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Epic Games Store adding regional pricing for more than 230 countries
- Thread starter Jaded Alyx
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Borderlands 3 is $44 for me, about the same as other AAA games like The Division 2, Anno, and Metro.
Nah, there are more fortunate regions with $30, even $20 AAA games. Southeast Asia here.
As someone said in this thread Super shout outs to Indies on the epic store. Steam doesn't offer regional pricing in the Caribbean so it's really nice seeing Indies taking advantage of it on EGS Operencia a brand new title is $9.
Big publishers couldn't care less about us.
Big publishers couldn't care less about us.
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that's what's so weird, especially when...
Metro was $20 USD on release here in the Caribbean. None of the others have come close to that though (Indies aside)
Can you create a carribean account from another county and play it's games?
If you have a vpn and credit card with an address based in the Caribbean, technically yes.
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Played it via Origin Access Premier and uninstalled it the same night.
I should mention this, if you guys want to buy from cheaper region and somehow manage to get hold of a card/payment option from that region then be warned that your Epic account will LOCK to that region after the first purchase. And the only way to change it would be to request a regional change from Epic themselves, which I have no doubts they'll do for you but you won't be able to keep doing it consistently as your account will likely get flagged if you do.
Though there's no reason to change your region anyway if you keep using it for cheaper purchase as you don't really lose out on anything.
Though there's no reason to change your region anyway if you keep using it for cheaper purchase as you don't really lose out on anything.
You can actually change the region from Epic's own website, don't even need a VPN. So long as you haven't made a purchase yet. Once you do it the region will be locked to whatever region you made your first purchase from.
Eating.Seems like the regional pricing issue for Control is fixed , it now shows $28 for me
Now $24 for me.
Very affordable and highly likely a purchase.
ya control is very cheap, 15 dollars? lol, must be something very wrong with the game...thats the only game i am getting a good price on. 60 bucks for division 2 on sale, stadard edition, while i can get for 30 gold edition on uplay. no other game has a good price or better than steam's regional. oh well, will wait for Bloodborne PC, i know tim can get it for me.
LMFAO, 50 bucks fdor far cry primal! LMFAO
LMFAO, 50 bucks fdor far cry primal! LMFAO
Anno 1800 now costs 66 USD for me. ohh, I love you Epic games store.
And the only other place I can buy it is Uplay.. where I get charged in Euros and now don't even have the 20% off code anymore.
I love the Epic Games store and the value the developers and publishers are now able to provide to the consumers.
And the only other place I can buy it is Uplay.. where I get charged in Euros and now don't even have the 20% off code anymore.
I love the Epic Games store and the value the developers and publishers are now able to provide to the consumers.
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It might be that Ubisoft removed regional pricing in regions that are not supported by Uplay? Considering how they are focusing on removing many avenue of "cheaper games", it could fit onto that tactic by Ubisoft.
That is the only thing that would make sense if that is the only game.
That is the only thing that would make sense if that is the only game.
Division 2 is still $60 so i dunno
Waiting for the savings to be passed on Mr. Sweeney
annnnytime now
Observation's regional pricing was adjusted it looks like.
Game is $10 which is a guaranteed purchase imo.
Game is $10 which is a guaranteed purchase imo.
And yet in Australia we are still enjoying that regional pricing but in USD. So good. Thanks Epic, you guys are great competition.
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Don't think it is all that random tbh. This is the price control that all big publishers are hoping to enact by reducing the available stores you can by games on and slowing squeeze out the practice of excessive discounts or trying to give low income regions better pricing.
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What I mean by random:
The Division 2: $59.99
Anno 1800: $62.35
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint: $52.99
These are 3 new/upcoming '$60' games, all here at different prices with no rhyme or reason.
Yeah thats weird. Anno being higher than all the rest when Ubi probably want ppl to buy on their store rather than on Steam when it was still up on there seems strange.
Still cheaper than EA games on Origin, I guess publishers don't see the point in 50% discounts here anymore.
some of these prices in here are amazing....Im sitting here with fuckin $60USD staring at me in the face instead.
Yeah, Fallen Order is (almost) full console price.
PS - thanks cthulhu i'm not interested in ubi or ea games or i would go broke 😁
Yes they added regional pricing to their store allowing publishers to price their game's differently for markets at the time were unsupported.
If you paid more than your region should they rebated you.
Is this a good move by Epic? Are they making strides?
IDK...But it got me to purchase 2 games on their store so far.
Metro Exodus and Walking Dead.
For my particular region games are cheaper so I'm happy about that.
Ubisoft is playing this perfectly , Rather than abandoning any third party store completely and going uplay exclusive directly , They do this in an unofficial way by indirectly making the customers prefer the Uplay version over the EGS one ( even in prices ) plus getting whatever money Epic throws at them as a bonus if there are ones , Dont know how Epic is satisfied by this , but I guess they just want to brag that " We have Ubi games in our stores exclusively outside Uplay "
Epic's goal is to hurt Steam as much as possible. They are probably very satisfied that Ubisofts games are no longer available on Steam.