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Edited by monkyken:
6/12/2015 9:08:22 AM
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DLC Cost different from the US to UK (and any other currency
Hi All,
My request is simple, take in to account the current exchange rates when releasing downloadable DLC, I do not feel its fair to charge $40 - £40 for DLC when $40 is equal to £25.88 at current.
The price for DLC should be the same for each currency after account for the basic exchange to each country, charging different amounts for something that is downloaded ( you dont ship it to the UK or any other country to ofset the costs) this is per currency eg they should not be charging $40-£40.
For those of you from the US to give you an idea we would potentially pay the same as $61 for the same content you pay $40 for. This means the DLC is going to cost the same as the base game for anyone not in the USA.
To further explain my point, vanilla destiny costed £44 in the UK and I believe in the $60 region in the US by this general logic there is a gap or difference in the cost of the item in the US or UK. Why should the DLC not apply the same rules? - Please note I expect this price to be slightly higher as the actual game and disk had to be shipped to the various locations and sold from shops. (extra 2 level's of people looking for a profit)
I fear charging £40 in the UK that very few people will Purchase an expansion on the basic game that cost £44 unless it has almost the same amount of content as Vanilla destiny.
If you want to reply economics or taxes please read the other peoples messages that have already stated this and please note that I work for a living dealing with freight forwarding from a technical stand point and I have a colleague who has over 30 years experience dealing with classifications for import and export taxes. - I am not stating the above from pure opinion but from facts.
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Price the market will bear - see what I did there ;}
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Tacos are cheaper in Mexico
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The argument tends to relate to the difference in the costs of living, but it's pretty clear that the gaming industry as a whole needs to change in this regard. People from the UK (and now other places too) are paying too much for the same content.
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You live in the UK, no one cares what you think. [spoiler]I'm joking, that's a raw f*cking deal right there. I guess take solace that pounds are worth more than dollars? [/spoiler]
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1 ReplyLocal tax law - research and learn youngling
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1 ReplyTaxes, this isnt about videogames this is about economics
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3 Replies*pays in low value foreign money amounting to about 12 cents but still a quantity of 40*
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3 RepliesBungie can't control Import and export taxes.
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1 ReplyEdited by Ezimatana: 6/10/2015 6:25:45 PM£40 = $61 So why does £44 = $60? (According to your post?) And yes the game was $60 in the US. Also how much do you want to bet if the currency value was the opposite where £40 would be like $30 they would've changed it but since it isn't... Lol it's the same
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Your post has credence and normally it will be more balanced. I know I will not buy it if some one across the pond pays a lot less than me just because these company are to lazy to get the pricing fairly distributed.
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It should be balanced between currencies. I am in the US, and the dlc is "$40"( Price might change). It should end up being how much that is in pounds, rupees, or whatever
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8 RepliesYou can't simply convert that way because the economies are different. I was told in the UK a pint costs 8 pounds. A BMW m4 costs 70k in the US but 250k in Australia.
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2 RepliesHow much were tdb and how expansions for you guys? They were $20 each, or you could buy both for $35.
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Edited by dirty_pirate_80: 6/10/2015 6:48:27 PMThat's not bungies fault...simple economics. Some of the people posting should stop playing video games, and focus on education.
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2 RepliesEdited by XaveBoy: 6/10/2015 6:10:47 PMIts Activisions fault if someones. They are the ones who controll the market and Destiny. Bungie is game development companie that make videogames. They can tell their opinions about how much expansions should cost, but the publisher is always the one who makes the prices. Its not sony' or microsoft's problem too. If im not wrong,i have seen multiple games with fair currency ammounts. In Playstation you can click 1 game, and press "show more information" there is alist how much the product cost with different currency.
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Vat tax
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9 RepliesThese companies can't change these economies
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1 ReplyEdited by HELP1NG HAND: 6/10/2015 4:17:22 PMThis has nothing to do with the game though. Your talking about exchange rates and international economics, none of which Bungie or Activision has any control over. A game costs about 25 pounds in the UK, so you want the game to cost 25 dollars here in the US? It would be really difficult to make any profit with an end price like that. What if it costs the same in Japan or India as well? If they charged 25 Yen for the same game or 25 Rupees, the entire system would fall apart. Bungie would bleed funding so heavily, they would be out of business in a year. Economics is never as simple as what you propose here, especially when considering things on an international scale. If a game costs significantly less to buy, the folks who produce the game as well as the people who sell the game make less money. Because they make less money, they can't employ as many people and less people are interested in a line of work that doesn't pay well. So there are less people working in the gaming industry. This has effects on the job market as well as the education paths that lead to a career in game production. The effects of a change keep spreading throughout the economy, like a ripple in a pond, quickly influencing factors that have nothing to do with console games.
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Ummm economics?
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5 RepliesSomething tells me you're not destined to have a career in economics.
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3 RepliesMaybe rounded to £30 quid or £29.99. That allows tax and other things. Maybe a extra fiver is it does actually need it's own disk like the runors say it does's
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1 ReplyTaxes dont care whether or not the item is digitial or physical.
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1 ReplyThe DLC isn't worth your time and efforts anyway, don't waste your money.
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That's crazy bump this!
