course even assumes you can GET to a bank. Because you know, they're only open for 'banker hours' and good luck trying to get 20 minutes off work to get to a bank because yeah, you basically can't leave the office until 9pm.

Oh yeah and Japan LOVES FAXING too. Its hilariously backwards.


But I guess to clarify, most 'big' businesses take credit cards, but its for the tourist/foreigners. Most people in japan just walk around with like 200-500 in cash all the time. Basically people treat the equivalent of a $100 bill, like most Americans treat $20's
Post edited July 15, 2019 by satoru
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