The days of calculating exchange rates are coming to an end: over the next year Valve is looking to introduce a range of local currencies to its Steam marketplace, including tohse of Australia, Canada and Japan.
Other nations listed on a slide smuggledout of the no-press Steam developers conferenceinclude the New Zealand Dollar and Mexican Peso.
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If you live in one of the included countries, your first instinct may be to celebrate. Don’t. You’re often getting a bargain buying things in US dollars. A Steam marketplace available in your local currency may just make it easier for publishers to charge people like Australians their regular exorbitant prices.
