EA have price hiked a bunch of their games on Steam

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EA have price hiked a bunch of their games on SteamHands—and wallets—in the air.

Hands—and wallets—in the air.

On Wednesday, EA raised the prices for a large portion of their game catalog on Steam. The increases seem to have affected most regional currencies outside the United States. Price changes are inconsistent, with some regions seeing small increases and others being slapped with 300% price hikes on certain games.

Brazil was hit particularly hard, asanother user points outin the same thread. The Brazilian Real saw markups of 300% for a number of games including Medal of Honor,Dead Space,Dead Space 2, andMirror’s Edge. Other games saw Brazilian price changes of anywhere from a 100% markup to 200%, defying any obvious rhyme or reason. Some games were already more expensive to buy on Steam than on EA’s own Origin store, but the new overhaul is a very large shift.

For several years, only older EA games have been available on Steam, with newer releases only being found on the Origin store. Breaking the trend,Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderwas the first to be sold on Valve’s platform in quite a while.Its priceshave not been affected. EA haven’t appeared to publicly comment on the pricing changes.