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Dust 514 price gouge for AUS and NZ customers
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Cidnay
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-05-15 02:10:57 UTC
If you are in the Australia or New Zealand region and you are thinking about playing Dust 514 be aware that you will pay more than 50% more for ingame items.

This is a issue that CCP and Sony are failing to address and is gross profiteering.
Julius Priscus
#2 - 2013-05-15 02:19:47 UTC
Cidnay wrote:
If you are in the Australia or New Zealand region and you are thinking about playing Dust 514 be aware that you will pay more than 50% more for ingame items.

This is a issue that CCP and Sony are failing to address and is gross profiteering.




seriously???
Cidnay
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-05-15 02:24:06 UTC
Yes
Jack Miton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#4 - 2013-05-15 02:29:24 UTC
that's pretty standard in AU tbh.
All games cost more.

(not saying it's good, just a fact.)

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Posta Wifda Mosta
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-05-15 02:33:28 UTC
Cidnay wrote:
If you are in the Australia or New Zealand region and you are thinking about playing Dust 514 be aware that you will pay more than 50% more for ingame items.

This is a issue that CCP and Sony are failing to address and is gross profiteering.



Real shame but I do know much of it can be blamed on your own government.

On a funny note, even your avatar looks kinda pissed off.
Zeko Rena
ENCOM Industries
#6 - 2013-05-15 02:37:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Zeko Rena
Jack Miton wrote:
that's pretty standard in AU tbh.
All games cost more.

(not saying it's good, just a fact.)


Re-read it, this is for in game items, not the game itself.

I was going to pick up Dust 514 and give it a go but if this is the case I won't bother, everything else I play charges you in US dollars for in game items and it is the same price as US players, you only have to factor in the exchange rate.

Which is never that good for us NZ players, but for you AU players you are pretty much on $1 to $1 Cry
Benny Ohu
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2013-05-15 02:44:15 UTC
it's not unusual for digital products in australia to cost up to twice the price as in the US

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-12/it-price-gouging-inquiry-may-lower-prices/4624376
Darth Skorpius
352 Industries
#8 - 2013-05-15 02:49:23 UTC
This is not CCP's fault. This is because of the way Sony sets their store prices down here.

But yes it is bullshit that we have to pay more

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Benny Ohu
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2013-05-15 02:50:16 UTC
ah, this too

Quote:
Consumer group Choice looked at more than 200 hardware and software products and found Australians pay on average 50 per cent more. This includes a 70 per cent mark-up on AC/DC album Back in Black on iTunes, while a copy of Adobe's CS6 Design and Web Premium suite costs $3175 in Australia versus $US1899 ($A1820).

"There is no justification for Australians paying more than consumers in the United States for identical products," said Choice head of campaigns Matt Levey.


http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/evasive-microsoft-adobe-fail-to-justify-prices-20130322-2gjkr.html
Setaceous
Nexus Prima
#10 - 2013-05-15 03:01:38 UTC
Zeko Rena wrote:
Jack Miton wrote:
that's pretty standard in AU tbh.
All games cost more.

(not saying it's good, just a fact.)


Re-read it, this is for in game items, not the game itself.

I was going to pick up Dust 514 and give it a go but if this is the case I won't bother, everything else I play charges you in US dollars for in game items and it is the same price as US players, you only have to factor in the exchange rate.

Which is never that good for us NZ players, but for you AU players you are pretty much on $1 to $1 Cry

Even for us it's not too bad - NZ 0.82 - US 1.0
ACE McFACE
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#11 - 2013-05-15 03:06:19 UTC
Its mainly the PS store's fault. I saw Mass Effect 2 for $99.95 (This is after Mass Effect 3 came out mind you) I could have just bought a retail version of the game for about $20. I assume its pretty much the same for DUST.

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
ACE McFACE
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#12 - 2013-05-15 03:07:42 UTC
Zeko Rena wrote:
Jack Miton wrote:
that's pretty standard in AU tbh.
All games cost more.

(not saying it's good, just a fact.)


Re-read it, this is for in game items, not the game itself.

I was going to pick up Dust 514 and give it a go but if this is the case I won't bother, everything else I play charges you in US dollars for in game items and it is the same price as US players, you only have to factor in the exchange rate.

Which is never that good for us NZ players, but for you AU players you are pretty much on $1 to $1 Cry

DUST is free though. You don't have to buy anything.

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
Ludi Burek
The Player Haters Corp
#13 - 2013-05-15 03:10:05 UTC
It's called "adjusting the price to the aussie market" which means jack up the price because everyone else jacks up the price for all the things. Look at any product you can imagine and you will see we pay more. It's infuriating.
Null Exchange
Guns-R-Us Procurement Division
Weapons of Mass Logistics
#14 - 2013-05-15 03:16:59 UTC
Posta Wifda Mosta wrote:
Cidnay wrote:
If you are in the Australia or New Zealand region and you are thinking about playing Dust 514 be aware that you will pay more than 50% more for ingame items.

This is a issue that CCP and Sony are failing to address and is gross profiteering.



Real shame but I do know much of it can be blamed on your own government.

On a funny note, even your avatar looks kinda pissed off.



Please explain this in more detail, Im not aware of why govt would make this so.
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#15 - 2013-05-15 03:44:40 UTC
Stop being upside down and we'll talk!!

How did you Veterans start?
floating in space
#16 - 2013-05-15 04:01:39 UTC
I'd be more worried about sharks chewing on the internet cables.
Tennoku
Mercury Nation
#17 - 2013-05-15 04:06:49 UTC
I'm not sure that it is completely outside CCP's control. This thread has some suggested solutions.
Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2013-05-15 04:08:30 UTC
OZ, if the wildlife doesn't get you, the government will.

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Tennoku
Mercury Nation
#19 - 2013-05-15 04:14:10 UTC
Jake Warbird wrote:
OZ, if the wildlife doesn't get you, the government will.


It's not the government at fault. It's the deliberate choice of particular companies.
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2013-05-15 04:23:34 UTC
Zeko Rena wrote:
Jack Miton wrote:
that's pretty standard in AU tbh.
All games cost more.

(not saying it's good, just a fact.)


Re-read it, this is for in game items, not the game itself.

I was going to pick up Dust 514 and give it a go but if this is the case I won't bother, everything else I play charges you in US dollars for in game items and it is the same price as US players, you only have to factor in the exchange rate.

Which is never that good for us NZ players, but for you AU players you are pretty much on $1 to $1 Cry


The game itself is the same price everywhere! It's free! Big smile

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