is no one going to point out how the game is priced at $35.01 USD specifically

[the milk man]

why

[DuckierMocha29]

Originally posted by Mittens:

Originally posted by DuckierMocha29:

its not a us reference its a star wars reference
501 its not hard to get the reference if you know star wars, as i just said
aspyr,lucasfilm and majority of the market are in the us
not uncommon for devs to not localise prices and just leave it to the platform, try and find a game here on steam that is a unified price across regions
it wont happen
they just chose the price for the region there in and thats it

I never said it was a US reference.
I never said I didn't understand the reference *you* made

I'm saying seeing how this price is only in the US and Aspyr mentioned nothing about the price being a reference, and other regions having completely different pricing. I and others can only conclude it's just a coincidence and nothing more.

Yes it is not uncommon for devs to localize prices and just leave it... now explain how that makes it as a "reference"? Aside from it just happening to be a specific number in one region? Explain how the devs intentionally set a price in one specific region to allude to 501st.

Otherwise it is *not* a reference. It is a coincidence.

if it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck.... its a duck
i dunno what else to say, its a number referencing the game itself not much else to it
how could it be a coincidence anyway

[Mittens]

Originally posted by DuckierMocha29:

Originally posted by Mittens:

I never said it was a US reference.
I never said I didn't understand the reference *you* made

I'm saying seeing how this price is only in the US and Aspyr mentioned nothing about the price being a reference, and other regions having completely different pricing. I and others can only conclude it's just a coincidence and nothing more.

Yes it is not uncommon for devs to localize prices and just leave it... now explain how that makes it as a "reference"? Aside from it just happening to be a specific number in one region? Explain how the devs intentionally set a price in one specific region to allude to 501st.

Otherwise it is *not* a reference. It is a coincidence.

if it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck.... its a duck
i dunno what else to say, its a number referencing the game itself not much else to it
how could it be a coincidence anyway

So you're trolling got it, unsubbed. Not worth my time.

[DuckierMocha29]

Originally posted by Mittens:

Originally posted by DuckierMocha29:

if it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck.... its a duck
i dunno what else to say, its a number referencing the game itself not much else to it
how could it be a coincidence anyway

So you're trolling got it, unsubbed. Not worth my time.

lmao k then mate was just tryin to answer a question

[the milk man]

steam forums moment

[Mittens]

Originally posted by the milk man:

steam forums moment

To answer your question more specifically. I think they set the price at 29.99 under another currency then used a straight percentage calculation for the other regions causing the weird specific numbers in the US and the other weird pricing.

In other words it's adjusting for other currencies in reverse.

[the milk man]

Originally posted by Mittens:

Originally posted by the milk man:

steam forums moment

To answer your question more specifically. I think they set the price at 29.99 under another currency then used a straight percentage calculation for the other regions causing the weird specific numbers in the US and the other weird pricing.

In other words it's adjusting for other currencies in reverse.

yeah that's bizarre if that's actually what ended up happening, it's usually other regions that get weird ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up pricing

[Mittens]

Originally posted by the milk man:

Originally posted by Mittens:

To answer your question more specifically. I think they set the price at 29.99 under another currency then used a straight percentage calculation for the other regions causing the weird specific numbers in the US and the other weird pricing.

In other words it's adjusting for other currencies in reverse.

yeah that's bizarre if that's actually what ended up happening, it's usually other regions that get weird ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up pricing

I found out why. The reason is taxes and in a way extorting more money from you... See the reason most companies set a price of x.99 is it's technically and legally one dollar less to be taxed. If say you have something that is 1$ and tax is .07$ per 1$ than the total is 1.07.
If the total is 2$ then the total would be 2.14$ However if the price is 1.99$ then you only pay tax for that one dollar, making the total 2.08$.

That and it's a more "attractive" pricing yadda yadda. Anyway here is my point. On Nintendo and Steam some states they do not have Taxes for digital items, so they set the price for 35.01.

This also explains why Xbox and PS are actually priced at 34.99$

Links:
Nintendo at 35.01$
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection-switch/
Playstation at 34.99$
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1032-PPSA16941_00-SWBATTLEFRONT000
Xbox at 34.99$ (Normally but it's on sale right now)
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection/9PDKZCQ8J879

[the milk man]

Originally posted by Mittens:

Originally posted by the milk man:

yeah that's bizarre if that's actually what ended up happening, it's usually other regions that get weird ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up pricing

I found out why. The reason is taxes and in a way extorting more money from you... See the reason most companies set a price of x.99 is it's technically and legally one dollar less to be taxed. If say you have something that is 1$ and tax is .07$ per 1$ than the total is 1.07.
If the total is 2$ then the total would be 2.14$ However if the price is 1.99$ then you only pay tax for that one dollar, making the total 2.08$.

That and it's a more "attractive" pricing yadda yadda. Anyway here is my point. On Nintendo and Steam some states they do not have Taxes for digital items, so they set the price for 35.01.

This also explains why Xbox and PS are actually priced at 34.99$

Links:
Nintendo at 35.01$
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection-switch/
Playstation at 34.99$
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1032-PPSA16941_00-SWBATTLEFRONT000
Xbox at 34.99$ (Normally but it's on sale right now)
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection/9PDKZCQ8J879

this also sounds like a plausible explanation, wow