A few words about the pricing

[Simulacrum]

Gentlemen,
visiting the forum, I see a lot of complaining about the pricing in various regions.
Please stop sulking, the developer and the publisher already made a decision. Publishing work is not a process one does make by throwing darts at potencial pricess. It's a well thought procedure that is preceded by analysis, research and experience with previous titles.

I fully understand that some of you live in regions with lower purchasing power of money compared to the so called 'developed countries'. Please keep in mind that a video game is not a commodity that is essential in your life. You do not have to purchase it if you can't afford it. It's OK to buy it when your standard of life allows such a decision. You can't expect to be able to buy anything you desire.

[MrFoxly]

I don't recommend buying it anyway, Arc system works is not a company that deserves to be supported.

[Schizm]

They have already adjusted some regional prices do to outcry what the ♥♥♥♥ are you talking about.

Cannot stand people who brown nose for companies. This thread is useless and not having proper regional prices doesn't help anyone not arcysys not the consumers NO ONE.

[Queen Bee]

Someone thinking he is wise right now lmao.
Regional pricing exist for a reason my wise man
If you think R$340,00 is preceded by analysis, research and experience with previous titles.

edit : Happy to help, @lukaself

[JustDust]

77nzd aint bad considering its a big new title, and the 23nzd extra for the season pass is a steal compared to other dlc from other fighters

[Pnume]

Even in developed countries their pricing is "clueless" to put it mildly and if it's the result of some sort of analysis, it's not very deep.

A fighting game's value depends a LOT, on the size of its player base. It's actually the n°1 factor of success. The largest the playerbase is or is expected to be, the more new people are likely to jump on board to join the party.

With their ridiculous pricing, they pretty much make sure that GG Strive will remain a niche game and the end result (their fault) will justify their pricing cause niche game has to be expensive to justify the costs.

If I was them I would drop the price to 30 € (40 € max) to buff the player base. They would make more money in the end that way. It's a fighting game. Not a AAA open world thing.

[ttv/AmaterrasVT]

For someone with "Perfect Thoughts" as their online handle, your opinion sure is a far cry from your name.

Regional pricing is a thing, and boy do I gotta tell you that pricing a fighting game, that already has a niche playerbase, 1/3 or more of a person's minimum wage is a recipe for disaster.

Rollback netcode's not gonna help if not a lot of people are buying the game in the first place.

[lukaself]

The R$340 pricing was a mistake that has been corrected. The current price is R$129.99 which is ...affordable.

Steamworks has a feature which suggests a price according to various factors but they obviously either did not use it or it set it wrong since the suggested price was below the price they used, even after correcting. If no price is set for a region, either manually or automatically the game is made unavailable by Steam for this region so they often set a direct conversion as a placeholder.

This is why it's important for these threads about the regional pricing to keep existing; they're the only way a publisher, especially small, can be made aware of the differences in cost of living making the set price unaffordable. It's normal feedback and should never be talked down.

Edit: updated the wording to prevent further confusion. Thanks @mikave.

[Simulacrum]

lukaself eredeti hozzászólása:

The R$340 pricing was a mistake that has been corrected. The current price is R$129.99 which is ...affordable.

The reason why there are so many threads about regional pricing being too high on many game releases is due to how Steam automatically converts the price in local currency for each country if the publisher does not set a price manually. It does not take into account the differences in cost of living in different countries.

This is why it's important for these threads about the regional pricing to keep existing; they're the only way a publisher, especially small, can be made aware of the differences in cost of living making the automatically set price unaffordable. It's normal feedback and should never be talked down.

Great insight. I forgot that the prices are converted automatically form USD to other currencies. This could be a problem if the developer overlooked this and set the price in USD, while let Steam do the rest with their algorithms. I admit that in that case letting them know could be a valid strategy.

Amaterras | GGStrive 2 Expensive eredeti hozzászólása:

For someone with "Perfect Thoughts" as their online handle, your opinion sure is a far cry from your name.

Sir, you did not understand the ironic overtone in my online nick. The thought process is chaotic by nature as it involves symbols, indexes, icons, lexemes, auditory representations, linguistic prototype categories and many many other components. At the meeting point of them meaning is negotiated, there is nothing perfect about it.
Also please don't attack me personally when arguments fail. This is a very low discussion strategy. Try to be better than this.

[ttv/AmaterrasVT]

Perfect Thoughts eredeti hozzászólása:

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Also please don't attack me personally when arguments fail. This is a very low discussion strategy. Try to be better than this.

Aight my B, I'll try not to do that again.

Still though, I must disagree with your initial opinion anyway, and that GGStrive's regional pricing is way outta wack.
I still want for prices to be fair and all that.

I did not speak up on this issue with recent ASW games, but on GGStrive, I have to, since Guilty Gear is probably the fighting game that I love the most, and I have been damn well trying to get people to play it to increase the local playerbase.
This exorbitant price though, this kinda deters potential new players from buying it.

[CadiasHound]

Pre-ordered the Deluxe on GMG for the same price as standard here on Steam so not bad at all, looking forward to playing it.