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[ElliotRobinson]

 The Collector's Edition of Mass Effect 3 is listed as $79.99 on Amazon.com...

...however, on Game.co.uk it is available at £69.99

So can someone please explain to me why we in the UK have to pay £69.99 when our transatlantic cousins 'only' have to pay £48.88?!?!?!

[MACharlie1]

Err...if I did the math correctly, in pounds, the people in the US are actually paying around 114.00. Your pound is worth more then our dollar.

[Paul Sedgmore]

MACharlie1 wrote...

Err...if I did the math correctly, in pounds, the people in the US are actually paying around 114.00. Your pound is worth more then our dollar.

Your math is flawed looks like you converted £69.99 into us dollars:blush: 79.99 U.S. dollars = 48.8160625 British pounds.

As for why they pay less; its got to do with taxes as well as localisation (remember the UK releases are generally delayed for European localisation as they are put under one disc) and transport. For the full reason you would have to ask someone trained in international finance.

Modifié par Paul Sedgmore, 14 juin 2011 - 11:40 .

[ElliotRobinson]

MACharlie1 wrote...

Err...if I did the math correctly, in pounds, the people in the US are actually paying around 114.00. Your pound is worth more then our dollar.

I think you have confused the currencies - 114.00 is the amount in dollars that gamers in the UK will have to pay for the collectors edition

[UJN]

It's even worse here. We pay more because of taxes, but usually it's 1 dollar = 10 SEK (actual rates are 1 dollar = 6,37 SEK
The 80 dollar CE should then cost 800 SEK, but instead it costs 1000 SEK (~157 dollars).

However, it's still 9 months until release, so it might change.

[Kusy]

In before it's cheaper than the US one in Poland. Games are always cheaper in Poland.

[Bad King]

Join the discussion: social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/323/index/7572964

[PsychoWARD23]

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Modifié par PsychoWARD23, 14 juin 2011 - 12:53 .

[KirkyX]

Paul Sedgmore wrote...

MACharlie1 wrote...

Err...if I did the math correctly, in pounds, the people in the US are actually paying around 114.00. Your pound is worth more then our dollar.

Your math is flawed looks like you converted £69.99 into us dollars:blush: 79.99 U.S. dollars = 48.8160625 British pounds.

As for why they pay less; its got to do with taxes as well as localisation (remember the UK releases are generally delayed for European localisation as they are put under one disc) and transport. For the full reason you would have to ask someone trained in international finance.

It's just the way things are, sadly. Honestly, it kind of annoys me, though luckily, I did manage to get my ME3 pre-order in for £59, rather than £69 - yay for gamestation (the company name literally has no capitals).

UK releases aren't delayed for localisation - if they were, they'd be delayed for significantly longer than the usual two/three days. The main reason UK games release slightly after their US counterparts is that, over here (in the the UK) we release games on Fridays, while over there, you release games on Tuesdays. So, games just generally come out a few days later here to fit with the pattern, though you can usually find them in stores at around the same time as the US release.

[Paul Sedgmore]

KirkyX wrote...

Paul Sedgmore wrote...

MACharlie1 wrote...

Err...if I did the math correctly, in pounds, the people in the US are actually paying around 114.00. Your pound is worth more then our dollar.

Your math is flawed looks like you converted £69.99 into us dollars:blush: 79.99 U.S. dollars = 48.8160625 British pounds.

As for why they pay less; its got to do with taxes as well as localisation (remember the UK releases are generally delayed for European localisation as they are put under one disc) and transport. For the full reason you would have to ask someone trained in international finance.

It's just the way things are, sadly. Honestly, it kind of annoys me, though luckily, I did manage to get my ME3 pre-order in for £59, rather than £69 - yay for gamestation (the company name literally has no capitals).

UK releases aren't delayed for localisation - if they were, they'd be delayed for significantly longer than the usual two/three days. The main reason UK games release slightly after their US counterparts is that, over here (in the the UK) we release games on Fridays, while over there, you release games on Tuesdays. So, games just generally come out a few days later here to fit with the pattern, though you can usually find them in stores at around the same time as the US release.

Yeah I meant that games that aren't localised alongside development, though that happens less now than it used to, mainly being confined to small devs and Japanese games with a lot of localisation to do (ie Final Fantasy) that was just me being tired as I haven't slept yet  

I mostly play on consoles so I'm used to paying £70 for CE and £40 for standard games. The main problem is that the company that owns both GAME and gamestation seem to be the only ones selling the CE in the UK so they are charging what they want over the RRP which includes everything I said plus the console manufacturers cut for the console versions.

Did I really sound American? I must have been on these forums too long:P

[James Raynor]

just in the US mind $1 = 1 euro when it arranges the US but when the euro is weaker than the USD it always mean Europeans will pay more

[Icinix]

Pfft.

Try shopping in Australia.

Modifié par Icinix, 14 juin 2011 - 01:41 .

[True Zarken]

Icinix wrote...

Pfft.

Try shopping in Australia.

This. Just look at Ebgames.com.au and then complain.

Modifié par True Zarken, 14 juin 2011 - 01:49 .

[Bogsnot1]

True Zarken wrote...

Icinix wrote...
Pfft.

Try shopping in Australia.

This. Just look at Ebgames.com.au and then complain.

This.
Before buying games in Australia, it is highly recommended you lube up. <_<

[Relix28]

It's always been this way. Games costing $60 in U.S., cost €60 in Europe. You have to understand that taxes in EU are usually much higher than anywhere in the US. Plus the video-game market in general is also a lot smaller in EU. Hence the steep prices.
I hate it that EU usually gets the shaft when it comes to gaming, but hey, at least it's not Australia.

Modifié par Relix28, 14 juin 2011 - 02:00 .

