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Grinding Gear Games changes Path of Exile II product during sale period

2026-06-02T14:26:13Z

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{{ProductCargo
|Company=Grinding Gear Games
|ProductLine=Path of Exile 2
|ReleaseYear=2024
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Product
|Category=Video Games
|Logo=Header.jpg
|Website=https://www.grindinggear.com/
|Description=Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, set years after the original Path of Exile.
}}'''Path of Exile 2 (by Grinding Gear Games) changed the Product, reducing it's base value and advertised it as a discount, abusing the Steam sale system, resulting in false advertisement, misleading consumers.'''

==Consumer-impact summary==

*False advertisement
*Misrepresentation
*Deceptive Trade Practices
*Deceptive marketing

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Steam Sale & Free to Play Weekend - 29 May 2025===
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}
On the 29th of May 2026 Path of Exile 2 was advertised "On Sale, 50% off!" accompanied by a Free-to-Play weekend. A 50% discount was show-cased, however the product offered was not the same product offered at the reference price<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advertised "Sale" |url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:PoE2_Screenshot_20260603_000406.png}}</ref>. but a product that was in fact half the value, effectively resulting in a 0% discount.

The original Steam advertised price of NZ$51.39 included;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*'''300''' Points (premium currency)

At the time of the -50% "sale", the price was reduced to NZ$25.69 but the underlying product had changed to;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*'''150''' Points (premium currency), introduced specifically for this "sale".

The -50% is calculated on the reference pricing of the original product, misleading consumers into believing they are receiving a discount, when in fact the contents of the product has been diminished.

User reaction is mixed<ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Mega-Thread |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503055973/?tscn=1780406578}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Thread #2 |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503008474/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Review |url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/herbesdeprovence/recommended/2694490}}</ref>, long-time Path of Exile 1 players defending "the currency has always been $1 spent = 10 Points", whilst both new and existing players are exclaiming the Points are not the issue; a consumer looking at the Steam Page is given a very obvious impression they are making a NZ$25.69 saving (50% discount), when in reality none exists, as the reference-pricing relates to the original 300 Point product (no longer available for purchase via Steam but is present on the Path of Exile Website<ref>{{Cite web |title=Path of Exile Website |url=https://pathofexile2.com/get-access}}</ref>).

This controversy could have simply been avoided by the standard process in adding another bundle to the Steam page;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key + 300 Point Supporter Pack - $51.39
*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key + 150 Point Supporter Pack - $25.69

It is therefore apparent that Grinding Gear Games has intentionally and knowingly bait-and-switched the base product and abused their Steam publisher tools to push a false 50% discount in order to drive sales ahead of going Free-to-Play upon leaving Early Access.
==See also==

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Grinding Gear Games changes Path of Exile II product during sale period

2026-06-02T14:19:30Z

Consumerrights: /* Steam Sale & Free to Play Weekend - 29 May 2025 */

{{ProductCargo
|Company=Grinding Gear Games
|ProductLine=Path of Exile 2
|ReleaseYear=2024
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Product
|Category=Video Games
|Logo=Header.jpg
|Website=https://www.grindinggear.com/
|Description=Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, set years after the original Path of Exile.
}}'''Path of Exile 2 (by Grinding Gear Games) changed the Product, reducing it's base value and advertised it as a discount, abusing the Steam sale system, resulting in false advertisement, misleading consumers.'''

==Consumer-impact summary==

*False advertisement
*Misrepresentation
*Deceptive Trade Practices
*Deceptive marketing

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Steam Sale & Free to Play Weekend - 29 May 2025===
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}
On the 29th of May 2026 Path of Exile 2 was advertised "On Sale, 50% off!" accompanied by a Free-to-Play weekend. A 50% discount was show-cased, however the product offered was not the same product offered at the reference price<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advertised "Sale" |url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:PoE2_Screenshot_20260603_000406.png}}</ref>. but a product that was in fact half the value, effectively resulting in a 0% discount.

The original Steam advertised price of NZ$51.39 included;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*'''300''' Points (premium currency)

At the time of the -50% "sale", the price was reduced to NZ$25.69 but the underlying product had changed to;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*'''150''' Points (premium currency), introduced specifically for this "sale".

