Gamers in several countries are furious: prices for Activision Blizzard games on Steam in Brazil, Turkey and Kazakhstan have increased significantly. Some items have gone up tenfold!

Just a few days ago the merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard was finalised, and the companies have already taken the first joint steps, which unfortunately upset gamers in a number of countries.

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The media reports that in some regions the prices for Activision Blizzard games in Steam have increased significantly.

So, gamers from Brazil, Turkey, Kazakhstan and a number of other countries have noticed that the cost of games is not just a little bit increased, but soared several times. So, in Turkey the cost of the standard edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 changed from 115 liras to 1560 liras - it is more than 10 times!

Famous journalist and analyst Idle Sloth reported that in dollar equivalent prices for games in Turkish and Brazilian Steam increased as follows:

• CoD (2003) - from $9 to $19
• CoD 2 - from $9 to $19
• CoD: Black Ops - from $18 to $29
• CoD: Black Ops II - from $21 to $49
• CoD: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) - from $9 to $19
• CoD: Modern Warfare (2019) - from $50 to $55
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - from $40 to $55
• Crash Bandicoot 4 - from $55.50 to $66.50
• Spyro Reignited Trilogy - from $30 to $38
• Prototype - from $9 to $19
• Prototype 2 - from $18 to $38.

There is a possibility that the increased prices will soon be added to Game Pass, but such a sharp price increase seems unjustified, especially in the case of frankly old games (Prototype).

Source: Idle Sloth