Why is this 80 euro but 70 US dollars?!

[Sunbather]

If anything euro is much more worth than dollar. Sure, the exchange rates are pretty much 1:1 all over the year but then again you pay almost 30 dollars for a restaurant visit in the US while you pay about 24 in Germany. And literally every other game on Steam has lower euro prices than dollar prices exactly because of that. You can look up whatever game you like: the mere number of the euro price will be lower than US dollars. It's a fact.

So what the ♥♥♥♥ is going on Square Enix? 80 euro for an 8 hour game?I hope you choke on your dollar bills on this one and have to close your company due to bad sales since you obviously don't learn anything any other way.

[Sunbather]

I should add that I am even privileged to live in a country with a strong euro. Imagine living in a country where 80 euro is like 1/4 of your salary. Jesus ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Christ. I really hope big game companies go down the drain sooner than later, just like Ubisoft and EA.

[ventoacqua]

"Why is this 80 euro but 70 US dollars?"

Out of sheer greed

[Mu'Ammar of Carthus]

I'ma go ahead and guess you guys never heard of VAT.

[Iceqert]

Most countries outside EU pay TAX as additional amount added to the price during payment. In EU you have requirements that prices are to be stated with Tax included. Thats why it's 80€.
In some countries that don't use € currency price can be lower, mostly due to fact that they will have lower VAT

Also, game is extremally mid, bought it, refunded it. If it will go down to... 25€ on sale then I may buy it to just run around. It's not worth the price. On CDKeys already EU keys are 50€ cause nobody buys this.

[Band]

IX8 の投稿を引用：

Most countries outside EU pay TAX as additional amount added to the price during payment. In EU you have requirements that prices are to be stated with Tax included. Thats why it's 80€.
In some countries that don't use € currency price can be lower, mostly due to fact that they will have lower VAT

Also, game is extremally mid, bought it, refunded it. If it will go down to... 25€ on sale then I may buy it to just run around. It's not worth the price. On CDKeys already EU keys are 50€ cause nobody buys this.

So why octopath traveler ii (the next square-enix game) is 60 dollars / 60 euro?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1938010/WILD_HEARTS/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1774580/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Survivor/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1294810/Redfall/

All these games cost 70 dollars / 70 euro.

[ReamedBySteem]

shipping costs.

[Sunbather]

Mu'Ammar of Carthus の投稿を引用：

I'ma go ahead and guess you guys never heard of VAT.

IX8 の投稿を引用：

Most countries outside EU pay TAX as additional amount added to the price during payment. In EU you have requirements that prices are to be stated with Tax included. Thats why it's 80€.
In some countries that don't use € currency price can be lower, mostly due to fact that they will have lower VAT

It's nice that you guys are old enough to know about taxes but that's not how it works. Literally every game, as I have stated already previously, has a lower price in sheer numbers than the US prices.
The only sensible reason here is a) Square Enix just made a mistake, or b) they just wanna milk the allegedely rich Europeans. And like I said, and I come from one of the the rich countries in Europe, even 60 euro is quite different than 60 dollar in the US. And I am not talking about the minimum wages here (which are actually higher in Germany) but I am talking about what you can actually buy with your money. Also, from what I know from some years ago, despite the legal minimum wages, most Americans in Flordia (!) made much more money than me and my colleagues here in Europe.

All that being said, the proof is there. EVERY game has a lower euro price than US prices (except for escpecially greed companies like Activion where it is 1:1).

And again and again and again, people in other European countries where the euro has much less value, well, they are just ♥♥♥♥♥♥, aren't they?

[Sunbather]

ReamedBySteem の投稿を引用：

shipping costs.

Nice one!

[Sunbather]

Band の投稿を引用：

All these games cost 70 dollars / 70 euro.

Nice proof!
But that being said, it should be 60 dollar/euro. Those absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. And at the same time they fire people left and right in the big companies right now.
I sincerely hope some people choke on their fat paycheck. I am sick and tired of what the gaming industry is becoming.