The -50% is calculated on the reference pricing of the original product, misleading consumers into believing they are receiving a discount, when in fact the contents of the product has been diminished.

User reaction is mixed<ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Mega-Thread |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503055973/?tscn=1780406578}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Thread #2 |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503008474/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Review |url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/herbesdeprovence/recommended/2694490}}</ref>, long-time Path of Exile 1 players defending "the currency has always been $1 spent = 10 Points", whilst both new and existing players are exclaiming the Points are not the issue; a consumer looking at the Steam Page is given a very obvious impression they are making a NZ$25.69 saving (50% discount), when in reality none exists, as the reference-pricing relates to the original 300 Point product (no longer available for purchase via Steam but is present on the Path of Exile Website<ref>{{Cite web |title=Path of Exile Website |url=https://pathofexile2.com/get-access}}</ref>).

This confusion could have simply been avoided by the standard process in adding another bundle to the Steam page;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key + 300 Point Supporter Pack - $51.39
*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key + 150 Point Supporter Pack - $25.69

It is therefore apparent that Grinding Gear Games has intentionally and knowingly bait-and-switched the base product and abused their Steam publisher tools to push a false 50% discount in order to drive sales ahead of going Free-to-Play upon leaving Early Access.
==See also==

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Grinding Gear Games changes Path of Exile II product during sale period

2026-06-02T14:13:42Z

Consumerrights: /* Incidents */

{{ProductCargo
|Company=Grinding Gear Games
|ProductLine=Path of Exile 2
|ReleaseYear=2024
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Product
|Category=Video Games
|Logo=Header.jpg
|Website=https://www.grindinggear.com/
|Description=Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, set years after the original Path of Exile.
}}'''Path of Exile 2 (by Grinding Gear Games) changed the Product, reducing it's base value and advertised it as a discount, abusing the Steam sale system, resulting in false advertisement, misleading consumers.'''

==Consumer-impact summary==

*False advertisement
*Misrepresentation
*Deceptive Trade Practices
*Deceptive marketing

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Steam Sale & Free to Play Weekend - 29 May 2025===
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}
On the 29th of May 2026 Path of Exile 2 was advertised "On Sale, 50% off!" accompanied by a Free-to-Play weekend. A 50% discount was show-cased, however the product offered was not the same product offered at the reference price<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advertised "Sale" |url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:PoE2_Screenshot_20260603_000406.png}}</ref>. but a product that was in fact half the value, effectively resulting in a 0% discount.

The original Steam advertised price of NZ$51.39 included;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*'''300''' Points (premium currency)

At the time of the -50% "sale", the price was reduced to NZ$25.69 but the underlying product had changed, then including;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*'''150''' Points (premium currency), introduced specifically for this "sale".

The -50% is calculated on the reference pricing of the original product, misleading consumers into believing they are receiving a discount, when in fact the contents of the product has been diminished.

User reaction is mixed<ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Mega-Thread |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503055973/?tscn=1780406578}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Thread #2 |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503008474/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Review |url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/herbesdeprovence/recommended/2694490}}</ref>, long-time Path of Exile 1 players defending "the currency has always been $1 spent = 10 Points", whilst both new and existing players are exclaiming the Points are not the issue; a consumer looking at the Steam Page is given a very obvious impression they are making a NZ$25.69 saving (50% discount), when in reality none exists, as the reference-pricing relates to the original 300 Point product (no longer available for purchase via Steam but is present on the Path of Exile Website<ref>{{Cite web |title=Path of Exile Website |url=https://pathofexile2.com/get-access}}</ref>).

This confusion could have simply been avoided by the standard process in adding another bundle to the Steam page;

* Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key + 300 Point Supporter Pack - $51.39
* Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key + 150 Point Supporter Pack - $25.69

It is therefore apparent that Grinding Gear Games has intentionally and knowingly bait-and-switched the base product and abused their Steam publisher tools to push a false 50% discount in order to drive sales ahead of going Free-to-Play upon leaving Early Access.
==See also==

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Grinding Gear Games changes Path of Exile II product during sale period

2026-06-02T13:48:42Z

Consumerrights: /* Incidents */

{{ProductCargo
|Company=Grinding Gear Games
|ProductLine=Path of Exile 2
|ReleaseYear=2024
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Product
|Category=Video Games
|Logo=Header.jpg
|Website=https://www.grindinggear.com/
|Description=Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, set years after the original Path of Exile.
}}'''Path of Exile 2 (by Grinding Gear Games) changed the Product, reducing it's base value and advertised it as a discount, abusing the Steam sale system, resulting in false advertisement, misleading consumers.'''

