Modern Warfare 2 Charging Argentinian Players 820% More Than Valve's Recommended Price
Modern Warfare 2 is being sold at a very pricey cost in Argentina and Turkey, 820 percent and 541 percent higher than Valve's recommendation respectively. To put that into perspective, when you factor in taxes, the new Call of Duty will cost $95 in Argentina while the average monthly salary is $427. That's a fourth of your salary out the window.
Valve's suggested price is 759.99 Argentine Peso ($6.25 before taxes) and 109 Turkish Lira ($6.36). However, Activision has opted to charge 699 Turkish Lira ($40.85) and 6,990 Argentine Peso. According to Wage Centre, the average monthly salary in Turkey is $525 after taxes.
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These are two of the most egregious examples on the list, but every single country went above Valve's recommendation—221 percent more for Kazakhstani Tenge, 134 percent more for Brazilian Real, 233 percent more for Indian Rupee, etc. Naturally, this hike in price that ignores inflation, wages, and other contextual factors has caused controversy.
"I'm from Argentina and here the price is absolutely impossible to pay," one commenter added. "A lot of companies ignore Valve's suggested price but rarely are they selling their games at such a whopping high rate," another said.
Romania is another example of not factoring in average wages with one user pointing out that it's €70 in Romania despite an average monthly salary of €500. It gets worse in Albania, Kosovo, and Macedonia where the average monthly salary is €300. The game will be unaffordable to most.
But it's unfortunately nothing new—even old Call of Duty games still retail at an incredibly high price point, with some over a decade old going for $100NZD. It's not as bad in
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