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[CaolIla]

selling for 75€ in germany so ... yeah I'm paying 4 € less IF I'm going to buy it here and not it england, but the question is: will I be able to play it in english? If not, I will buy it in england and wait for a week like always.
Usually I buy all my games in england because I pay 50 up to 60€ here and fair 30€ in england and I get the "awesome" edition with good voice actors that actually care about what they are doing.

[Leonia]

I'll also add to the list of disgruntled Australians. Our retailers are simply lazy when it comes to readjusting their prices, which applies to everything down here and not just video games.

[Wulfram]

It's only the Collector's edition, which seems to be only available from Game, which is ridiculously overpriced in the UK.

The regular edition seems to be marginally cheaper at Amazon.co.uk than Amazon.com

[Kasai666]

Hey, I only payed 3.99$ for the CE. yay for gamestop and their recent sale thing.

[Bad King]

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.

Thing is though here in the UK the standard edition is at a pretty ordinary price, but the Collector's edition is disproportionately more expensive. Even the Digital CE is being sold by EA at a price as high as £54.99! Something doesn't add up.

Modifié par Bad King, 14 juin 2011 - 11:33 .

[x-Legion-x]

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.

yall like to rip people off stop lying 

[Paxos]

A worldwide product available under a local economy will always result in variation; think of the infrastructure that brings it all to your door, are overheads/taxes the same everywhere? Would you suggest that those paying less should pay more so we in the UK could have it cheaper? Would that be fair? Plus what about the sheer number of purchases, the number of buyers in the US will allow costs to be spread much further than the UK ever could and so a cheaper per item product.

Think about how many hours of enjoyment you've had on the first two games and the promise of a grand finale, I still think it's pretty cheap!

[element eater]

Bad King wrote...

Thing is though here in the UK the standard edition is at a pretty ordinary price, but the Collector's edition is disproportionately more expensive. Even the Digital CE is being sold by EA at a price as high as £54.99! Something doesn't add up.

this

obviously regional differances make a differance to cost  but as bad king wrote there is obviously more to it in  this case 

i would also like to draw attention to game.co.uk's collosal mark up on the pc ce to the same level as the console versions despite the fact that the origional game is 5£ cheaper on pc 

also thus far only one retail group has access to the ce i dont think it requires much thought to come to the conclusion that no competition = higher prices

Modifié par element eater, 15 juin 2011 - 01:37 .

[Flashlegend]

Kasai666 wrote...

Hey, I only payed 3.99$ for the CE. yay for gamestop and their recent sale thing.

What sale?

[Reapinger]

Flashlegend wrote...

Kasai666 wrote...

Hey, I only payed 3.99$ for the CE. yay for gamestop and their recent sale thing.

What sale?

I'm thinking he's talking about the game trading-in deal. 

[neubourn]

 Interesting article comparing video game prices in some countries:
http://m.ign.com/articles/1172456

Essentially, games are always cheaper in the US.

Modifié par neubourn, 15 juin 2011 - 01:42 .

[Reapinger]

x-Legion-x wrote...

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.

yall like to rip people off stop lying 

If I were to buy Cocaine in Colombia, then it would be dirt cheap but in America it's super expensive I hear. Poor analogy but the point is there. The point is, the game is made and manufactured in North America. Shipping costs money and so does making it in other languages and so does exporting collector's editions with more cautious packing since they're more delicate. You're paying for an exported and imported product with tariffs, exchange rates, and scarcity as Chris said. USA gets it for the same price because of NATO. Stop complaining and if you don't want to pay it then don't and quit crying. Also macro would be a good class to take maybe. 

[Casper DM]

leonia42 wrote...

I'll also add to the list of disgruntled Australians. Our retailers are simply lazy when it comes to readjusting their prices, which applies to everything down here and not just video games.

This^^

Although more from an NZ perspective coz we get our games through Aus a lot of the time so we are similarly hit by ridiculously high prices where games tend to be released at $120.

I play a lot of games but I no longer buy them for this reason, so much cheaper for me to head over to video ezy where I can rent out new release games for a week for $20 although I can finish most games overnight which only costs $8. Thing is I don't see how these prices benefit anyone, game developers/publishers receive either very little or no money from me renting their games and retailers don't receive much of anything either.

I used to purchase 10+ games a year, this year I am looking at buying 2 this year (BF3 and Skyrim) maybe AC Revelations as well but unlikely.

[Legbiter]

Poor people shouldn't game.

[element eater]

Legbiter wrote...

Poor people shouldn't game.

people who have nothing relevant to say shouldnt post

[Reapinger]

element eater wrote...

Legbiter wrote...

Poor people shouldn't game.

people who have nothing relevant to say shouldnt post

It's relevant and true. If you don't have 70 dollars to spare then don't spend it.

[Mann42]

Would anyone know if there are taxes, taffifs, or other import regulations in Europe, the U.K., or Australia that would either drive up the price or price fix imported video games/software/entertainment goods from companies located in North America or Japan?

I mean, are Ubisoft games cheaper in Europe? I don't live there so I have no idea. I know that the U.K. gives incentives to video game companies in the U.K., so I wouldn't be surprised to also find out that there is a small amount of trade protectionism to encourage publishers to move to/establish themselves in the U.K.. 

