Electronic Arts have jacked up the prices for its older games on Steam by as much as 3X. Such as Sim City 4, Dragon Age and more now pricier

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EA Has Increased The Prices Of Lots Of Old Games On Steam

Electronic Arts have jacked up the prices for its older games on Steam. If you are currently living outside of the United States then chances are that you will be paying more for games. Titles like Sims 4, and Dragon Age all saw a sudden increase in price. This is most likely going to make a lot of people angry and the people at EA a lot richer. The changes would appear to be widespread, hitting just about every EA-published game or slice of downloadable content around the world. The price hit is going to vary depending on the territory you’re in though, with the US the only country which is maintaining old pricing.

On Reddit, MJuniorDC9 has published several examples of different games which were increased in britain, Canada, Europe, Brazil and Russia. Not every money was influenced, possibly, but it is difficult to tell, since it is inconsistent. Sim City 4 and Dragon Age are more expensive in New Zealand, for example, however Dead Space 2 is not.



You may observe the shift in costs on SteamDB by clicking on the money.

Cost hikes are not as rare as they ought to be, with publishers occasionally getting caught raising a match’s price only in front of a sale in order that they could claim they are offering much bigger reductions. Dead Space two, that climbed from #14. 99 to #17. 99 has been under a tenner before July 2018, therefore that is its next increase in as many years.

Similarly, as MJuniorDC9’s Reddit post highlights, Mass Effect Collection (which includes Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2: Digital Deluxe Edition), has changed from a ‘regular’ price of £22.99 / €27.99 / CA$34.99 to £29.99 /€34.99 / CA$45.99, and Crysis 2: Maximum Edition from £19.99 / €19.99 / CA$29.99 to £24.99 / €29.99 / CA$39.99, according to the site. It’s definitely worse in other countries though.

Crysis 2 was R$ 39.99 in Brazil, it’s now R$ 119.00. The old excuse of adapting for regional pricing doesn’t exactly ring true here, Brazilians are paying well over the odds in their local currency.

Going through EA’s list of games, most seem to have been affected. It seems like a change in EA’s approach to regional pricing on Steam rather than preparation for a sale, though this doesn’t explain the inconsistencies. Aside from the recent Fallen Order, there’s no obvious reason why some games have been changed and some haven’t.

In some cases, the prices are now triple what they are on Origin though some of them were already more expensive on Steam before the price hike so it’s not like EA is bringing them more in line with regional prices on its own platform. Whatever the reason, you might want to shop around if you were planning on buying something from EA on Steam.

