Please stop treating Canadians like second class citizens

[BelegErkhten]

Squeenix PLEASE
This exchange rate is killing me
*Coughs up blood*

[DiaDeem]

... is that Steam?

[BelegErkhten]

... is that Steam?

Yes, yes it is.

as a Canadian, I would love to hear how you expect SE to deal with an international currency exchange rate.

I for one, do not feel like a second class citizen, this has been a reality for YEARS.... SE has nothing to do with it at all.

There are plenty of games and companies that offer regional pricing for games. Steam is notorious for it, where if you live in Russia or Brazil you can basically get games for free. I don't see why Squeenix can't do the same. The fact the Loonie and USD aren't worth the same is a whole load of BS anyways. Minimum Wage across the US is basically the same as it is across most of Canada, so why on earth do we functionally value the labor of Canadians less?

Step 1.Pays sub in Canadian dollars , *ouch* every month, same for any Mogstation items. Could be a valid complaint.
Step 2. Looks at OP's location.

All sympathy is gone.

Better trolls please.

"If you don't like Emperor Blackface then ur a troll"
Okay, I wasn't aware that it's illegal to dislike the dear leader.

[Mosha]

There are plenty of games and companies that offer regional pricing for games. Steam is notorious for it, where if you live in Russia or Brazil you can basically get games for free. I don't see why Squeenix can't do the same. The fact the Loonie and USD aren't worth the same is a whole load of BS anyways. Minimum Wage across the US is basically the same as it is across most of Canada, so why on earth do we functionally value the labor of Canadians less?

Those countries have low GDP per capita. Canada just has a weak currency but not a low GDP.

[IDontPetLalas]

Yes, yes it is.

There are plenty of games and companies that offer regional pricing for games. Steam is notorious for it, where if you live in Russia or Brazil you can basically get games for free. I don't see why Squeenix can't do the same. The fact the Loonie and USD aren't worth the same is a whole load of BS anyways. Minimum Wage across the US is basically the same as it is across most of Canada, so why on earth do we functionally value the labor of Canadians less?

Yes, so tell me you don't know about economics? The rate exchange, the way at which various regions set minimum wage does not in any way equate to valuing one country's labor force over the other's.

"If you don't like Emperor Blackface then ur a troll"
Okay, I wasn't aware that it's illegal to dislike the dear leader.

Thank you for the confirmation, not really original though.

[MistakeNot]

There are plenty of games and companies that offer regional pricing for games. Steam is notorious for it, where if you live in Russia or Brazil you can basically get games for free. I don't see why Squeenix can't do the same. The fact the Loonie and USD aren't worth the same is a whole load of BS anyways. Minimum Wage across the US is basically the same as it is across most of Canada, so why on earth do we functionally value the labor of Canadians less?

Ah, so you do want to be treated like a second-class citizen, where your country is considered so poor they have to offer you charity-pricing.

[BelegErkhten]

Ah, so you do want to be treated like a second-class citizen, where your country is considered so poor they have to offer you charity-pricing.

No, I want Square to treat my 8 hours of hard manual labour doing landscaping and construction to be worth the same as some dumbass who works at Mc Donalds doing piss all for 6 hours in America

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

No, I want Square to treat my 8 hours of hard manual labour doing landscaping and construction to be worth the same as some dumbass who works at Mc Donalds doing piss all for 6 hours in America

Sounds like you need to talk to your government and have them figure out how to get a stronger currency.

[Halivel]

There are plenty of games and companies that offer regional pricing for games. Steam is notorious for it, where if you live in Russia or Brazil you can basically get games for free. I don't see why Squeenix can't do the same. The fact the Loonie and USD aren't worth the same is a whole load of BS anyways. Minimum Wage across the US is basically the same as it is across most of Canada, so why on earth do we functionally value the labor of Canadians less?

I live in Russia.

First of all, that's not exactly true because not all games have regional discount on them. I just recently paid very much full $70 USD for FF7 Remake. I did pay a regional price of $25 for Baldur's Gate 3 though, okay.

Second, for games that we do get for regional prices - we do so because an average Russian has a monthly income that is 5 to 10 times lower than what an average European, American or Canadian makes. Yes, $200-500 per month. As far as I know, Brazil is more or less similar in this regard. Regional prices here exist because otherwise the market would be simply dead and developers would rather make something from us than next to nothing at all because majority cannot afford a game costing 30% of their income. So with all due respect, it's a bit disgineous to compare the situation between Russia/Brazil and Canada.

And three... *sigh* Honestly, I can agree with the point that FF14 should have regional pricing, for Canada included if the country actually needs that accomodation. But considering the fact that Russia and Brazil had our actually taken away in 2017 with 4.0 release? We still have a small leeway with auto-renewal sub on Steam being cheaper, but the game itself, cash shop items, additional retainers and all other paid stuff otherwise is priced on rates. With this taken into account, as much as I personally wish regional prices were a thing again, I doubt they're going to ever introduce them back, sorry. :/