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Editado por Titan:
8/22/2015 11:06:11 PM
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Is this discrimination?
Do you think it would qualify as [b]discrimination[/b] if Xur sold a digital item at 13 strange coins [i]to Americans,[/i] but priced the same item for British people at 18 coins?
The Taken King dlc is a digital item, and Bungie's pricing policy would have us pay the equivalent of $63 USD.
Do you think they make a product then don't get to say what it's worth? A lot of you guys think the DLC is overpriced at $40, imagine how British fans feel.
If Xur made some pay more than others there'd be an outcry.
[b]Edit:[/b]Thanks for your feedback. Most people prefer to call it discrimination not racism - I stand corrected, post and title updated to reflect that.
It's encouraging to see support from both sides of the Atlantic, personally if I stood behind my friend in a queue and he was asked to pay more for the same thing - I'd complain big time.
Thanks to 'OLDBOYvicious' below for an epic explanation of the issue - too bad Bungie couldn't just respond in the same way.
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#Destiny
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American and British are not races
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Its activision they want da money
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I agree you British people should have to pay equivalent to what we pay
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I think it is a mistake on bungies part, but not racist.
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2 RespuestasAre u from tumblr?
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No. It's racist that your money is worth more than ours.
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I agree the price disparity practice is either Prejudice, Bias, or Discrimination. Those work better than using racism.
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2 RespuestasPlease change "bungie" to Activision as bungie didn't do that. Bungie is the game developer, that's it. They made Destiny. That's all they did. Activision is the publisher, meaning they are I charge of marketing and profiting.
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5 RespuestasAlso remember that £40 includes VAT (tax), which levels it out a bit, I'm British and agree we have paid more than most but I believe it's 40 dollars plus tax (I could be wrong) in USA. So it's not as bad as it may seem. But in reality ask your self what it's worth to you? I can justify the paying the money as I've played over 1200 hours, in my opinion worth every penny.
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Please try using a dictionary.
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It's not racism/discrimination, that's just how the real world works. Activision/Bungie and the majority of other publishers and devs sell their products at higher prices because they can. It's nothing to do with race, it's about greed.
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You realize that British and Americans aren't a different race... Right? There are all different colors in both countries...
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I think it's a taxing ussue, the real question is why is digital content taxed? Imports sure, but data sent through the wires? Out of curiosity how much is a Netflix subscription in the UK?
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1 RespuestaHow much was vanilla destiny in the UK? How much are other games in the UK? If the normal price of a game there is £60 then there is really no issue with them charging 40 for TTK as it would seem they are being consistent. If full games are usually less, then yes I'd say you are getting ripped off. Pricing in different countries can be tricky though. A lot of things differ in pricing from country to country and do not perfectly match up. Not sure why video games would be any different.
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2 Respuestasuhh Australians are paying just as much if not more soo yeh you aint special
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5 Respuestashttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy
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Same race though...
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1 RespuestaI pay more for gas at the station near my house, than I do at the station 5 miles down the road.....
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Definitely... Not racist
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Xenophobism
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40 pounds = 63 dollars is not a fair comparison. The British Pound just happens to be extremely strong right now. For an example I've personally stopped importing from Amazon UK because it's now 20% more expensive.
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How the hell is this racist? No it's not racist.
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Sure as shit isn't racism
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2 RespuestasRace and ethnicity are sometimes confused. Americans, as they are right now, is a cultural wonderland of different beliefs, cultures and skin tones. Most of the kids I work with at my job have this beautiful golden brown skin. They are Americans. It's the same way with many other countries. Now having said that the difference between people across the pond isn't race but ethnicity. Careful how you use that word.
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25 RespuestasDiscrimination, and ignorance/stupidity on bungies end for ignoring the problem. I'm from Canada (the better, nicer America) abs it's bull you guys have to pay more. I say write your government and get real petitions started
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I think you need to know what racist is. This is not racism, it is laziness
