AOE2 about the new DLC price

[Piu]

is it correct? It costs twice as much as other regular DLC (Brazil).
We had some price changes before where some games or DLCs came out with the wrong price and were corrected later. I wonder if that's the case

[Bucherebis]

Originally posted by fortebuster:

Originally posted by wetbandit1986:

I never complain.

lmao.I never complain. Just bend over.

Just consume product.

[fortebuster]

Originally posted by erik9595:

Originally posted by Whakahoatanga:

Swiss prizes for people interested (conversion to EUR, USD) :

Base game: 19 CHF/ 19.99 EUR / 21.11 USD
Lords of the West: 14 CHF/ 14.73 EUR / 15.56 USD
Dawn of the Dukes: 14 CHF/ 14.73 EUR / 15.56 USD
Dynasties of India: 14 CHF/ 14.73 EUR / 15.56 USD
Return of Rome: 14.99 CHF/ 15.73 EUR /16.65 USD
The Mountain Royals (without discount): 14.50 CHF/ 15.26 EUR/ 16.11 USD
The Mountain Royals (with discount): 12.32 CHF/12.96 EUR/13.69 USD

Been paying the EU increased prize for DLC since the very first DLC of the DE. Note that this is just an informative post.

Interesting, for me the prices remained the same:
Base game 19.99 EUR
LotW, DoD, DoI: 9.99 EUR
RoR: 14.99 EUR
Mountain Royals without discount: 14.99 EUR with discount: 12.74 EUR

Erik, I think you must be from one of those 'make a wish' accounts.

[Fido]

Originally posted by Thor II:

Look, I was already super furious just knowing that the civs are Georgians and Armenians, one of them could very well represent the other without problems, they spent a civ slot, which could very well be the Swiss or Tibetans that fit well in the mountains theme.

But to crown the grotesque mistake they still put the DLC costing in Brazil twice the price of the last two DLCs of two civs + 3 campaigns. I really want to believe that this is some kind of mistake. How in good conscience can a DLC cost more than the base game?

Prices in Brazil:

Base Game: 36,99
Soundtrack: 20,69
Lords of the West: 29,99
Dawn of the Dukes: 19,00
Dynasties of India: 19,00
Return of Rome: 27,00
The Mountain Royals: 54.95 without discount, 46.71 with the 15% discount.

I really hope that this is some kind of mistake and that it will be fixed urgently. At this price it is difficult to buy this DLC or any other future DLC.

You know that the devs don't pick the region conversions right? Steam doesn't even pick the conversions, they happen independently based on a third party tool utilized by Steam.

You know how much of a crapshoot it would be if developers could manually control region prices?

[Bucherebis]

Originally posted by DANGER ☠ POSSUM:

Originally posted by Thor II:

Look, I was already super furious just knowing that the civs are Georgians and Armenians, one of them could very well represent the other without problems, they spent a civ slot, which could very well be the Swiss or Tibetans that fit well in the mountains theme.

But to crown the grotesque mistake they still put the DLC costing in Brazil twice the price of the last two DLCs of two civs + 3 campaigns. I really want to believe that this is some kind of mistake. How in good conscience can a DLC cost more than the base game?

Prices in Brazil:

Base Game: 36,99
Soundtrack: 20,69
Lords of the West: 29,99
Dawn of the Dukes: 19,00
Dynasties of India: 19,00
Return of Rome: 27,00
The Mountain Royals: 54.95 without discount, 46.71 with the 15% discount.

I really hope that this is some kind of mistake and that it will be fixed urgently. At this price it is difficult to buy this DLC or any other future DLC.

You know that the devs don't pick the region conversions right? Steam doesn't even pick the conversions, they happen independently based on a third party tool utilized by Steam.

You know how much of a crapshoot it would be if developers could manually control region prices?

Completely wrong. The publisher have two options: use the recommended prices offered by Valve or set their own prices. They don't need to follow Valve prices.

[XŦĦ§¥]

It's clearly a regional pricing issue, the price is acceptable in CAD.

[On-The-Toilet-Bowl-With-Theviper]

Originally posted by XŦĦ§¥:

It's clearly a regional pricing issue, the price is acceptable in CAD.

if you mean in canadian $ its not acceptable its almost the same price of base game XD

[Flakstruk]

Base game thats 20 years old, still getting full support.
Fremium rots people brains.

[wetbandit1986]

Originally posted by Bucherebis:

Originally posted by fortebuster:

lmao.I never complain. Just bend over.

Just consume product.

