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[yTony]

By the way, isn't it possible to buy gametime cards elsewhere? I know there used to be sites where you could buy ffxiv sub card, I wonder if those prices may be better adjusted to your region?

The only place I know there are gametime cards available would be Amazon that has a brazilian marketplace now.
Good hint though, I'll go look it up!

[yTony]

Hmm, nope, you don't get to tell me what to do. Who do you think you are, anyway?

Look, the OPs request is ridiculous because, amongst all his sugar coating, he wants to pay less than everyone else, on account of the crumby currency for the country he has chosen to live in. As a Canadian, my dollar has always been below USD. So I've always paid more in my local currency (here, new release games are $80 instead of the USD $60). Never once whined about it and never will, because I understand if I want to enjoy products and services, I have to pay more until the CAD comes out of the dumpster.

So, no, the OP and others can pay the same as anyone else. That's life.

Special snowflake syndrome is getting worse.

I haven't chosen to live in Brazil, matter of fact I got one visa request denied to New Zealand.
I speak 3 languages and am pretty sure I can work myself out starting from 0 but there's something called Visa and other bureaucratic things that don't allow me to do so.

We are for sure talking about different things and you're running away from the thread real discussion.

[yTony]

People always forget about 'Steam versions' that Valve get a cut.

Do you think Valve would allow you to transfer your Steam version and miss put on their cut.

You can say the opposite and should SE surrender their all their sub to Valve.

It's time to wake up and blame greedy Valve and not publishers.

Stop insisting on a Steam version of everything.

Can you clarify me why would Valve be the greedy one offering regional prices?
I'm not been ironic or something by the way, real question.

[Eli85]

Where did he state that he wants to pay less than everyone else? There are already people that pay less due to using Steam. And region price adjustments would help everyone in said region to pay the sub, not just one person.

Since when does one choose which country they are born in? Not everyone is rich enough to just go and live where they want.
Just because you are okay with paying half of your salary to play a game doesn't mean everyone is. For a time the subscribtion to FFXIV costed me my entire salary forcing me to abandon one of my favorite games.

Now imagine all these unhappy people leaving the game because they can't afford it. SE will lose players and they will lose money. It's in their best interest to adjust prices in certain regions.

I see people are really bad at currency conversion.

The OP wants regional pricing. So, taking the entry-level subscription price of $12.99, he wants to pay 12.99 BRL, which is equivalent to roughly $2.67 USD, because that fits better in with his currency. So, how can this be contrived in any other way than he wants to pay less than everyone else? Everyone else pays $12.99 USD for an entry-level sub, and he wants to get away with $2.67. It's ridiculous.

I must have forgot that all immigrants are rich. Oh, wait, they're not. If he chooses to remain in his country, that's his choice, and completely reflective of his wealth. When you make that choice, don't expect the world to bend over backwards for you; that's special snowflake syndrome at its worst.

Remember, video games are a privilege, not a right. If you can't afford it, find another hobby.

[NessaWyvern]

Everyone pays the same subscription. You're complaining about paying the same as someone else.

Grow up, and decide to pay it or not. The game is a privilege, not a right.

We don’t all pay the same subscription. Legacy accounts have a subscription discount, due to them playing in 1.0.

I think BR players should get a discount, simply because they cannot play the game the way it’s intended. There’s no BR servers, so they have much higher ping, which makes the game less enjoyable.

Anyway, I think OP means more in terms of not how much money the sub is, but what you can usually buy for that amount in BR. For the cost of FF14 sub, I can get 2 large meals at a fast food restaurant, in BR you could probably buy much much more.

I’d personally would like to pay my sub with the usd price, rather than eu price. The sub in EU is $12.99. In the US, it’s $12.99 usd. Europeans are actually paying more than Americans, 12.99 EU is worth $14 usd

[Eli85]

We don’t all pay the same subscription. Legacy accounts have a subscription discount, due to them playing in 1.0.

I think BR players should get a discount, simply because they cannot play the game the way it’s intended. There’s no BR servers, so they have much higher ping, which makes the game less enjoyable.

Anyway, I think OP means more in terms of not how much money the sub is, but what you can usually buy for that amount in BR. For the cost of FF14 sub, I can get a large meal at a fast food restaurant, in BR you could probably buy much much more.

Yes, you absolutely can buy much more in BR for the same amount, and that's a choice the OP has to make. But do you know what's going to happen again (because it happened once before) if BR got regional pricing? All the VPNs and address spoofers will come out, and a huge amount of non-BR players will start paying in BR, giving S-E a fraction of the revenue that they would otherwise get.

It does not work. It cannot work. Either you pay in USD or you don't. It's that simple.

[NessaWyvern]

It does not work. It cannot work. Either you pay in USD or you don't. It's that simple.

No it’s not. I don’t pay in usd, they make me pay in EU, and it sucks.
I pay $2.50 NZD more just because they think 12.99 EU is equal to 12.99 usd.

[yTony]

I see people are really bad at currency conversion.

The OP wants regional pricing. So, taking the entry-level subscription price of $12.99, he wants to pay 12.99 BRL, which is equivalent to roughly $2.67 USD, because that fits better in with his currency. So, how can this be contrived in any other way than he wants to pay less than everyone else? Everyone else pays $12.99 USD for an entry-level sub, and he wants to get away with $2.67. It's ridiculous.

I must have forgot that all immigrants are rich. Oh, wait, they're not. If he chooses to remain in his country, that's his choice, and completely reflective of his wealth. When you make that choice, don't expect the world to bend over backwards for you; that's special snowflake syndrome at its worst.

Remember, video games are a privilege, not a right. If you can't afford it, find another hobby.

Thats absolutely not what I'm saying.
And again, staying in your country is not a choice.

[yTony]

Yes, you absolutely can buy much more in BR for the same amount, and that's a choice the OP has to make. But do you know what's going to happen again (because it happened once before) if BR got regional pricing? All the VPNs and address spoofers will come out, and a huge amount of non-BR players will start paying in BR, giving S-E a fraction of the revenue that they would otherwise get.

It does not work. It cannot work. Either you pay in USD or you don't. It's that simple.

Steam accounts pay with their regional currency by the way.

[Eli85]

Thats absolutely not what I'm saying.
And again, staying in your country is not a choice.

So the millions of people who immigrated over the years is a lie?

Good to know.