Seriously SE???

[TouchandFeel]

The price is pretty much within the range I guessed it would be, between $30-$40.
This is pretty much the price most P2P MMO expansions have been for a long time now, also digital versions at launch tend to be either the same or close to the same price as the physical.

While it would be nice if it were cheaper, it is not an excessive amount especially if it does contain the amount of content that Yoshida said he wanted in it.

Plus, as someone else said, many people spend more money on coffee at Starbucks in a week than the cost of the expansion. Not, directly corelated but good food for thought when examing cost vs. value of purchases.

[Zplinter]

WoW warlords xapc = 40.00 usd on amazon currently. So not like SE is somehow unique. And frankly the feature set of heavensward is arguably a lot deeper/richer then the latest WoW expansion for the same price.

[GreatMonkey]

pre-order digital download stardard edition 39.99 ???

that is more then to official game was on release... 29.99 i was ok with but this is getting a bit too high i believe. i have been here since beta phase for 2.0. played 1.0 since alpha and over 6 years in ffxi ...

but this price is a bit high for a digital download expansion.

So ur a 1.0 player then. You pay less per a month then other players who join in at 2.0.

And if your going to complain about that price then stop playing video games.

[CodeCass]

I personally thought that was more than a fair price....

[Azper]

Price seems fine to me, honestly. I'm sure we'd all love to be $30, but really, nitpicking over a $10 price difference seems a bit silly.

[Destinova]

Pssh I'm going to by the CE for heavensward it's probably going to be like $129.99. Can't wait!!

[Noshpan]

Welcome to gaming where expansions are $50 - $60 and CE's are $80+

[Curia_Regis]

Wait, we have to PAY for content in a game where we already PAY monthly??

That's the real rip off. This should be completely free. Why else are we customers otherwise??

[Lexia]

Wait, we have to PAY for content in a game where we already PAY monthly??

That's the real rip off. This should be completely free. Why else are we customers otherwise??

I'm not sure if this person is just being sarcastic, if not have you never played FFXI or WoW where you had to pay a sub and still buy the expansions?

[kyuven]

Wait, we have to PAY for content in a game where we already PAY monthly??

That's the real rip off. This should be completely free. Why else are we customers otherwise??

Another person who I hope is sarcastic. You pay for access to the game. Expansions are always, have always, and will always cost extra.
It's only in recent years that game companies have started tacking the phrase "expansion" or "free expansion" onto what we would call "content update"
This is a full expansion. You pay. Or you don't get it.