Rumor Says: Steam Prices to Increase for Certain Countries

The rumor mill spits out information left and right in the gaming world, and in an effort to keep up – we at TSS gaming always have our ears to the ground. That said, we heard an interesting little rumor reemerge over at gamestop, and it has to do with a price hike in certain countries being applied to all digital goods and services. Originally something that was heard from Kotaku back in 2015, steam seems slotted to increase their sales taxes for up to ten countries – One of which is getting a 20% tax hike.

If you look below, the listed countries are apparently getting a sales tax to all purchases on the platformer – starting from the months listed:

March 2017:

Switzerland 8%



South Korea 10%



Japan 8%



New Zealand 15%



Iceland 24%



South Africa 14%



India 15%

April 2017:

Serbia 20%

May 2017:

Taiwan 5%

July 2017:

Australia 10%

It seems like Serbia is potentially getting the biggest tax hike out of all the affected countries, with New Zeland and Africa also getting zinged. That said, as a Canadian citizen, I can only be happy that my country isn’t among the listed. As a gamer my wallet already hurts, no need to gouge me for more.

We have no real confirmation of whether the percentages listed above our acurate as of yet, but we will find out soon and let you know.

Let us know in the comment’s about what you think of the potential tax hikes, and how much games cost in the various countries you live in already.

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