50% price increase for subscription

[Riggs]

If you had an eu account, you had to pay with an eu card. If you have an NA account, you have to pay w/ an NA card, etc.

this is not correct, you paid for the game depending on what region the game was from, i have 2 accounts, 1 NA and 1 EU, I pay for the NA account in usd and my eu in sterling using the same uk credit card, so card location had nothing to do with it

[Cream_Soda]

this is not correct, you paid for the game depending on what region the game was from, i have 2 accounts, 1 NA and 1 EU, I pay for the NA account in usd and my eu in sterling using the same uk credit card, so card location had nothing to do with it

Fair enough, my info was 2nd hand. My mistake

[Eri]

That payment increase stuff is old News. Main Point is SE should reconsidder treating € like $.
Regular Prices Since 2005ish are:

JP 1150 円
UK 8.29 ￡
EU 12.95 €
NA 12.95 $

Letme translate into $

JP - ~15 $
UK - ~13.5 $
EU - ~ 18,6$
NA 12,95$

Its Old News EU Players are being ripped off.
Noone cares SE doesn't comment.

Don't get me wrong i like the Game so im staying but...
WAY to get subscibers in EU your doing great SE. (Outside UK)

They should though, its kinda a way to tell pll to not buy their Products anylonger.

[Selzak]

While it's ridiculous to think that they're actively trying to lose money, it's even more ridiculous to think that the people at the top of SE for the past 5-10 years (their poor business decisions are not limited to the recent FFXI payment change) are reasonable human beings who genuinely belong in the position they have within the company. I don't know what happened/didn't happen, but SE has really gone downhill over the years and I sure as hell wouldn't buy stock in them- I wonder who is to allow this to continue happening.

[Zumi]

Correct me if I am wrong its not uncommon for games in Europe to generally cost more to buy then in the US.

[Eri]

Correct me if I am wrong its not uncommon for games in Europe to generally cost more to buy then in the US.

if a normal new release is 59.90$
The Eu release will be 49.90€

In Genral of course there are some games that fall our of that pattern.

Fact is Eu gets the highest Cost + the Maints in their Prime time, and no comments from SE's Side.

[Elexia]

if a normal new release is 59.90$
The Eu release will be 49.90€

In Genral of course there are some games that fall our of that pattern.

Fact is Eu gets the highest Cost + the Maints in their Prime time, and no comments from SE's Side.

Guess what? Japanese games have maints in their off hours (sometimes prime time) which tends to be in our general prime time for working adults/college students just coming home or early am. There's no universal time, either.

[Eri]

Lol Emergency maints dont matter actaully. Had mayor maintances (7h+) in Prime evening times for years starting 7pm-1~3am. SO if EU is paying more for no reason. They could move maints to w/e cuz we pay more. Or lower fees. Its overdue already.

[Riggs]

SE arent looking to loose business here, they just worked it out that charging more would be worth more to them than the few players that would quite over it. Nothing personal its just business

[Alhanelem]

if a normal new release is 59.90$
The Eu release will be 49.90€

I don't think that's true. Maybe it's changed since I last checked, but on Steam, they charge the same amount of both Euros and Dollars. (E.g. $50 = 50 euros)

When the euro was newer, it was closer to the dollar and it made sense. That being said, they can't constantly change the price based on exchange rates- it's a huge hassle and no one likes it when prices change.