It's not Valve that gouges non-US customers, it's the publishers. Having travelled to the US with a gaming capable laptop I was unable to purchase games via the

It's not Valve that gouges non-US customers, it's the publishers. Having travelled to the US with a gaming capable laptop I was unable to purchase games via the US Steam store, but instead had to pay a significant amount more (in USD) to buy it from the Australian store. Just as an example now - even though the AUD and USD are hovering around parity - Deus Ex is $90 here, and I'm sure it's around or under $60 in the US. As for problems with not being able to re-sell or rent games, that's not so much of a problem for me because I don't do that anyway. I would only really need to sell such games when they take up too much physical space, and with Steam and digital delivery it's not an issue.