[Vez04]

True Zarken wrote...

Icinix wrote...

Pfft.

Try shopping in Australia.

This. Just look at Ebgames.com.au and then complain.

Now thats just F***** up priceing seriously

@Relix28

Well atleast you over in the US gets the games before us, we usually have to wait 3 days before getting them -.-, thats just stupid

Modifié par Vez04, 14 juin 2011 - 02:00 .

[KirkyX]

Paul Sedgmore wrote...

KirkyX wrote...

Paul Sedgmore wrote...

MACharlie1 wrote...

Err...if I did the math correctly, in pounds, the people in the US are actually paying around 114.00. Your pound is worth more then our dollar.

Your math is flawed looks like you converted £69.99 into us dollars:blush: 79.99 U.S. dollars = 48.8160625 British pounds.

As for why they pay less; its got to do with taxes as well as localisation (remember the UK releases are generally delayed for European localisation as they are put under one disc) and transport. For the full reason you would have to ask someone trained in international finance.

It's just the way things are, sadly. Honestly, it kind of annoys me, though luckily, I did manage to get my ME3 pre-order in for £59, rather than £69 - yay for gamestation (the company name literally has no capitals).

UK releases aren't delayed for localisation - if they were, they'd be delayed for significantly longer than the usual two/three days. The main reason UK games release slightly after their US counterparts is that, over here (in the the UK) we release games on Fridays, while over there, you release games on Tuesdays. So, games just generally come out a few days later here to fit with the pattern, though you can usually find them in stores at around the same time as the US release.

Yeah I meant that games that aren't localised alongside development, though that happens less now than it used to, mainly being confined to small devs and Japanese games with a lot of localisation to do (ie Final Fantasy) that was just me being tired as I haven't slept yet  

I mostly play on consoles so I'm used to paying £70 for CE and £40 for standard games. The main problem is that the company that owns both GAME and gamestation seem to be the only ones selling the CE in the UK so they are charging what they want over the RRP which includes everything I said plus the console manufacturers cut for the console versions.

Did I really sound American? I must have been on these forums too long:P

It's not so much that you sounded American; it's just gotten to the point where I assume that everyone I meet on the internet who isn't incredibly obviously British is American - I've probably spent far too much time hanging around on gaming forums myself. 

Yeah, I remember that we had the same problem with the ME2 CE - hell, they even stripped out some content, just because they could. It's a shame Amazon won't be getting the CE - their prices are normally way better than the best GAME and gamestation can manage.

Even PC guys like me are getting kinda screwed over on pricing this time around; GAME have the PC CE up for pre-order at the same price as the console version, and I can't imagine gamestation are gonna be far behind -  though I did check today, and for now at least, it's still selling at £59.

Modifié par KirkyX, 14 juin 2011 - 02:00 .

[The_11thDoctor]

Id get the CD if it had stuff I cared about... If the art book had more art than 70 pages worth Id get it. But The tin/ comic, etc is just worthless junk. If it comes with great in game content, ill look into it. no US company seems to care about their artbooks... The one for ME2 was pitiful. both size and amount of pages sucked.

[Belhawk]

the british price includes VAT tax, U.S. has no VAT tax. So, what would be the british price if u removed the VAT?

[UJN]

Relix28 wrote...

It's always been this way. Games costing $60 in U.S., cost €60 in Europe. You have to understand that taxes in EU are usually much higher than anywhere in the US. Plus the video-game market in general is also a lot smaller in EU. Hence the steep prices.
I hate it that EU usually gets the shaft when it comes to gaming, but hey, at least it's not Australia.

The problem is that this time it's not $80 = €80, it's $80 = €100.

[bigSarg]

aang001 wrote...

Id get the CD if it had stuff I cared about... If the art book had more art than 70 pages worth Id get it. But The tin/ comic, etc is just worthless junk. If it comes with great in game content, ill look into it. no US company seems to care about their artbooks... The one for ME2 was pitiful. both size and amount of pages sucked.

I agree, I doubt I'll buy the CE version unless they include alot more in-game stuff, but as it stands the normal version has the same in-game stuff and thats all I care about.  Maybe if I was a teenager I would love all that other stuff but not at my age, it's just excess useless stuff to me.

[LeonBrass]

I agree with aang001 and bigSarg;
No CE for me, too much stuff I don't care about. I can't justify the price for value added items I don't want. I can live without the mechDog. I'll wait for the SE.

[Paxos]

Hey, it's still a bargain! I'm not sour because someone else gets a better deal, it's all swings and roundabouts; yeah sure, it would be nice for the price to be equal across exchange rates but there's a lot behind the scenes that alters things. I suppose it's not what it costs but what it's worth?

[Chris Priestly]

Cost of games, or of any good, is different based on regions and where you live. To use a made up example, a pile of snow would not sell well in Antartica, but it would sell well in the Sahara desert.

Prices are set by retailers in areas given the demand and scarcity of items and other regional economic variables. While this may seem unfair, it isn't. It is how regional business is done. The only thing you can do is (and I don't mean this in a flippant way) move elsewhere to where costs are cheaper.

If you think it is bad for video games, wait till you try to buy your own home.

[rolson00]

Chris Priestly wrote...

Cost of games, or of any good, is different based on regions and where you live. To use a made up example, a pile of snow would not sell well in Antartica, but it would sell well in the Sahara desert.

Prices are set by retailers in areas given the demand and scarcity of items and other regional economic variables. While this may seem unfair, it isn't. It is how regional business is done. The only thing you can do is (and I don't mean this in a flippant way) move elsewhere to where costs are cheaper.

If you think it is bad for video games, wait till you try to buy your own home.

im thinking usa should chang to eu regoin then we could all buy stuff for cheap