Steam payment HUGE price increase!

[SnugglesD]

I might get in trouble for this but SE support is abysmal.
Enough is enough. They're a multi billion owned company
and has said nothing to help these people with their ridiculous price jump.
I don't know much about business practices or anything else, but ethically (I think I'm using this word right?) this is wrong.
It's a Video Game for one, shouldn't be costing an arm and a leg to play it.

I return to the topic every now and then and hope that someone sheds some light so
you people won't have to pay so much to play this game! ):

It's not costing an arm and a leg though. The prices were adjusted to account for currency exchange rates and now people in Brazil and Russia are paying the same as everyone else. I don't understand how this is even an issue.

[Jybril]

It's not costing an arm and a leg though. The prices were adjusted to account for currency exchange rates and now people in Brazil and Russia are paying the same as everyone else. I don't understand how this is even an issue.

$12 USD is not the same as other countries.
Another big thing is, it really sucks that they give no warning.
How would you like if you were drastically upped a price of an item you continuously paid for that doubles/tripled without noticed?

[SnugglesD]

$12 USD is not the same as other countries.
Another big thing is, it really sucks that they give no warning.
How would you like if you were drastically upped a price of an item you continuously paid for that doubles/tripled without noticed?

If my entire livelyhood depended on the difference of the equivalent of a few USD, a luxury like a video game subscription wouldn't even occur to me to try and fit into my budget.

[Moonlite]

$12 USD is not the same as other countries.
Another big thing is, it really sucks that they give no warning.
How would you like if you were drastically upped a price of an item you continuously paid for that doubles/tripled without noticed?

You are never going to win. To much of this forum is cemented in the players are wrong and you should live with it. But maybe they can sell us another plushie instead of discussing this. Ok I didn't watch the last one did they try to sell another real life item? If they didn't I am sorry.

Does anyone believe this literally was a decision made in less then a week?
Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXXVII

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Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 2:30 a.m. (PDT)
* Starting time is subject to change.

If my entire livelyhood depended on the difference of the equivalent of a few USD, a luxury like a video game subscription wouldn't even occur to me to try and fit into my budget.

When I first moved out I made min wage. I paid all my bills and looked after myself. With enough money to rent one game a week. Basically a monthly sub to 14. Don't try to make people feel small, who budget a few dollars a month to play something.

[Ckrownz]

If my entire livelyhood depended on the difference of the equivalent of a few USD, a luxury like a video game subscription wouldn't even occur to me to try and fit into my budget.

You do not know the reality outside of your bubble do you? People spend 90% of their time on jobs and do you think they dont feel stressed or worn? For a lot of people this is the thing to relax and chill.

Do not talk about a thing that you do not understand (especially on different lives in other countries) it's gonna make you look like an ignorant.

[Nezia]

Btw, I just watched NoClip documentary about ffxiv where they state that they almost ran out of business during the bad launch of 1.0. I'm starting to think they should have...

[aekh]

If my entire livelyhood depended on the difference of the equivalent of a few USD, a luxury like a video game subscription wouldn't even occur to me to try and fit into my budget.

Our 'entire livelihood' does not depend on the price difference between the old and new exchange rate. In fact, some people can afford it just fine, they just don't want to pay a small fortune to play the game every month.

It's a bit tiring to repeat this every time, but, again: the main issue here is SE not warning us before changing their exchange rate, just a month after many people bought Stormblood and can no longer refund it (limit for refund is 30 days). We understand why this change in prices happened. We do.

[Hakim]

It's not costing an arm and a leg though. The prices were adjusted to account for currency exchange rates and now people in Brazil and Russia are paying the same as everyone else. I don't understand how this is even an issue.

It's an issue when everyone paid for the game and it's expansions, were promised a set price for it an then it suddenly changed with no notice. That has been explained a lot in this very thread tho
And yes, it's costing an arm and a leg and even more, R$50 would be the new sub price and that's the price for a whole game for us. Remember: Not everyone gets paid in dollars.

[SnugglesD]

You do not know the reality outside of your bubble do you? People spend 90% of their time on jobs and do you think they dont feel stressed or worn? For a lot of people this is the thing to relax and chill.

Do not talk about a thing that you do not understand (especially on different lives in other countries) it's gonna make you look like an ignorant.

Saving my money when I don't make enough to justify spending it on a luxury isn't ignorant, it's financial responsibility.

I've been there. I worked full time for minimum wage and went to school full time. But you can be sure I wasn't blowing my money on a luxury subscription, let alone the system and internet connection required to play it. Having enough in savings to cover emergencies is way more important than spending money to blow off steam when there are free or cheaper alternatives.

[Shaedris]

It's an issue when everyone paid for the game and it's expansions, were promised a set price for it an then it suddenly changed with no notice. That has been explained a lot in this very thread tho
And yes, it's costing an arm and a leg and even more, R$50 would be the new sub price and that's the price for a whole game for us. Remember: Not everyone gets paid in dollars.

While I heavily agree such a change is something SE should inform you of well beforehand, your statement isn't accurate. Not everyone has been paying the same cheaper sub, I've been reading the threads both here and on reddit and from my understanding, players who invested in the game pre-steam have been paying the same sub price as everyone else since 2.0 came out, so the change is only to adjust the steam price to match the mog station sub price that people from the affected countries have already been paying.

That being said, I do not like the fact that they didn't make any effort to notify people of this, even if it is not breaking their own user agreement.