Journey to Batuu Price? $5 more in Canada on Origin?

"Dakota88;c-17632026" wrote:

"telmarina;c-17631710" wrote:

"Rouensims;c-17630998" wrote:

"elelunicy;c-17629966" wrote:

"Felicity;c-17629938" wrote:
Since EA owns the rights to Star Wars, I'd be surprised if they charged more for it.

EA obviously doesn't own the rights to Star Wars. They just have the license from Disney. A portion of this game pack's revenue will be paid as royalties to Disney, so it can be argued that this pack should be more expensive than other packs.

It could also be argued that it should be cheaper. Disney really wants to attract young female viewers, and partnering with The Sims is a great way to do it. So maybe Disney should actually be paying for this opportunity.

Most problably Disney has put some money on this. It will be a well done pack i think.... just not for me :)

I don't understand why they wouldn't just make it a theme park, so everyone would have enjoyed it. Almost everyone wants theme parks...

As it is, it's not even a full space Star Wars pack. It's a vacation world (you can't live in it) and the aliens aren't species, but masks... It's story driven and not sandbox. I feel bad for the people who wanted more out of this.

Yeah you mention all my negatives about this pack... I'ld pass on everything besides the sandbox play. That's what i like about the sims. Let's wait for the livestream to see if we can customize it so that it isn't always the same story/experience.

Just as I suspected, $5 more for a game pack no one asked for...

"SelinaKyles;c-17629906" wrote:
What does this even mean? It’s a game pack and it’ll cost the same as any other GP

I had the sinking feeling that it would cost more even if it's marketed as a Game Pack. It's Star Wars so they're going to milk it for more of a profit.

"Simmerville;c-17632022" wrote:
I don't quite understand the question ;) Isn't the thing that all GPs cost the same? If they contain too much for the GP price, it would rather be an EP that costs more?

Btw, I think the GP price is fair. I would need to pay almost the same for a ticket to the movies and a chocolate. I assume playing this GP - being SW fan or not will keep the simmer entertained for much more than the typical 2 hours that a movie lasts.

Curious on your thoughts of the price. I can't say I'm surprised but I don't see why they would market it as a game pack then charge more.

"elelunicy;c-17629936" wrote:
Since they officially call it a game pack, it's just $20 like all other game packs.

TS3: Katy Perry Sweet Treats was $10 more expensive than other stuff packs. As a result they didn't officially refer it as a stuff pack.

Thoughts on the price being more expensive?

"sims2freak737;c-17653414" wrote:
Just as I suspected, $5 more for a game pack no one asked for...

It actually depends where you live, in the US and most of Europe and Great Britain whose currencies generally track pretty close to the US dollar it’s the same price, but in other areas like Canada, Brazil, and Argentina and others the price has gone up, not because of EA but a shift in exchange rates between theUS dollar and other currencies.

"Pamtastic72;c-17653431" wrote:

"sims2freak737;c-17653414" wrote:
Just as I suspected, $5 more for a game pack no one asked for...

It actually depends where you live, in the US and most of Europe and Great Britain whose currencies generally track pretty close to the US dollar it’s the same price, but in other areas like Canada, Brazil, and Argentina and others the price has gone up, not because of EA but a shift in exchange rates between theUS dollar and other currencies.

I'm confused because all Game Packs for me cost $25 CAD but Journey to Batuu is $30 CAD?

Still less than the ticket to Galaxy’s Edge they’re trying to sell you.

"Zimz4;c-17630981" wrote:

"SERVERFRA;c-17630138" wrote:
Actually, Star Wars is George Lucas' baby. He owns the Original 3 plus the prequels. Disney owns the inbetween stories & sequels.

While Star Wars is indeed George Lucas' baby, he doesn't own the original 3 plus the prequels. Disney owns those. George now owns a lot of money and stocks on disney (although the disney stocks may have gone down a bit lately?)

All the stocks have gone down with the pandemic. Stocks were at their lowest around March including Disney but it has recovered quite nicely. I work for employment department, so I kind of chuckle when people say Disney is doing bad when any business surviving this pandemic is doing well. Their Disney+ subscription is helping them quite a bit now and they have been able to adapt with the isolation. Plus with a lot of their movies being animated, their cartoons will fair better than their live action films. Whether their parks survive who knows, but worst case they can sell their international parks and still come up on top. It is the smaller companies that will have a harder time sadly especially movie theaters and restaurants.

Anyways their yearly stock:
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DIS?p=DIS&.tsrc=fin-srch

Funny enough TESLA is currently at its lowest point of the year now. But yes George Lucas sold his baby. Stan Lee did too before his passing. Mortality has a way of catching up on people. Disney did go bankrupt in 1923 and quite interesting hearing their story for anyone who is interested in business especially entrepreneurship.

On topic, international prices are crazy expensive for games because of the taxes on them.

EA and Disney's current deal is for 10 years, so 3 more years to go on whether they decide to renew it or not:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ea-disney-star-wars-deal-658636