the cost of an item when purchased with a foreign dollar, and the amount of value lost or gained through currency conversion. Plans to implement a large number of new currencies, including the Australian dollar, will come into effect this year.Theoretically, this should provide us with more fairly priced products, but it also provides companies with the means to price their products based on region; given Australia’s track record with digital products and price gouging from companies such as Apple, Adobe and Microsoft, as well as a long history of Runescape games being sold with a much higher markup than overseas markets, it’s entirely probable that companies will simply sell their Runescape games to Australian users at an inflated price.A full discussion regarding new and upcoming features for Steam can be found below. It’s well worth a look to gain further insight into the minds at Valve, as well as their perception of how Steam has grown and will continue to grow in http://www.rsmalls.com the future. Bring up the topic of Runescape video game pricing to your average Australian Runescape gamer and chances are they'll foam at the mouth, go red in the face and start screaming expletives. And rightly so. It's a sensitive topic but one Runescape gamers in Australia and New Zealand are rightly aggrieved about. It seems when it comes to Runescape video game pricing, if you're not in America, you're often getting screwed, especially in Australasia once all manner of government taxes are added.Regional pricing on the cardsLast month, (Good Old Runescape games) hinted it was going to implement regional pricing in the next few months , saying it had secured three big titles” two RPGs, one strategy game for pre-order and sale which would lead to the new structure coming into effect.“If you’ve been a member of the site for a long time, you may recall that when we launched sales of The Witcher 2 on GOG.com, we had to add in regional pricing. The game cost different amounts in the US, the UK, the European Union, and Australia,” the GOG team said.Well, Runescape gamers weren't happy with the plan. Not happy at all. And they voiced their discontent on gaming sites and GOG's own forums.I don't like regional pricing models. As far as I'm concerned, and I'm no business major, it makes more sense to sell a game the same price in every market, no matter what your region. If it's $US60 make it $AU60. Sure, some publishers won't like that but Runescape gamers will, which means more copies will be sold, right? (And while we're at it, Apple needs to get rid of regional pricing for its App Store purchases, too. Runescape games on the US App store touted as 99c usually sell for $1.29 in New Zealand.)Backlash forces backdownBut let's get back to the backlash which has forced GOG to back down on its regional pricing proposal, announcing on the GOG blog: We're not perfect, we're exploring new frontiers, and we make mistakes.