I never complain. Just buy it or not SAME as ME

[wetbandit1986]

Dude have 700+ games and iam one that just consume products. Gtfo

[James3157]

Originally posted by Flakstruk:

Base game thats 20 years old, still getting full support.
Fremium rots people brains.

"Freemium" (which is not an actual word, but in other words means free instead of costing money) or "Premium"? I am assuming that you were probably referring to the latter, but you also mention that the basegame is 20+ years old still getting full support. How does premium relate to this and there is a difference right between premium (subscription based?) and dlc right? To be honest with you I am confused by your comment and need more explanation for it especially with the second half of your comment.

[grraf]

Regional pricing is a nice concept in theory but one that most/lots of the time greatly backfires in practice ; this is the case for my country as well:
Base game: 20 € (19,99 to be more precise FML this never gets old; i'll round the rest of the listed prices to their sane values)
Previous DLCs each 10€
Return of Rome 15€
The Mountain Royals 15€ (12,75 € after discount)

So while my country is indeed part of Europe it also has one of the worst economies, just for context the minimum wage for use(Romania) is bellow 700€ and yet here we are paying more for the game&its DLCs then they do in the US.

So that is yet another 'great example' of stellar regional pricing^ in spite of it all i had in the past bought and will in the future buy all the DLCs for the game simply on principle as a means of extending support for this amazing game for as long as possible(heck some of my fondest childhood memories were given to me by AoE2)

Sadly the price hike has already happened industry wide(70$ or € depending on region is the new standard) it was inevitably going to impact the old school RTS gaming landscape as well... do like it or find it fair ?! not really but at least i still get to decide in what games I invest my gaming budget and lucky enough for me that only extends to a handful of quality indie games from devs i trust and with a proven track record(get in on early access and you will usually get the game about 33% cheaper) AND this one that for me is still worth playing&supporting going forward.

At the end of the day its up to each of use to decide if we want to/can support the future of this game because as soon as meaningfull financial gains stop M$ will try to pull the plug on this great game once again, for those of use old enough to remember the merciless termination of MSN game zone leaving AoE 2 fans to scramble and employ workarounds like hamachi powered LANs / game ranger and later on voobly to keep the game and its community alive...we all know it: its not a matter of if but of when the corporate jackasses in suits at the top of the management pyramid will decide that servers&continued support 'need' to be dropped because there aren't making record earning figures anymore to show the ever greedier share holders that the company is still on a rapid growing trend a sad&harsh truth but none the less its the world we live in: art/passion/dedication is subverted under the heel of callous greedy suits and use the players looking to just have some fun&relax for a few hours every week are seen as nothing more then cattle to be milked dry with increasingly more aggressive pricing models and under handed tactics, look no further then the shamefull launch state&meager support of AoE IV to see what the future has in store for any new entry to the AoE scene...

[James3157]

Originally posted by grraf:

Regional pricing is a nice concept in theory but one that most/lots of the time greatly backfires in practice ; this is the case for my country as well:
Base game: 20 € (19,99 to be more precise FML this never gets old; i'll round the rest of the listed prices to their sane values)
Previous DLCs each 10€
Return of Rome 15€
The Mountain Royals 15€ (12,75 € after discount)

So while my country is indeed part of Europe it also has one of the worst economies, just for context the minimum wage for use(Romania) is bellow 700€ and yet here we are paying more for the game&its DLCs then they do in the US.

So the pricing with the dlc is incorrect only for third world countries? Romania if I am not mistaken is a 2nd world country and not a 1st world country.

[wetbandit1986]

Originally posted by James3157:

Originally posted by grraf:

Regional pricing is a nice concept in theory but one that most/lots of the time greatly backfires in practice ; this is the case for my country as well:
Base game: 20 € (19,99 to be more precise FML this never gets old; i'll round the rest of the listed prices to their sane values)
Previous DLCs each 10€
Return of Rome 15€
The Mountain Royals 15€ (12,75 € after discount)

So while my country is indeed part of Europe it also has one of the worst economies, just for context the minimum wage for use(Romania) is bellow 700€ and yet here we are paying more for the game&its DLCs then they do in the US.

So the pricing with the dlc is incorrect only for third world countries? Romania if I am not mistaken is a 2nd world country and not a 1st world country.

Romania is state within EU

[James3157]

Originally posted by wetbandit1986:

Romania is state within EU

Before it joined EU it was 2nd world country. If it did in fact join EU it is only more recent that started even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[erik9595]

Originally posted by James3157:

Originally posted by wetbandit1986:

Romania is state within EU

Before it joined EU it was 2nd world country. If it did in fact join EU it is only more recent that started even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Romania joined in 2007.