regional pricing

[KuraiWasHere]

reposting this cuz posted in the wrong category :d
this game needs regional pricing
wow already had regional pricing for brazil and russia and they are now adding more countries including turkey (where i live) starting may 4.and all my friends who i couldnt convice to start ffxiv because of sub fee starting wow because its way cheaper

please square enix see what your competitors doing and bring regional pricing for us third world country folks.and please people dont come tell me its hard to implement,people will abuse etc.if it is then how is blizzard earning money? how does steam,microsoft have regional pricing on almost every game?

[Harriks]

Is effort for SE. That's like the only downside. So sure, I'd like SE to implement regional pricing (though living in Europe I won't benefit of it at all)

[Wanzzo]

reposting this cuz posted in the wrong category :d
this game needs regional pricing
wow already had regional pricing for brazil and russia and they are now adding more countries including turkey (where i live) starting may 4.and all my friends who i couldnt convice to start ffxiv because of sub fee starting wow because its way cheaper

please square enix see what your competitors doing and bring regional pricing for us third world country folks.and please people dont come tell me its hard to implement,people will abuse etc.if it is then how is blizzard earning money? how does steam,microsoft have regional pricing on almost every game?

We brazilians (and I think russians as well) already have different pricing for FFXIV (steam version of the game only, though). If we would pay the regular price, we would drop this game for sure! We can pay now 28 reais (our currency here) for each month in the entry subs. If we would pay the regular pricing, it would goes to 54~60 reais or something around it. Not worth at all!

I can imagine your situation and agree with your need. They should consider more regional pricing for other countries for sure! Maybe you can mobilize FFXIV players in your country to ask Valve (the owner of steam) for this type of arrangement with SE to your country. if they did with us here, then maybe they can do the same for you

[Ath192]

You are asking SE to do more work to make less money. A discount for some would be nice but I just wanted to frame the question for what it is.

[Missbone]

I think everyone should pay the same price, there also poor people in rich countrys, if you cant afford the game dont play it. There is also a free version for this game i belive until you hit lvl 60, if you want more you have to pay for it. Wanting to pay less for the same product just because you life in a different part of the world is unfair to everyone who has to pay the full price.

[Jin-]

I think everyone should pay the same price, there also poor people in rich countrys, if you cant afford the game dont play it. There is also a free version for this game i belive until you hit lvl 60, if you want more you have to pay for it. Wanting to pay less for the same product just because you life in a different part of the world is unfair to everyone who has to pay the full price.

This basically

[Wanzzo]

You are asking SE to do more work to make less money. A discount for some would be nice but I just wanted to frame the question for what it is.

When you lower the price, maybe more people consume your product and you get a profitable arrangement instead of just losing money. So, there is always a reason for discounts and prices on everything around us.

It's all a matter of mathematics and the law of supply and demand stuff...

[Wanzzo]

I think everyone should pay the same price, there also poor people in rich countrys, if you cant afford the game dont play it. There is also a free version for this game i belive until you hit lvl 60, if you want more you have to pay for it. Wanting to pay less for the same product just because you life in a different part of the world is unfair to everyone who has to pay the full price.

Problem is: capitalism is not based on what is fair, but in what is profitable. If you can get more money reducing the price in a specific market just to make more people consuming your products, then you will go for it even if the pricing is different on other markets.

[Raoabolic]

Problem is: capitalism is not based on what is fair, but in what is profitable. If you can get more money reducing the price in a specific market just to make more people consuming your products, then you will go for it even if the pricing is different on other markets.

You are thinking of an oligarchy. Capitalism would give wiggle room for competition, an oligarchy would strangle any upstart business that would cause troubles for an existing company.

[Wanzzo]

You are thinking of an oligarchy. Capitalism would give wiggle room for competition, an oligarchy would strangle any upstart business that would cause troubles for an existing company.

the profitability is a result of competition as well. So, some cuts in prices and promotionals are made considering competition. It's like the appeal and incentive for more consumers to buy your product in a multitude of options. Oligarchy or monopoly forces all prices to be the same and only occurs where there is no competition.