EPTSummary of Starcraft 2 prices around the globe - Page 9
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Snowfield
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dtdee
Australia19 Posts
Full time lurker, first time poster. For anyone interested in the issue with the price discrepancies in Aus/Nz, it's pretty simple, but mind-bogglingly bogus. Essentially, because all video games are foreign products (there are no Australian publishers; there are distributors with Aus/Nz HQ's, but none entirely and solely Australian) it basically means there is no local competition. No local competition means that prices can be set across the board as high as retailers want. This was confirmed when a member of one of the larger gaming community websites actually contacted the Australian Competition and Consumer Commision (government body responsible for ensuring compliance with the Trade Practices Act) and discovered this. It's not a tax issue, it's not a distribution issue, it's simply that with no Australian competition such as local developers with local publishers to back them, we get charged through the nose. It's gone a bit ridiculous lately, with retailers like EB adding on an extra $10 every year or so to total prices, but as long as they're supplying competitive prices with other businesses, they're free to assfuck the entire Australian gaming population. Oh, and a side note on the tax thing: all Australian prices for products are bound by law to state the total price, inclusive of tax. The price tag is the real price. | ||
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vol_
Australia1608 Posts
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ckw
United States1018 Posts
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funkie
Venezuela9377 Posts
On July 26 2010 00:25 ckw wrote: What does the +1 years and 6 months mean? Are you reffering to some sort of pay to play BS? That's exactly what it is. | ||
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vradovic
United States293 Posts
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HardcoreBilly
United States222 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? I'm sorry that I'm going to pick you out, but I always found it odd, yet awesome, when a foreign person speak good English, while incorporating slang and popular phrases. ----- Now to refer back to the topic. Yeah it's quite unbelievable that activision-blizzard is setting the price so high. I mean, Kotick does realize we're in a worldwide recession, right? Ah, what am I talking about, every time he opens his mouth, he talks about wanting more money. | ||
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LeCastor
France234 Posts
http://www.auchan.fr/vad/article/ficheArticle.jsp?&afficheProduit=1&cug=569541&textSearch=starcraft Already out of stock ! | ||
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wintergt
Belgium1335 Posts
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Stoles
Turkey53 Posts
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Tanc
United States28 Posts
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balistix
Croatia63 Posts
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arthur
United Kingdom488 Posts
On May 29 2010 20:22 Wolfpox wrote: I'd say that's very decently priced, all-in-all. I paid more for fucking Street Fighter 4... which I guess just means I'm willing to spend more than I should, but the point is that they could jack up the price and fans would still buy it. And considering the post-release support it's going to get, I'd say that's a steal. Street Fighter IV cost me £7.50 :D I play it on my old SNES pads too haha. | ||
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Subversion
South Africa3627 Posts
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gerundium
Netherlands786 Posts
On July 26 2010 03:24 wintergt wrote: I preordered for exactly €50 in Belgium.. the only EU country where the OP is correct on the price? same in netherlands. :-) | ||
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siman
Hong Kong28 Posts
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Schnake
Germany2819 Posts
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FuryX
Australia495 Posts
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Shaoling
Sweden344 Posts
In ICA maxi (our "wallmart") in sweden | ||
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AyJay
1515 Posts
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