Response from dev forum:
"As most of you know, our developer tools suggest pricing based on market research and purchasing power parity. In the case of territories such as Russia, Brazil, and SE Asia, we suggested pricing that is lower than the direct USD conversion. This is based on our assessment of actual pricing of comparable products in that market. Recently Rubles have hit an all-time low which has been a concern of many game developers. We are still assessing the market to see if suggesting new prices in Russia is right for customers who live in that market. We do not think that pricing based on currency conversion only is the right way to approach the Russian market necessarily.
Probably gonna get attacked by all "holyer-than-thou"s for this comment but after seeing all the trashing of people gifitng only bundled games and those aiming for CV I just have to say it- wow, how dare you people?!
So many comments here on how this is gonna affect gifting (in the sense of buying cheaper and then gifting for full CV) on SG just opened my eyes to the ultimate hypocrisy that's been going on. I've never thought about how people get the games they give away here as I really don't care but after seeing all these comments 'm getting pretty sick of it all. Now to emphasize- I am NOT talking about everyone here, only those whom I've seen trashing others for gifting bundles and people who have been asking about CV.
So you buy drastically cheaper games than in our region and then give them away here- as far as I'm concerned- great. I love the prevailing attitude here- it is all about generosity; but those who do that and then have the audacity to trash those who don't do that so they can only afford to give away bundled games... Well isn't that just dandy...
I'm not gonna go on about this as I hope I've made my point well enough, just needed to say it