ARC Raiders announces regional price adjustments

ARC Raiders has announced another round of regional price adjustments that are live now. Embark Studios' extraction shooter has dropped its cost before, previously lowering its entry point in 15 regions ahead of launch. The significant difference is that ARC RaidersThe latest announcement is a rebalancing of pricing, which means some regions will now pay less while others will have higher prices.

Regional pricing is a common practice where a game's cost is adjusted based on the purchasing power of a player's market, rather than converting its base price to another currency. While ARC Raiders previously implemented regional pricing, some regions were omitted from the price adjustments. In particular, players from Turkey, Argentina and Latin America have long fought for fairer prices on Steam forums and community threads. Unfortunately, not all of these regions were addressed with the recent price adjustments.

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ARC Raiders updates regional prices

An announcement by Embark Studios announcing a regional price adjustment for ARC Raiders

Embark Studios announced through the official ARC Raiders Discord that the new regional price changes are now active. According to Embark Oscar, the studio's leader, these changes ensure that our regional pricing follows the current economic trends and ensures[s] reasonable prices worldwide.” This timely price update comes just before the latest 1.27.0 patch, which aims to improve balance adjustments for the changes introduced with Riven Tides while also adding the new Corsaro set to the in-game store.

This announcement is not a simple price cut, as it seems to benefit some regions much more than others. According to SteamDB's pricing data, South Africa saw one of the biggest drops, from R739 to R549 (roughly $44.37 to $32.96); Colombia also saw a big cut from COL$126,296 to COL$99,000 ($37.70 to $27.20). Interested players from these regions now have a more accessible entry point for ARC Raiders last major update. Conversely, Ukraine and the UK saw rising costs for the game, with the former costing 1390₴ ($31.62) and the latter at £34.99 ($47.46).

The timing of this rebalancing of pricing is significant as it comes as ARC Raiders reviewed bombed on Steam. While the extraction shooter still has a “Very Positive” review on its Steam page, recent reviews have brought it all the way down to “Mixed.” The Riven Tides update exacerbated or outright ignored previous player complaints, who were hoping for rebalancing in the major update. Some common criticisms of the update are its questionable balancing decisions regarding weapons like the Betinna, weapons that lose durability at a much faster rate, and the lack of meaningful content, like a proper endgame.

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