==Consumer-impact summary==

*False advertisement
*Misrepresentation
*Deceptive Trade Practices
*Deceptive marketing

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Steam Sale & Free to Play Weekend - 29 May 2025===
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}
On the 29th of May 2026 Path of Exile 2 was advertised "On Sale, 50% off!" accompanied by a Free-to-Play weekend. A 50% discount was show-cased, however the product offered was not the same product offered at the reference price<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advertised "Sale" |url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:PoE2_Screenshot_20260603_000406.png}}</ref>. but a product that was in fact half the value, effectively resulting in a 0% discount.

The original Steam advertised price of NZ$51.39 included;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*'''300''' Points (premium currency)

At the time of the -50% "sale", the price was reduced to NZ$25.69 but the underlying product had changed, then including;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*'''150''' Points (premium currency), introduced specifically for this "sale".

The -50% is calculated on the reference pricing of the original product, misleading consumers into believing they are receiving a discount, when in fact the contents of the product has been diminished.

User reaction is mixed<ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Mega-Thread |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503055973/?tscn=1780406578}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Thread #2 |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503008474/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Review |url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/herbesdeprovence/recommended/2694490}}</ref>, long-time Path of Exile 1 players defending "the currency has always been $1 spent = 10 Points", whilst both new and existing players are exclaiming the Points are not the issue; a consumer looking at the Steam Page is given a very obvious impression they are making a NZ$25.69 saving (50% discount), when in reality none exists, as the reference-pricing relates to the original 300 Point product (no longer available for purchase via Steam but is present on the Path of Exile Website<ref>{{Cite web |title=Path of Exile Website |url=https://pathofexile2.com/get-access}}</ref>).

It is believed Grinding Gear Games has intentionally and knowingly bait-and-switched the base product and abused their Steam publisher tools to push a false 50% discount in order to drive sales ahead of going Free-to-Play upon leaving Early Access.
==See also==

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Grinding Gear Games changes Path of Exile II product during sale period

2026-06-02T13:45:53Z

Consumerrights: /* Steam Sale - 29 May 2025 */

{{ProductCargo
|Company=Grinding Gear Games
|ProductLine=Path of Exile 2
|ReleaseYear=2024
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Product
|Category=Video Games
|Logo=Header.jpg
|Website=https://www.grindinggear.com/
|Description=Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, set years after the original Path of Exile.
}}'''Path of Exile 2 (by Grinding Gear Games) changed the Product, reducing it's base value and advertised it as a discount, abusing the Steam sale system, resulting in false advertisement, misleading consumers.'''

==Consumer-impact summary==

*False advertisement
*Misrepresentation
*Deceptive Trade Practices
*Deceptive marketing

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Steam Sale & Free to Play Weekend - 29 May 2025===
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}
On the 29th of May 2026 Path of Exile 2 was advertised "On Sale, 50% off!" accompanied by a Free-to-Play weekend. A 50% discount was show-cased, however the product offered was not the same product offered at the reference price<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advertised "Sale" |url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:PoE2_Screenshot_20260603_000406.png}}</ref>. but a product that was in fact half the value, effectively resulting in a 0% discount.

The original Steam advertised price of NZ$51.39 included;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*'''300''' Points (premium currency)

At the time of the -50% "sale", the price was reduced to NZ$25.69 but the underlying product had changed, then including;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*'''150''' Points (premium currency), introduced specifically for this "sale".

The -50% is calculated on the reference pricing of the original product, misleading consumers into believing they are receiving a discount, when in fact the contents of the product has been diminished.

