Date and price revealed for GTi Club+

Do Apple, MS, Nintendo etc all price 'properly' and only SONY doesn't?

How are we getting ripped off? Forgetting exchange rates (Which is about $1.50 to the £, meaning it's just about accurate if that is the US price), £9.99 is a bargain for that!
Gamers.... Never pleased...

Live rates at 2008.10.28 14:39:16 UTC
1.00 GBP = 1.56213 USD
United Kingdom Pounds United States Dollars
1 GBP = 1.56213 USD 1 USD = 0.640150 GBP


Looks like Sony's price is reasonably close to me

Just to be clear, the only confirmed price is the UK pounds. The Euro and Dollar amounts are my estimates based off previous PSN releases and exchange rates.

This happens every time a new game hits the PSN, people compare the USD and GBP prices wrongly.

The conversion rate is never accurate for starters, you'll find the perfect conversion rate, which is say 2.0/0.5 however banks will never offer that rate, they always trade with some room to allow for movement, so the rates arent entirely accurate, but close enough i guess.
But the biggest problem is people seem to forget VAT, UK charge 17.5%, EU ranges upto about 25% maybe higher in places, and US i think varies between around 6-9%
So if they want near identical profit from every region, without bias, then if UK government steals more from a sale, they need to price it higher to cover that.

Im not saying we dont get ripped off left right and center, far from it, but people need to know wtf they're talking about before they start making idiotic comments about how they're getting ripped off, when the facts are its cheaper for us than the US, and they're even taking less profit after tax too if my heads screwed on correctly today.

"Kspraydad said...

Do Apple, MS, Nintendo etc all price 'properly' and only SONY doesn't?"

What are you talking about.
I prefer to pay in exact, REAL currency instead of space points. Thank you SONY!

Yes. They are very highly skilled devs in making FUN games. Let's hope that if we all buy this, Sega will get them to work on a XBLA/PSN version of Outrun, or a new Daytona. We can but hope...