EPTSummary of Starcraft 2 prices around the globe - Page 6
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aka_star
United Kingdom1546 Posts
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Thats_The_Spirit
Netherlands138 Posts
For comparison: I have a friend there who has just finished medical school and is working as a resident in internal medicine, with a monthly salary of 8300 baht. (not counting shifts) Also my nephew is an endoscopy assistant and his salary is a little over 5500 baht/month, the rent for his appartment is about 2000 baht. | ||
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friendlybus
Australia78 Posts
I've got a preorder for the CE and it is about $140AUD which, today anyway, is $116USD. | ||
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hoppipolla
Australia782 Posts
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SneakPeek
Philippines162 Posts
On May 29 2010 20:22 PobTheCad wrote: should probably be lower in thailand and the phillipines since their GDP per capita is alot lower than USA , Australia and even Malaysia i like this suggestion!! the price here in the philippines show that the only ones who can afford the game are those people with jobs, meaning 21+ years and i dont know but it will not be famous here since all ages 18 below like to play MMORPG rather than RTS games. RTS games become boring if they cannot improve playing. and DotA is freakin famous here!!!! | ||
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SentinelBorg
Germany3 Posts
amazon.co.uk: £34.99 -> $50.97 (€42.29) amazon.de: €49.25 -> $59.35 And it can't be the taxes, because those are pretty similar, with 19% in Germany and 17.5% in the UK. Usually the difference is even larger. | ||
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Boonbag
France3318 Posts
What the hell? | ||
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frequency
Australia1901 Posts
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junemermaid
United States981 Posts
On May 29 2010 22:06 ImSkeptical wrote: Australia has always had it up the ass. Its rediculous how much cheaper it is to download games if you can, you save like 50 aussie dollars sometimes, especially for new releases. But what are you going to do  Australian government doesn't like video games . | ||
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junemermaid
United States981 Posts
On June 05 2010 00:53 Boonbag wrote: Okay I was living under a fucking rock all this time and completly missed the subscription thing. What the hell? It's a pricing model introduced to lower income areas. They can buy the SP + a subscription for cheaper than retail. They can upgrade (from the last I read about) to a full retail at a larger cost after the subscription to continue playing, or continue to pay a monthly fee. But if you're really interested in the MP experience, I guess it would just be cheaper to upgrade to the full retail. I believe they pay the difference between what they purchased and the retail price (so about 30-40 more USD) It basically makes it so people aren't paying out of their asses in these areas if they just want to play the SP and try out a few MP games. | ||
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HwangjaeTerran
Finland5967 Posts
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ZergTurd
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LittLeD
Sweden7973 Posts
On June 03 2010 16:53 goszar wrote: This is extremely horrible marketing. Do they realize why Warcraft 3 RoC/ TFT was quite popular in Russia and countries nearby? Because each game cost $10 - yes, ten fucking dollars! There was plenty of private servers and the game had LAN too, but the people still were buying legitimate versions. I personally know many people who would never buy the game if it was $60 but bought easily for $20 (RoC+TFT). Personally, I don't care about the price, but I care a lot about crappy Bnet 0.2 and the general "milk them till they die!" direction ACTIVISION-blizzard is taking. I will not buy the game if it remains in its current state. Was and still is. Its hard to comprehend but Wc3 is actually still quite big and is expanding in these kinda third world countries like Russia, Belarus, Latvia, Estonia, Ukrain etc Also, SC2 in Norway, preordered costed around 45 USD | ||
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Luxer
Germany10 Posts
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Soap
Brazil1546 Posts
Also ships to Brazil, yay! | ||
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abrasion
Australia722 Posts
On May 29 2010 20:24 Qiin wrote: Wow, the Australian price compared to the rest of the world is ridiculous! Surprise surprise - AND they want to lump us on the wrong server... BZZZT nope - not buying. | ||
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abrasion
Australia722 Posts
On June 02 2010 23:04 noob styles wrote: Australia has a 10% sales tax, and that price looks like it has the tax included. It is illegal to advertise a price for a product in Australia without the sales tax included - furthermore the tax amount is the same per state (which makes it easier for broschures, TV advertisements and so on - so companies don't mind) I think the US system of an item being listed at X price but you have to mentally add tax is frankly, fucking stupid. That being said a lot of you guys can buy some things online without tax at all - that's pretty cool A lot of Aussies import their games, I was going to purchase SC2 as it would be cheaper - when I found out that even if I buy a US copy - my Aussie pals who buy locally can't play with me - I decided I will not purchase the game at all. | ||
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WhiteKnight
New Zealand134 Posts
Btw our Angus Burger Combo at Mc donalds is around $10.00 to give some kind of a comparision. O don't know what $129.99 NZ is in US dollars. | ||
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Sotamursu
Finland612 Posts
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maJes
United Kingdom186 Posts
On June 04 2010 23:11 SentinelBorg wrote: In Europe you should really order it in the UK, because atm: amazon.co.uk: £34.99 -> $50.97 (€42.29) amazon.de: €49.25 -> $59.35 And it can't be the taxes, because those are pretty similar, with 19% in Germany and 17.5% in the UK. Usually the difference is even larger. Yeah, you should order from amazon.co.uk, but did you see the 'marked down' price? £44.99 For a PC game that's unheard of, and disgustingly priced if it's the true RRP. | ||
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