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Nintendo of Europe to raise games prices on the SA and RU Switch eShop from January 21st.
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Are there any South African users here who can tell us about how eShop prices for Nintendo games compare to physical prices in local stores? If so, thank you so much.
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The South Africa eShop had the cheapest prices of all in general.
No that only punishes the locals. It'll be because of currency fluctuations to the point they're losing too much money in those regions
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I just want to point out that the news only mentions Nintendo published games, so third party games are supposedly gonna maintain their current price.
It was fun while it lasted. Sucks for those people living there, would've expected them to crack down on the location switching instead.
I'll have to see the exact pricing differences but I knew this would happen and it would make me sell my Switch. The cheap ass indies was the biggest use that I got out of the system.
I'll have to see the exact pricing differences but I knew this would happen and it would make me sell my Switch. The cheap ass indies was the biggest use that I got out of the system.
Ah well it was nice for a while.
RIP region switching, I'll never forget that time I got Sonic Mania day 1 for $8USD
RIP region switching, I'll never forget that time I got Sonic Mania day 1 for $8USD
Ah that's a shame. Got a load of gold coins, might see what I can get while prices are still good.
It's only for Nintendo games so you can still exploit indie devs.
This is for Nintendo games only though..not indies.
I'm sorry but why is it abuse for people to get the best deal when shopping for games.
Why should I feel bad for getting the best price I can?
Yay for me, I guess. Would never buy those digitally. I could see indies follow suit though (don't they set their own prices?).
Era motto: you must buy the most expensive games available anywhere in order to help developers.
Pretty much. Bought games digitally on the SA (And sometimes Russia) out of convenience, but I could have got them physically for the same price and will do so in the future. (Just don't buy them in GAME, that place is ridiculously expensive)
Taking advantage of good deals is not illegal or immoral. As a consumer my moral obligation is to veil for my own interest. If digital games have outrageous prices in my region and reasonable ones in others, I'll buy in those other regions. Zelda BOTW is 60USD in the American eShop, and 80USD in the EU. Fuck that. I can legally buy it cheaper, and I will. Stop that "poor companies" nonsense.
this is what region scumming leads to i guess, sucks for those who are actually from those regions.
I abuse regional pricing by setting my region to eu, rather than swiss eshop.
Cant wait til, they raise prices to match swiss prices(aka 10-20€+).
Cant wait til, they raise prices to match swiss prices(aka 10-20€+).
Same thing said the visiting tourist in denial of what his relative richness could mean for the people living in that region.
Regional pricing differences exist to reflect the reality of variable standards of living that exist between countries and continents. Lower prices in a region that is not your own generally indicate that the average wage earned in that region is relatively lower. (I'm aware there are additional concerns, e.g. relative piracy rates, that have been a guiding factor for some digital stores' pricing policies.)
I don't have a huge problem with an individual consumer exploiting that; usually, I'd imagine that anybody well off enough to not mind paying slightly extra wouldn't bother with the extra work involved in circumventing their region's prices. On the other hand, the end result here is that SA and RU customers get shafted.
I noticed that Nintendo published games were almost never cheaper when looking at other regions though, it was only indie games that ever had lower prices, so how would the abuse of cheaper prices for indies make them raise prices for first party content?
I really hate the idea that only big corporations are allowed to use the global market, consumers are shamed for it.
I really hate the idea that only big corporations are allowed to use the global market, consumers are shamed for it.
This happened to the Mexican eshop? They still have cheaper games than the US. I recently bought into the breach for about $5 usd on the Mexican eshop
What eShop regions can the people in Russia and South Africa use to get cheaper games like you do?
"people exploiting regional pricing" doesn't mean everybody was exploting. I got Tetris Effect on launch for 27€ on PSN Indonesia, the other option was waiting for it to drop in price (costs 40 in Europe) and I am sure I would not pay more than 15 for it (if I waited X months for it to be 30, I can wait more X for it to be 20 or 15), so in the end they got almost the double of the money from me.
I mean sure, but I think their point is why blame the consumers taking advantage of globalisation and not the company?
It's always big companies who shut down these avenues, the same big companies that take advantage of globalisation every single day themselves, but won't dare let anyone else take advantage of it too.
Well as I said in my post above. The stupid thing about this change is, they weren't that much cheaper. They were basically equivalent to the price Europeans pay for physical copies in most retail stores(excluding the expensive high street ones like GAME).
The only reason why someone would take advantage of it was if they preffered a digital copy for the same price. All the change means is people will continue to go back to buying games physical only, which funnily enough, means Nintendo gets even less money due to retailer cuts, lol.
I didn't notice the poster I quoted indicating that contrast, but sure, that's a reasonable question. I guess my answer is that I don't think it's particularly noble when companies do it either. On that line of thought, they're really on different scales. Corporate exploitation destroys lives and communities.
Which makes me think that pointing at that and saying, "These things are comparable. I want to be able to do that," makes me think, one, they're not, and two, really?
I guess I don't have a good answer. Like I said, I don't have an issue with individuals exploiting regional pricing differences. I'd imagine it's people who are managing their budget most carefully who are most price sensitive anyway. (This is not a judgmental statement.)
Personally i've abused regional locking only once for Sonic Mania because i found buying from other non European eshops was more difficult than i thought, i didn't know you can't use Visa Electron in other continents.
I have to say that for me sometimes is "less than X euro or nothing" and i said no to many good games because of that since you can't play everything, so that will hurt sales a little for sure.
I have to say that for me sometimes is "less than X euro or nothing" and i said no to many good games because of that since you can't play everything, so that will hurt sales a little for sure.
There is no evidence that this change is related to people using region switching. Stop jumping to conclusions.
Smash was more expensive in the whole Europe, 69.99€ like BotW
Anyway, Sweden is next cheapest EU country, 51€ right now for the standard first party games.
