Quote Originally Posted by BelegErkhten View Post
There are plenty of games and companies that offer regional pricing for games. Steam is notorious for it, where if you live in Russia or Brazil you can basically get games for free. I don't see why Squeenix can't do the same. The fact the Loonie and USD aren't worth the same is a whole load of BS anyways. Minimum Wage across the US is basically the same as it is across most of Canada, so why on earth do we functionally value the labor of Canadians less?
I live in Russia.

First of all, that's not exactly true because not all games have regional discount on them. I just recently paid very much full $70 USD for FF7 Remake. I did pay a regional price of $25 for Baldur's Gate 3 though, okay.

Second, for games that we do get for regional prices - we do so because an average Russian has a monthly income that is 5 to 10 times lower than what an average European, American or Canadian makes. Yes, $200-500 per month. As far as I know, Brazil is more or less similar in this regard. Regional prices here exist because otherwise the market would be simply dead and developers would rather make something from us than next to nothing at all because majority cannot afford a game costing 30% of their income. So with all due respect, it's a bit disgineous to compare the situation between Russia/Brazil and Canada.

And three... *sigh* Honestly, I can agree with the point that FF14 should have regional pricing, for Canada included if the country actually needs that accomodation. But considering the fact that Russia and Brazil had our actually taken away in 2017 with 4.0 release? We still have a small leeway with auto-renewal sub on Steam being cheaper, but the game itself, cash shop items, additional retainers and all other paid stuff otherwise is priced on rates. With this taken into account, as much as I personally wish regional prices were a thing again, I doubt they're going to ever introduce them back, sorry. :/