User reaction is mixed<ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Mega-Thread |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503055973/?tscn=1780406578}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Thread #2 |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503008474/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Review |url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/herbesdeprovence/recommended/2694490}}</ref>, long-time Path of Exile 1 players defending "the currency has always been $1 spent = 10 Points", whilst both new and existing players are exclaiming the Points are not the issue; a consumer looking at the Steam Page is given a very obvious impression they are making a NZ$25.69 saving (50% discount), when in reality none exists, as the reference-pricing relates to the original 300 Point product (no longer available for purchase via Steam but is present on the Path of Exile Website<ref>{{Cite web |title=Path of Exile Website |url=https://pathofexile2.com/get-access}}</ref>).

It is believed Grinding Gear Games has intentionally and knowingly bait-and-switched the base product and absued their Steam publisher tools to push a false 50% discount in order to drive sales ahead of going Free-to-Play upon leaving Early Access.
==See also==

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Grinding Gear Games changes Path of Exile II product during sale period

2026-06-02T13:33:48Z

Consumerrights: /* Steam Sale - 29 May 2025 */

{{ProductCargo
|Company=Grinding Gear Games
|ProductLine=Path of Exile 2
|ReleaseYear=2024
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Product
|Category=Video Games
|Logo=Header.jpg
|Website=https://www.grindinggear.com/
|Description=Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, set years after the original Path of Exile.
}}'''Path of Exile 2 (by Grinding Gear Games) changed the Product, reducing it's base value and advertised it as a discount, abusing the Steam sale system, resulting in false advertisement, misleading consumers.'''

==Consumer-impact summary==

*False advertisement
*Misrepresentation
*Deceptive Trade Practices
*Deceptive marketing

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Steam Sale - 29 May 2025===
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}
On the 29th of May 2026 Path of Exile 2 was advertised "On Sale, 50% off!" during a Free-to-Play weekend. A 50% discount was show-cased, however the product offered was not the same product offered at the reference price<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advertised "Sale" |url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:PoE2_Screenshot_20260603_000406.png}}</ref>. The supplied product was in fact half the value, effectively resulting in a 0% discount.

The original Steam advertised price of NZ$51.39 included;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*300 Points (premium currency)

At the time of the -50% "sale", the price was reduced to NZ$25.69 but the underlying product had changed, then including;

*Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
*150 Points (premium currency), introduced specifically for this "sale".

The -50% is calculated on the reference pricing of the original product, misleading consumers into believing they are receiving a discount, when in fact the contents of the product has been diminished.

User reaction is mixed<ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Mega-Thread |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503055973/?tscn=1780406578}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Example Steam Thread #2 |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2694490/discussions/0/654855914503008474/}}</ref>, long-time Path of Exile players defending "the currency has always been $1 spent = 10 Points", whilst both new and existing players are exclaiming the opinion the Points are not the issue; a consumer looking at the Steam Page is given a very obvious impression they are making a NZ$25.69 saving (discount), when in reality none exists as the reference-pricing relates to the original 300 Point product (no longer available for purchase via Steam but is present on the Path of Exile Website<ref>{{Cite web |title=Path of Exile Website |url=https://pathofexile2.com/get-access}}</ref>).
==See also==

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Grinding Gear Games changes Path of Exile II product during sale period

2026-06-02T13:14:41Z

Consumerrights: /* Example incident one 29 May 2025 */

Grinding Gear Games changes Path of Exile II product during sale period

2026-06-02T13:04:11Z

Consumerrights: references

File:PoE2 screenshot of Steam sale 2026.png

2026-06-02T13:00:38Z

Consumerrights: PoE2 "Sale" evidence.

== Summary ==
PoE2 "Sale" evidence.

Grinding Gear Games changes Path of Exile II product during sale period

2026-06-02T12:52:17Z

Consumerrights: formatting

Grinding Gear Games changes Path of Exile II product during sale period

2026-06-02T12:49:54Z

Consumerrights: First write-up.

Grinding Gear Games changes Path of Exile II product during sale period

2026-06-02T12:35:12Z

Consumerrights: Grinding Gear Games misleadingly advertised a 50% discount, but changed the product of the sale, resulting in a 0% discount.

File:Path of Exile II RotA DLC.jpg

2026-06-02T12:32:59Z

Consumerrights: