Thread: 39.99 to 129.99 for expansion pshh... yea right!

Originally Posted by sorahu

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It IS a completely brand new game (well, technically, a sequel). It's FFxiv 3.0 ffs. Not a regular 2.X patch with more content.

Do you know why ARR was so low in price ? because 1.0 was an utter failure. 2.0 was the only way to save the game and preserve the success story of the FF series, by removing its only failure of the gaming's world.

As an apology, they sold 2.0 with minimal to no profit.

Now the game is back on tracks. They do not need to offer it anymore, and can make new profit on it. So the expansion comes at a "normal" price for a game.

Though CE is really highly priced, but I put that on the dragon thingie because figurines are always overpriced anyway, so that would explain the high price

Originally Posted by SongJoohee

Americans complaining about the price, hahahhahahahahaa.aaa.asdg.aslkngas/.

You have no idea.

agree. Euros are a little overpriced (everyone know $1 = 1€, right ?), £ are a total rip off ($192 for the same thing, who wouldn't love that ?), and idk for Aussies, but I've heard they're having price troubles too. The USA are 2nd in terms of cheap price for Heavensward

Breakdown:

---------------------------------Base Expansion or Digital expansion: $40
Heavensward- $40

---------------------------------Base Expansion + CE upgrade or Digital Deluxe: $60
Heavensward- $40
CE Items- $20

---------------------------------Physical Collector's Edition: $130
Heavensward- $40
CE Items- $20
Dragon- $30
Art Book- $20
CS Blu-Ray- $20


Well... the math seems pretty obvious to me, OP.

What exactly don't you get?

Have fun not playing 3.0 is all that can be said unless you have a change of heart.

Well if its true that Heavensward has as much content as 2.0 then its well worth the $40 price tag. Ill be getting Digital CE. Not paying +$70 for an art book with a bunch of images ill only see once and which I can probably find most of online through promotional things like ads and desktop backgrounds... and a tiny statue of a random dragon mount. If it was a statue of a well known character (faction leader, scion, Yugiri, etc) id consider it. Then again ive bought 2 CE's with statues so far and they were both disappointing.

$80 to even $100? Maybe. $130? No way. Digital CE gets all the in game goodies plus gives a nice tip in support of SE for a job (relatively) well done.

Originally Posted by Kuwagami

As an apology, they sold 2.0 with minimal to no profit.

I doubt it was at little to no profit. Yeah they might have lost some revenue when they removed the sub and the fact that legacy players got it free, but $40 for a game isnt that far off. If you think about it ARR was the same as an expansion to 1.0 ... hell, it even follows the numbering (2.0). It was mostly remodeling 1.0 with new stories, and mechanics but most of its costlier elements were already done.

The digital CE for $60? That is$20 less than any other company charges for digital CE's

Standard Edition for $40?? ALSO $20 less than any other company charges for expansions.


Where do you get way overpriced at? Where have you played a game that sells expansions for less? Everquest still sells expansions at 60 a pop.... STANDARD 80 for CE. Where have you been the past decade?