£130 =/= $130

[Skyl1n3]

The Digital CE has always been that price.

[ExKage]

You have to use the currency and site for the version of the game tied to your account, for those of us in the UK this means we MUST use an EU key. SE have made it so we can't have the cheaper euro version shipped to us in the UK to MAKE us pay the £130.

As mentioned previously, this may infact be in breach of European Union law, which demands that all EU nation states get the same price for the same product in an online store, or the ability to purchase it from any foreign EU nation state. We don't pay import on goods sold within the EU as that's all part and parcel of the union. Fair trade laws ensure that no one nation in the EU can have it's prices jacked up without a strong and legal reason.

I never knew about this law. Unfortunately, I can't quite read 30+ pages right now but you seem to be able to detail this. I know that the Pound is different from the Euro so as I understand it, the price is "same" but when taken into consideration, exchange rates make the British Pound more expensive?

I know that there are certain British laws that make things much different in the way places do their practices. (For example a friend I know was able to get an account that wasn't in his name into his possession because he paid for it the whole time). This would not work as far as I know in the U.S.

[sereh]

Ahh I didn't realize that, well still it's absurd they are charging £129.99 when they can clearly do the correct conversions for the digital version.

[Vivaea]

Thought this thread had gone poof but glad I found it again.

I've got the collectors editions for both 1.0 and 2.0 but this price disparity really makes me angry, to the point where if they don't fix it I may not give them my custom at all anymore, and I say that as someone who has supported the game right from the very start.

I am interested to see if we can pursue this breach of EU law, gonna look at the link Sebazy gave earlier and see if there's any way to report it.

The lack of comment makes me hope that perhaps they will revise the price but the twitter comment seems to state otherwise

SE I hope if you are determined to go through with this someone will have the balls to make a statement and justify it given the backlash you've received and not just hide and ignore all of us.

[Erudain]

maybe SE intel agents Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt and James Bond got reliable info that the GBP and EUR will come crashing down in the next couple months?
Shame on Mr. Bond....keeping this intel and letting his fellow british burn....

[HulveinBlitz]

Everyone will still be like:

[OtakuChrash]

SE didn't listen to the outcry. Unfortunately it's probably still going to sell out, and everyone is going to willing pay the overly inflated price of £129.99.

[Natsuno]

ikr. plus...

Hello,

For the EU side of things, only a limited stock of the boxed Collector’s Edition are available, and they are currently only available on the Square Enix Store and Boutique in Europe.

If you are considering purchasing the physical Collector’s Edition, we highly recommend purchasing through the Square Enix Store/Boutique, as we cannot guarantee that there will be stock available through other retailers at a later date.

[there was an extra message here, but I removed it as I didn't want to give a false impression on something I'm not 100% sure on. It is quoted futher on if interested.]

[Sebazy]

I suspect that UK and mainland EU orders will come from the pool of stock. So aye, few UK orders will make little difference =/

[MythToken]

From a company standpoint, if you are going to buy the product anyways, why wouldn't they sell it for the higher price?