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Edited by PinkiePie:
9/15/2015 9:24:58 PM
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The Taken King UK Price
BRAND NEW console games launch in the US for $59.99 (60USD)
BRAND NEW console games launch in the UK for £39.99 (40GBP)
The Taken King costs $40 in the US.
The Taken King costs.. £40 in the UK?!*
The publisher is Activision UK Ltd, it's a digital download which means there's no import tax. The Taken King should cost between £28-£30 here when VAT is added. Where is this extra £12 coming from?You even have the cheek to reduce the Collector's Edition cost by £5. Collector's Edition costs $80 in the US, but £75* in the UK? I'm sorry but who was the incompetent moron who put together these prices?
* - [i]Prices obtained from Bungie.net, Xbox Marketplace, PlayStation Store and Game.co.uk[/i]
Edit 1: I know that it costs £28 on Xbox. This means that either Microsoft have underpriced it, or Sony have overpriced it. Someone's made an error
Edit 2: Microsoft have [b]RAISED[/b] the price to £40 to meet PlayStation's cost. Very sad day.
Edit 3: The newest of [u]IGN's Destiny Fireteam Podcast[/u] mentioned our problems with the pricing for TTK for UK gamers! Listen to it here! http://uk.ign.com/videos/2015/06/27/fireteam-chat-ep-24-the-bungie-apology-igns-destiny-podcast
Edit 4: Someone created this petition, sign it!
https://www.change.org/p/bungie-activision-price-destiny-fairly-in-the-uk
Edit 5: You can now buy the[b] Legendary Edition of The Taken King for £35.95[/b] on a specific retailer website. That's the Destiny base game, both expansions and the Taken King expansion - let me clarify [b]that's cheaper than the Taken King expansion on it's OWN[/b]. You can all facepalm now.
Edit 6: Bungie still have yet to make any sort of remark to this massive problem that divides the UK gaming community from Bungie and it's game. With an outcry as big as this I can't see how Bungie wouldn't yet be aware of this problem. That said, I urge you to keep bumping and spreading this forum post in the little hope that Bungie/Activision may finally realize this problem should be re-looked at.
Edit 7: Problem solved! https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/152023108/0/0
Edit 8: And, as expected, the Collector's Edition Upgrade in the PS Store/Xbox Marketplace which includes the dances, shaders and items costs a ridiculous £19.99 ($30). The same DLC costs only $20 in the US.
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Edited by Caffinated Viking: 9/8/2015 2:23:56 PMI agree that the pricing structure is crazy. But I do think it is more Activisions doing. £46.99 for the physical copy of the full game, expansions 1 & 2 and The Taken King. Of course it can be found cheaper if you shop around. [url]http://www.game.co.uk/en/destiny-the-taken-king-legendary-edition-668105?pageSize=40&searchTerm=destiny&catGroupId=[/url] £40 for the digital download of The Taken King on it's own. It doesn't make any sense. But I think the main issue may not be the price. I would buy the content if I trusted that what I was paying for was worth it. I originally bought the Ghost Edition day one. I did that because I had faith in Bungie after years of buying their games, seeing them look after this community, listening and acting in the interest of the fans. I had faith that this game was going to be immense because it was coming from this studio. I played the beta and loved it, I thought that the story elements were light because they did not want to give away too much before release. I loved it, explored the earth and got access to the moon and explored what I could there. It wasn't until I got hold of the game on day one that I realised that I had already explored 90% of the earth. Then the moon, Yep, seen most of that too, and still not much in the way of the story...what happened? Most of this was the beta? Still I enjoyed the game and it became more about getting the equipment you wanted, grinding to get Thorn, etc. and it was fun with friends to play and beat the hardest difficulties. But always in the back of your mind you were waiting for the expansions, hoping they would add more. The expansions came and they added very little. A new raid, new gear to grind for but again very little in the way of story and content worth the money. I finished House of Wolves story content in less than 2 hours. Prison of Elders in under 30 mins. But always the same stuff, enemies spawn in the same place, chests always in the same areas, the same bounties over and over. So now I will let everyone else who is happy to pay the price, play the content that is there and then I will decide if it was worth the £40 price tag. What if it is the same again? under 2 hours worth of story, a couple of strikes that take 30 mins to complete? Would you be happy paying the price for that?
