[Dev] Go Live Billing Options

[KaiKatzchen]

This still leaves american players stationed overseas in a tough spot on how to pay. I can't go to wal-greens or 7/11 and pick these cards up, and honestly, why should I have to. Might as well play something I can just pay for from the comfort of my own chair.

They really do need more options.

[AnaviAnael]

I feel fortunate that when I fill my gas tank at Sheetz, I can hop into the store and pick up an Ultimate Gamer Card.

Though, I have to say it ticks me off that I have to do that. I tried making an account with Click and Buy, but got stuck with the verified by visa BS. Apparantly, verified by visa doesn't like debit cards. (Guess I need to get off my lazy butt and get an actual CC lol.) After spending an hour and a half trying to get it fixed, whining and moaning to the boyfriend the whole time (God bless his soul.), I eventually gave up and went with UGCs and crysta. Such a ridiculous ordeal to play a game.

Also, I'm curious, why doesn't Crysta work for Australian players? (I'm in America.)

[Keith_Dragoon]

If this game goes p2p with current billing options I'll just go back to XI. I am not comfortable with click n buy and that alone is a deal breaker iny books. I really hope SE changes it up or I'll end up quitting a good game for no reason.

[Catapult]

Also, I'm curious, why doesn't Crysta work for Australian players? (I'm in America.)

Crysta is implemented, as I understand it, in different regions separately because of currencies, retail banking arrangements and differing financial legislation from Governments. SE would have to worry about exchange rates and also how to extract the money obtained through retail sale of crysta-sources, such as the Ultimate Gamer Card.

This is just pure speculation, but because Australia represents only a small percentage of the gaming population (we're talking in the realm of 2%-ish) they may have deemed the costs of introducing crysta in the Australian market as unviable, outweiging the returns they would get from the participation of our player base. This argument is often used to justify why some game titles themselves are never localized in Australia & New Zealand. eg: ATLUS does not localize in Australia without assistance from a third party with existing financial operations here, meaning games such as Devil Survivor or Radiant Historia will never hit our store shelves unless that store imports directly from the US.

Please don't take that as gospel - I may be off target, but it's the best explanation I've heard. Either way, payment options in general have simply not been implemented in Australia and thus, when setting up the game in the billing system only the one payment option appears - Euro currency ClickAndBuy.

I hope that helps on the "why not" front.

Much of this would be moot though if Australians could pay in US dollars and without the third-party ClickAndBuy Rubbish. With a very favorable exchange rate for us right now, it would make things cost LESS than what North American's will pay.
$1.00AU = $1.06US

[Zenaku]

SE need a better payment Options i like to pay them straight up my 25.95 a month for me and my GF, And the days i don't have money to pay i don't want to do 20 steps to cancel just to do 20steps the next day to get my account back due to not having the money in the bank. Bank take up at least 1-2days for your money to be in the bank -.- and sometime you have to pay the game right when the money is still waiting to be fund in your bank account.

So please SE better payment Options!!!

[Nipa]

A single subscribe option, like every decent game out there, with 1/3/6 months options would be perfect. Give a name and a CC card, and you are all set. And a big button to unsubscribe.

Also no more country restrictions on the payment systems. We are in 2011, let us chose where we want to pay from, and in which currency.

[Zenaku]

A single subscribe option, like every decent game out there, with 1/3/6 months options would be perfect. Give a name and a CC card, and you are all set. And a big button to unsubscribe.

Also no more country restrictions on the payment systems. We are in 2011, let us chose where we want to pay from, and in which currency.

That a issue tho EU can pay in NA money and then the game would cost them less which then mean they lose money.

[Synthesis]

at least Paypal would be nice.

[Nipa]

That a issue tho EU can pay in NA money and then the game would cost them less which then mean they lose money.

You mean they will stop abusing Europeans wallets. And no, the VAT isn't at 40% in any EU country. And I'm pretty sure the Japanese have more or less the same problem.

When you want to have internationals servers, it's of simple decency to make everyone pay the same base price, and then to add the taxes.

[Dragon]

The Crysta design is kind of dumb but it just mimics the way Xbox and PSN store works where you buy money or funds to use for game time, but originally they was going to have other things you could use Crysta on.

Exactly though. Crysta was intended for usage for other FFXIV-related stuff, and will be used to purchase other stuff I believe.

Paypal isn't perfect either. Made an account with them, only to find they would not accept a debit card, wound up deleting said account within ten minutes.

Weird, I've been able to use a check card with Paypal before I believe.

This still leaves american players stationed overseas in a tough spot on how to pay. I can't go to wal-greens or 7/11 and pick these cards up, and honestly, why should I have to. Might as well play something I can just pay for from the comfort of my own chair.

Is this Quietus from the formerly-Fairy server?