£130 =/= $130

[Rikudou87]

I can see both your and his point though, if you sit and don't say anything you could miss your chance to effect change, but then that would be assuming that SE give a damn :P

Him saying that we have nothing to go on is completely inaccurate since we saw the price this morning before the site was taken down. Heck I went up at 6 this morning just so I wouldn't miss it.

[OtakuChrash]

Just checking the Twitter, I believe it there was truly a mistake in pricing SE would have mentioned it https://twitter.com/ff_xiv_en

In actuality, they said they are experiencing technical difficulties, which obviously was something to do with the immense traffic around 7am, causing the site to crash. They add new products to their store all the time, why would they suddenly make a mistake now? This isn't some small independent online store, it's a huge corporation.

[Soylent]

You could attempt to VPN stateside and get yourself a deal.

You most likely won't be able to apply the heavensward keys cross-region. An NA account will require an NA copy of heavensward and vice versa.

[ShadowHulk]

Maybe we should use this thread to voice how we are unhappy about this mornings £130 price tag, rather than speculation on why the site is down. More attention this thread gets hopefully more chance the price might be changed from what was shown this morning.

[dark494]

Him saying that we have nothing to go on is completely inaccurate since we saw the price this morning before the site was taken down. Heck I went up at 6 this morning just so I wouldn't miss it.

But you couldn't actually buy it. That doesn't mean anything then. You can't really say anything about it until it is actually purchasable, because any number of problems could be interconnected.

[OtakuChrash]

Whatever the case, I'm not going to passively accept these overly inflated prices and would hope other UK fans would join me in getting our voices heard. I've shared this topic on various other gaming forums and would appreciate if others could share with any friends who play FFXIV.

[Rikudou87]

There's no official word to the contrary on any hypothetical I'm bringing forward, and that's the whole point I'm trying to drive at. The fact that nobody could even purchase it when it was up for £129.99 could very well be a related issue to the price being wrong, you have no idea how it's coded but it's certainly possible. I'm only urging that people wait until they fix the site issues and then confirm what the actual price is, because nobody knows exactly all of the issues they could be fixing.

You have no guarantee that the site was taken down because of the price being an error. I'm not saying your incorrect, but we won't know until they bring the site back up, you have to appreciate that people have concerns and are allowed to have an opinion. You telling people not to voice their concerns is completely backwards as we have every right to do so, especially after seeing the price with our own eyes.

[Lemuria]

I have no idea why UK is so angry when Aussies get it even worse.

It's very much to do with how much your currency is worth. See, the average income is higher, but each dollar doesn't stretch as far. In the UK, our pounds are worth more but in exchange we get less of them to spread around. Simple maths.

Which is one of the reasons why we have exchange rates to begin with. Essentially, it's like charging a US citizen $192 instead of the advertised $130. At least in terms of relative incomes.

Personally, if they're selling a copy for 130 euros, I'd buy that. You'll still save yourself almost 40 quid!

[dark494]

Maybe we should use this thread to voice how we are unhappy about this mornings £130 price tag, rather than speculation on why the site is down. More attention this thread gets hopefully more chance the price might be changed from what was shown this morning.

Because there's no way to confirm that's the actual price because nobody could ever buy it, and people are all up in rage at something that currently doesn't exist. People need to have some patience.

[Meridian]

Maybe we should use this thread to voice how we are unhappy about this mornings £130 price tag, rather than speculation on why the site is down. More attention this thread gets hopefully more chance the price might be changed from what was shown this morning.

Absolutely. The pricing model as we know it is atrocious, and offensive. GBP prices are gouged, and I would like an explanation as to why.