[Sunbather]

ventoacqua の投稿を引用：

Out of sheer greed

It is the only plausible answer really.

[Sgt. Flaw]

Doesn't matter, dont buy it

[Iceqert]

Band の投稿を引用：

IX8 の投稿を引用：

Most countries outside EU pay TAX as additional amount added to the price during payment. In EU you have requirements that prices are to be stated with Tax included. Thats why it's 80€.
In some countries that don't use € currency price can be lower, mostly due to fact that they will have lower VAT

Also, game is extremally mid, bought it, refunded it. If it will go down to... 25€ on sale then I may buy it to just run around. It's not worth the price. On CDKeys already EU keys are 50€ cause nobody buys this.

So why octopath traveler ii (the next square-enix game) is 60 dollars / 60 euro?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1938010/WILD_HEARTS/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1774580/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Survivor/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1294810/Redfall/

All these games cost 70 dollars / 70 euro.

Some publishers decide for lower price on certain regions for some games.
You have publishers that will list the price of the game lower in EU or in some other countries depending on the income of the people living there.
Other publishers just want to milk everyone and don't care, so they want full price for all games.
80€/per copy, will probably be same amount of money received by the publisher, that $70 will be, after the tax. People in us often will pay VAT % during the transaction so for example california will pay 7% tax during payment, so they ultimately pay $75. In for example germany vat is 19%. So they will receive still less, cause €65 not whole 80.

Greed is key to everything, but it all comes down to the VAT in every region.

[Iceqert]

Sunbather の投稿を引用：

Mu'Ammar of Carthus の投稿を引用：

I'ma go ahead and guess you guys never heard of VAT.

IX8 の投稿を引用：

Most countries outside EU pay TAX as additional amount added to the price during payment. In EU you have requirements that prices are to be stated with Tax included. Thats why it's 80€.
In some countries that don't use € currency price can be lower, mostly due to fact that they will have lower VAT

It's nice that you guys are old enough to know about taxes but that's not how it works. Literally every game, as I have stated already previously, has a lower price in sheer numbers than the US prices.
The only sensible reason here is a) Square Enix just made a mistake, or b) they just wanna milk the allegedely rich Europeans. And like I said, and I come from one of the the rich countries in Europe, even 60 euro is quite different than 60 dollar in the US. And I am not talking about the minimum wages here (which are actually higher in Germany) but I am talking about what you can actually buy with your money. Also, from what I know from some years ago, despite the legal minimum wages, most Americans in Flordia (!) made much more money than me and my colleagues here in Europe.

All that being said, the proof is there. EVERY game has a lower euro price than US prices (except for escpecially greed companies like Activion where it is 1:1).

And again and again and again, people in other European countries where the euro has much less value, well, they are just ♥♥♥♥♥♥, aren't they?

I wrote it up. Publisher decides how to price the game on regions. If in EU price is €60 and in US is $60. Publisher still gets less for a copy of the game sold in EU.

Square wants to be greedy and get more/less same amount for each copy sold, so they set price higher for some regions.

[Mu'Ammar of Carthus]

Sunbather の投稿を引用：

Mu'Ammar of Carthus の投稿を引用：

I'ma go ahead and guess you guys never heard of VAT.

IX8 の投稿を引用：

Most countries outside EU pay TAX as additional amount added to the price during payment. In EU you have requirements that prices are to be stated with Tax included. Thats why it's 80€.
In some countries that don't use € currency price can be lower, mostly due to fact that they will have lower VAT

It's nice that you guys are old enough to know about taxes but that's not how it works.

Literally is how it works.
Wanting to be right somehow making you right, however, that is really not how anything works.
So many people these days just function on sheer wishful thinking and delusion, it's insane.

[mpcgannon]

Sunbather の投稿を引用：

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So what the ♥♥♥♥ is going on Square Enix? 80 euro for an 8 hour game?I hope you choke on your dollar bills on this one and have to close your company due to bad sales since you obviously don't learn anything any other way.