I actually have no idea, but when I see price discrepancies like this, I often wonder if at least some of it doesn't come down to a trade treaty or regulation somewhere. It happens more often than you'd think, but since I'm not willing to dig through millions of pages of extremely dry legal material for multiple countries, I figured I'd throw it out there. 

Modifié par nexworks, 15 juin 2011 - 02:33 .

[Casper DM]

Reapinger wrote...

element eater wrote...

Legbiter wrote...

Poor people shouldn't game.

people who have nothing relevant to say shouldnt post

It's relevant and true. If you don't have 70 dollars to spare then don't spend it.

My problem is not affordability but value for money and supporting developers who make good games, why would I spend $120 on Portal 2 when I can rent it out overnight and complete both the solo and coop campaigns costing no more than $8. How do game devs/publishers/retailers profit from that?

With prices becoming what they are, I will only ever buy a game that I can see myself spending more than a week or so playing which at the moment limits my purchases down to multiplayer games and the very few solo campaign games like Mass Effect which I get a lot of replayability out of.

[Reapinger]

Casper DM wrote...

Reapinger wrote...

element eater wrote...

Legbiter wrote...

Poor people shouldn't game.

people who have nothing relevant to say shouldnt post

It's relevant and true. If you don't have 70 dollars to spare then don't spend it.

My problem is not affordability but value for money and supporting developers who make good games, why would I spend $120 on Portal 2 when I can rent it out overnight and complete both the solo and coop campaigns costing no more than $8. How do game devs/publishers/retailers profit from that?

With prices becoming what they are, I will only ever buy a game that I can see myself spending more than a week or so playing which at the moment limits my purchases down to multiplayer games and the very few solo campaign games like Mass Effect which I get a lot of replayability out of.

I agree with you, I just think that living in an area other than US/Can is disadvantageous for buying certain games. I feel like this also isn't a new problem and Portal was a great game lol.  

[element eater]

@ Reapinger
being poor has nothing to do with it as Casper says it about value for money. Why should you simply except and pay for what you see as an inflated price simply because you can afford it? its attitudes like this that in part lead to such prices in the first place. On top of that im speaking from the stand point of a English gamer 70$ to me would be an acceptable price for the product the fact is though that we must pay around 12£ more than you which is a ridiculous mark up especially given the fact that the price difference between SE's is quite minor.

heck even the digital version is 55£ which to my knowledge is more expensive than your retail version

Modifié par element eater, 15 juin 2011 - 11:21 .

[Captain Crash]

Chris Priestly wrote...

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.

Come on Chris dont brush your hands with this.    Were your biggest fans if we are willing to pay no matter the cost for it, but this really is leaving a bitter taste already.    How can we move elsewhere when you only allowed one UK retailer to sell it? 


Sure you set an asking pice and its down to the retailers, but you are seeing from the variety of posts people dont think its value for money.  Or at least are upset at the massive variation of price.   

The ME2 CE was £55 where as its now £70 for ME3.    What new content is there?  A tiny litho, a slightly larger artbook.  An N7 patch and a xbox avatar.


Come on!  How is that justified to have an almost 30% increase in price?    If you cant change the price, perhaps think about what else you could perhaps include.  Even if its too late for in box inclusion im sure your marketing fellas could add some sort of downloadable content on release.   We just want to see what this £70 were paying for it is going too.

Modifié par Captain Crash, 15 juin 2011 - 12:23 .

[Dannyboy9876]

Is ME3 Region locked? If not, import from America, it might end up cheaper.

[Zkyire]

James Raynor wrote...

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

I may have misread what you said but.. the Euro IS stronger than the Dollar. By quite a bit actually.

€1 = $1.4335

[Bad King]

Reapinger wrote...

x-Legion-x wrote...

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.

yall like to rip people off stop lying 

If I were to buy Cocaine in Colombia, then it would be dirt cheap but in America it's super expensive I hear. Poor analogy but the point is there. The point is, the game is made and manufactured in North America. Shipping costs money and so does making it in other languages and so does exporting collector's editions with more cautious packing since they're more delicate. You're paying for an exported and imported product with tariffs, exchange rates, and scarcity as Chris said. USA gets it for the same price because of NATO. Stop complaining and if you don't want to pay it then don't and quit crying. Also macro would be a good class to take maybe. 

The expensiveness of the CE/DDE has little to do with exchange rates, tariffs and shipping. The regular edition is also made in North America (so it is effected by the same variables as the Collector's edition) and yet is at a reasonable price (unlike the Collector's edition). And the Collector's edition is not 150% more expensive because 'they need to be more cautious with packing' it's because companies are profiteering. Even the digital Colector's edition is being sold by EA for £54.99!

Modifié par Bad King, 15 juin 2011 - 12:18 .

[Quinnzel]

Well I'll join everyone else in my disgust at the price but hey! At least well get access to those exclusive Dr. Pepper promotional content right? Right?
Oh wait, no I won't. I used to be a Mass Effect fan, now I'm just a European.
*grumbles*