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Editado por 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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11 RespuestasI've been out of school for a while, so correct me if my math is wrong. However, let's take a serious look at the price difference (US vs UK/Australia) and from what I've calculated the UK/Australia is actually paying less for The Taken King. Currency Exchange Rate. $1 = 0.65 Pounds (UK) $1 US/x = 0.65 Pounds/40 Pounds, Solving for X(US Price) = $65 US * Straight up conversion, 1 US Dollar can be exchanged for 0.65 Pounds. The issue people are having is that by using this conversion, UK/Australia gamers are paying 40 Pounds or equal to $65 US. What people are forgetting is Currency Value; if my terminology is correct. This is what you can buy with the currency you're using or it's actual VALUE. Let's use a comparison to determine the VALUE. McDonalds 4 Piece Nuggets. $1.99 US or 2.49 Pounds UK http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/mcdonalds-prices/ https://www.fastfoodprice.co.uk/mcdonalds-prices/ * Please correct me if I'm wrong (anyone from the UK/Australia). $1.99 US/$40 US = 2.49 UK/X Here I'm trying to solve for what The Taken King should cost in Pounds using the prices of the Nuggets. I'm using the prices of the Nuggets as a comparison because you get 4 Nuggets regardless of where you live. If you solve for X, the answer will be 50.05 Pounds. 50.05 Pounds is what people in the UK/Australia should be paying while gamers in the US pay $40. Then if you use the Currency Exchange Rate, it would cost $77 US. BUT, and it's a huge BUT (HAHA)....UK/Australia gamers aren't paying in US Dollars. They're paying in Pounds. * PLEASE stop me right now, if they're asking UK/Australia gamers to purchase everything from the US in US Dollars. Cause that would be F***ed Up. The point is...UK/Australia gamers are paying a lot less than US gamers in terms of VALUE. P.S. I can then go into an extended discussion about minimum wages and how much time of work is needed to pay for the same product. US Minimum Wage: $7.25/hour To pay for the $40 Taken King, it would take 5.5 hours of work to pay it off. UK Minimum Wage: 6.5 Pounds/hour To pay for the 40 Pound Taken King, it would take 6.15 hours of work. If the Taken King was priced by value and 50.05 Pounds, it would take 7.7 hours of work. In the end, please excuse me for my horrible attempt to explain Economics but UK/Australia gamers are getting a good deal and let's leave it at that because there are other factors that are involved between countries and I've grown tired of typing.
