£130 =/= $130

[shepherd]

£130!?



lol gtfo SE

[Yurihyuga]

well I don't understand why people are getting so annoyed by this.
Firstly $129.99 is base line price - this does not include tax and some states charge 7% which would the equivalent to $139.09 now todays rate is £1=$1.49 which would then be the equivalent to £93.88.
Now obviously we don't pay american tax so take $129.99 which equals to £87.73 then add 20% VAT which would then equal £105.28.

However then we run into a little known problem called the EU. They want to regulate everything and if you want to sell video games within any EU country you need to pay to have a product evaluated and age rated etc and unfortunately these costs are passed down to the consumer. It is something we have to deal with and if consumers don't want to pay it and if you keep hounding company's for passing down these costs they will just give us the <^> and say well screw bringing out games in the EU so please shut up.

[Meridian]

well I don't understand why people are getting so annoyed by this.
Firstly $129.99 is base line price - this does not include tax and some states charge 7% which would the equivalent to $139.09 now todays rate is £1=$1.49 which would then be the equivalent to £93.88.
Now obviously we don't pay american tax so take $129.99 which equals to £87.73 then add 20% VAT which would then equal £105.28.

However then we run into a little known problem called the EU. They want to regulate everything and if you want to sell video games within any EU country you need to pay to have a product evaluated and age rated etc and unfortunately these costs are passed down to the consumer. It is something we have to deal with and if consumers don't want to pay it and if you keep hounding company's for passing down these costs they will just give us the <^> and say well screw bringing out games in the EU so please shut up.

So how come the EU version is also €130?

[Craiger]

well I don't understand why people are getting so annoyed by this.
Firstly $129.99 is base line price - this does not include tax and some states charge 7% which would the equivalent to $139.09 now todays rate is £1=$1.49 which would then be the equivalent to £93.88.
Now obviously we don't pay american tax so take $129.99 which equals to £87.73 then add 20% VAT which would then equal £105.28.

However then we run into a little known problem called the EU. They want to regulate everything and if you want to sell video games within any EU country you need to pay to have a product evaluated and age rated etc and unfortunately these costs are passed down to the consumer. It is something we have to deal with and if consumers don't want to pay it and if you keep hounding company's for passing down these costs they will just give us the <^> and say well screw bringing out games in the EU so please shut up.

Your argument falls way short... It's ONLY UK that had that price on the site. Rest of EU have it at 130 Euro, which is £92... No need for all that Tax shite, because then everyone in EU would have to pay that ridiculous price, which they don't

[Bardox]

However then we run into a little known problem called the EU. They want to regulate everything and if you want to sell video games within any EU country you need to pay to have a product evaluated and age rated etc and unfortunately these costs are passed down to the consumer. It is something we have to deal with and if consumers don't want to pay it and if you keep hounding company's for passing down these costs they will just give us the <^> and say well screw bringing out games in the EU so please shut up.

OK so how do you explain the price difference between Euros price and Pound one?

[Rikudou87]

Firstly $129.99 is base line price - this does not include tax and some states charge 7% which would the equivalent to $139.09 now todays rate is £1=$1.49 which would then be the equivalent to £93.88.
Now obviously we don't pay american tax so take $129.99 which equals to £87.73 then add 20% VAT which would then equal £105.28.

However then we run into a little known problem called the EU. They want to regulate everything and if you want to sell video games within any EU country you need to pay to have a product evaluated and age rated etc and unfortunately these costs are passed down to the consumer. It is something we have to deal with

It was roughly £90 estimated, £100 at most including VAT. The British pounds get screwed over since the European euros have it for 129.99 euros, which equals roughly £92-£93 rounding up. Anything above £100 is a big **** you to UK customers. The EU currency isn't getting fecked over, neither should the UK currency.

[TescoBag]

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Why does every other developer/producer set their prices correctly according to region then?

Go check steam/amazon etc and you will see that the prices aren't numerically the same across all the regions. The UK price is normally about 3/4 of the price of the US cost.

If this isn't an honest mistake (which I hope is the case) then this is just an attempt to grab more money from customers by SE.

[Delsus]

However then we run into a little known problem called the EU. They want to regulate everything and if you want to sell video games within any EU country you need to pay to have a product evaluated and age rated etc and unfortunately these costs are passed down to the consumer. It is something we have to deal with and if consumers don't want to pay it and if you keep hounding company's for passing down these costs they will just give us the <^> and say well screw bringing out games in the EU so please shut up.

Sooo how do all other games manage to do all this without marking the price up by an extra $60? you just seem to hate on the EU without all the facts, a few examples from Gamestop (they have a UK and US site so it's perfect) Type-0 HD on PS4 US $59.99 UK £39.97 Bloodborne $59.99 and £44.97 FFX/X-2 $49.99 £39.97 FFXIV ARR $29.99 and £20.97 the only PC like for like of relevance was Diablo 3 $39.99 and £24.47.

How do they do it but they can't for Heavensward if it's the fault of the EU?

[TescoBag]

Also, the digital version is the same but there isn't even the cost of cross border issues or shipping issues to contend with on that so as before, if this isn't an honest mistake SE are really trying to rip off their customers.

[Evangela]

It's not the first time that British & Europeans gamers get screwed, bros.