Steam payment HUGE price increase!

[Ailis]

People should be upset about SE waking up after 4 years and suddenly realizing that exchange rates have changed

The USD price was way higher back then, actually. SE knew that and offered the price we had for over 3 years.

What I don't understand is what they are upset about.

People are upset because the change was made and no one was notified, the only way people actually became aware of this was through this thread or other players, not from SE themselves. I also mentioned that it was changed 1 month after Stormblood released so people bought the expansion but cannot afford to play it anymore and they can't be refunded because the time for it has expired. Also you said yourself you'd care if your sub got affected suddenly in a bad way, I'm not sure why you don't understand why people are upset right now...

[IzumiOgata]

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As far as I've seen, the majority of people are complaining about the sudden nature of this, if you go back to the start of the thread you'll see that most people thought it was a bug.

Some other people have said it a couple posts ago, had they announced it beforehand there would be some grumble, but no one would be outraged, because it's completely within their rights to change their policies, what really pisses people off is the fact that they tried to hide it.

[Ckrownz]

Snip.

Like people already said here, equality does not mean equity. Try to see for another perspective outside of your country, Brazil is a poor and corrupted country, we like to say that we do not live, we just survive, you want us to pay the same amount as you do just because you think this is fair ? even with the disparity of power of acquisition? Plus we are paying for things that we do not have, like servers, translation, support in your language and so on. Maybe if we had all of this them would be fair to pay the same as you.

Is sad seeing people that think that this is fair, just show the lack of empathy.

[ScaQueen]

If it was the other way around, if americans got their sub adjusted to more, i'd be sad to have less ppl to play, not care about fairness or not, since i'm not getting affected anyway

It was a bad move period

Just sympathize ppl, it's not that hard

[Vizu00]

Subscription price is 9gbp in the uk, this equals to 36brl.
http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/product/#usage_fee

This means that square haven't removed the regional pricing from all places, and they havent brought all currencies in line with the global pricing structure.

Thus the official explanation is suspicious as there are still places officially with a cheaper subscription

(Also this kills the "it wasn't intended the existance of the cheaper sub" and the "everybody should pay the same" arguments, since officially square enix is offering a cheaper sub for uk residents)

[Aishary]

Subscription price is 9gbp in the uk, this equals to 36brl.
http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/product/#usage_fee

This means that square haven't removed the regional pricing from all places, and they havent brought all currencies in line with the global pricing structure.

Thus the official explanation is suspicious as there are still places officially with a cheaper subscription

(Also this kills the "it wasn't intended the existance of the cheaper sub" and the "everybody should pay the same" arguments, since officially square enix is offering a cheaper sub for uk residents)

Ok now it moves from a probably scam to guaranteed scam. GJ SE you are now scamming your customers.
And UK is not even have the russian and brazil income to justify that discount.

[Ailis]

Subscription price is 9gbp in the uk, this equals to 36brl.
http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/product/#usage_fee

This means that square haven't removed the regional pricing from all places, and they havent brought all currencies in line with the global pricing structure.

Thus the official explanation is suspicious as there are still places officially with a cheaper subscription

(Also this kills the "it wasn't intended the existance of the cheaper sub" and the "everybody should pay the same" arguments, since officially square enix is offering a cheaper sub for uk residents)

Whoa I just checked that info and you're right...... I have no words

Edit: Also I've found out that £8.99 is the equivalent of $11,68 vs the standard $14.99

[Sinistral]

They went full SICKNESS MUST BE PURGED.

[Vizu00]

I spent 3 days fighting the temporary session forbiden so I could register in the forum, using a lent phone just to post this info, you guys have fun now =p

[EkaterinaMikota]

Wow, it dawned on you that you were being deceived by the SE....

I certainly understand that subscriptions in other countries are cheaper, but what they were hurt by Russia and Brazil, that's what I do not understand! A very strange company policy, here smacks of legal proceedings, and I can win a case....