Country discrimination?

Thats not up to EA

"NightfallsCurse;c-1249707" wrote:
I can't answer your question, unfortunately, but what I can suggest is that it's highly unlikely EA has anything against Canada and even more unlikely that if they did, this would be the way they went about "sticking it to them".

I didn't think they did I just wanted people to see haha. It's weird that I would have to pay an extra $10 for a digital item. No online store that I know of inflates prices in that way.

Think about Europeans

60$ equals 50€ right now. But the pack costs 65€!!

65€ Is 77$. That's tough!

"Antares;c-1249725" wrote:
Think about Europeans

60$ equals 50€ right now. But the pack costs 65€!!

65€ Is 77$. That's tough!

Well all the data shipment has of course very high transport cost.
No, honestly I live in Europe too and don't like the pricing of the App Stores. But it's not EA's decision how Apple and Google charge their customers.

Yeah it's weird, I've never gotten a solid answer on this. How does it work? Does EA/CG set a price point in USD for the US market and then Apple/Google adjust it to foreign markets how they see fit? I would imagine that's how it works but it seems strange to not allow a developer to adjust their price point in specific markets.

The $100 crystal pack costs 36 900 HUF, which is $143 (!!!)
It also costs £100 which is $129
I believe it is also 1 000 SEK which is $125
I live in Hungary, but get my salary in SEK, and feel really unfair to pay $20 more + the exchange fee every time I want to buy anything.

"Antares;c-1249725" wrote:
Think about Europeans

60$ equals 50€ right now. But the pack costs 65€!!

65€ Is 77$. That's tough!

Exactly, and that's why i will not buy it. Better to spend it on Battlefront 2.

This has to do with exchange rates, transaction cost and clearing between banks as well as Apple/Google charging fees and being responsible for distributing revenue to their App store customers (EA a.s.o.). Ultimately EA certainly earns a bit more from non-US customers but not enough to speak of substantial advantages for US customers. At least I hope so.


I discussed this quite often with people from UK, Sweden, Hungary, some Asian countries ....

"Peer;c-1249755" wrote:
This has to do with exchange rates, transaction cost and clearing between banks as well as Apple/Google charging fees and being responsible for distributing revenue to their App store customers (EA a.s.o.). Ultimately EA certainly earns a bit more from non-US customers but not enough to speak of substantial advantages for US customers. At least I hope so.


I discussed this quite often with people from UK, Sweden, Hungary, some Asian countries ....

What I know is that Belgium-US fee is about €9

this has been discussed on this forum quite often. Conclusion: life isn't fair. Whether it's due to higher pricess in your country than in other countries, or because the average wage in your country is far below the average wage in other countries.