Increased prices for CAPCOM games

[Vasa]

CAPCOM. For what reason did you increase the prices of games by 4 times??? Resident evil 5 200 TL?! What kind of mockery? Valve, I hope you can help somehow. For it is not only in Turkey that prices have increased. And they themselves promised that the prices would not increase for the games.

[Chauve-souris]

Turkey and Argentina's currencies seems to have lost a lot of their values over past years, and particulary over last month or so, guess capcom decided to increase their prices in response.

[Maxis]

Because people start abusing prices on Turkish Lira

[PJthePlayer]

I've heard numerous reports recently of game developers that are having to abandon regional pricing because people take advantage of it with VPNs. That's likely what is happening here.

[VerGiL]

Originally posted by PJthePlayer:

I've heard numerous reports recently of game developers that are having to abandon regional pricing because people take advantage of it with VPNs. That's likely what is happening here.

Oh yes, a 4 years old game need to increase the price due to people abusing the regional pricing I'm sure that is the reason.

[YUREKA]

the pre-order was more expensive than current price. i heard turkey has massive inflation jump, now everything is much more expensive than before. i hope for the best for the people there.

[PJthePlayer]

Originally posted by VerGiL:

Originally posted by PJthePlayer:

I've heard numerous reports recently of game developers that are having to abandon regional pricing because people take advantage of it with VPNs. That's likely what is happening here.

Oh yes, a 4 years old game need to increase the price due to people abusing the regional pricing I'm sure that is the reason.

Yes, it is. This game is still $40 on US Steam. People circumvent that buy using a VPN to buy it in other markets where it is laughably cheap in USD. Capcom is far from the only developer having this problem, or raising their prices in response.

[VerGiL]

Originally posted by PJthePlayer:

Originally posted by VerGiL:

Oh yes, a 4 years old game need to increase the price due to people abusing the regional pricing I'm sure that is the reason.

Yes, it is. This game is still $40 on US Steam. People circumvent that buy using a VPN to buy it in other markets where it is laughably cheap in USD. Capcom is far from the only developer having this problem, or raising their prices in response.

"Having this problem" What problem... If what you said was true and the real cause of the increase we would be seeing a increase in all Capcom games across the board. That is not the case, it's not even the whole RE franchise.

[PJthePlayer]

Originally posted by VerGiL:

Originally posted by PJthePlayer:

Yes, it is. This game is still $40 on US Steam. People circumvent that buy using a VPN to buy it in other markets where it is laughably cheap in USD. Capcom is far from the only developer having this problem, or raising their prices in response.

"Having this problem" What problem... If what you said was true and the real cause of the increase we would be seeing a increase in all Capcom games across the board. That is not the case, it's not even the whole RE franchise.

But it is their newest, most expensive games is it not? What I said is absolutely true coupled with the fact that different currencies fluctuate in their value against the USD. Regional pricing is something that is offered to help gamers in countries with less valuable currency... however it is fairly easy as an American to use a VPN to purchase games for dirt cheap by abusing regional pricing.

[droaan]

They are trying to make that money back for the humble sale.

[THE VERY REVEREND MISTER BONK]

Valve have been losing money hand over fist in recent years so prices are going up. Other platforms have much better deals.

[JobeGardener]

They will chip in to give a 7-foot tall person a billion dollars for dunking a basketball though.

[PJthePlayer]

Originally posted by MISTER BONK:

Valve have been losing money hand over fist in recent years so prices are going up. Other platforms have much better deals.

First off Valve isn't losing money at all, they're basically a money-making machine. Secondly they have no control whatsoever of the pricing of Capcom's games. This is just flat-out wrong.

[Lvl 10]

It's not like you would have bought it anyway....
And still even with the "increased" price you guys still pay 50% compared to the EU/US standard lol.

Gaming is not a necessity btw...

[Maxis]

regional price abusing.

[VerGiL]

Originally posted by Lvl 10:

It's not like you would have bought it anyway....
And still even with the "increased" price you guys still pay 50% compared to the EU/US standard lol.

Gaming is not a necessity btw...

Oh yes, because every currency in the world is the same. You must be one of those people that have no idea how regional pricing works.

Also it's funny you´re saying that because last time Sony increased PS5 titles prices by 10 bucks people went nuts over it, just imagine how big the backlash would be if it was 50 bucks increase.