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

the only way it will ever end up in my game is if its bundled with something else and I somehow had no option not to instal it.

Video game prices will most likely increase for the Sims 5 too since base games will be $70 by then: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/07/03/next-gen-games-may-cost-70-its-overdue-also-worrisome/

For folks in the USA it $20 the same as other GPs, But I got it for $9.99 using coupons. :)

I'm not surprise at all. All the recent EPs are more expensive than before when paying in my currency. This is probably because of the currency exchange rate. Any countries can either pegged or have a floating exchange rate.

Its the same price in Origin for me as any other GP I've bought (not counting those I got on sale). I'm not going to discuss if its worth it or not, haven't explored much of it yet.

"Sindocat;c-17653769" wrote:
I am in the United States. I buy all of my TS4 content through Origin, solely. Journey to Batuu cost no more, and no less, than any other Game Pack I have bought. I think you are being unreasonably cynical.

I'm not being unreasonably cynical. On Origin in Canada all Game Packs cost $24.99 but Journy to Batuu costs $29.99. So now I'm looking for clarification. On Steam it's $24.99 but like almost every other Simmer, all my Sims 4 games are from Origin.

I'm in Canada it's definitely higher price, both on Origin and PS4.

"sims2freak737;c-17653433" wrote:

"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?

The exchange rate has shifted and the CAD is currently worth a little less than the USD. Right now if I came up into Canada with $1 USD and made an exchange, I would get $1.32 CAD. So multiplied out $19.99 USD = $26.31 CAD then you add taxes and tariffs and that how you get to $35 CAD. You’re money is currently valued about 32 cents less than ours, so when the price is converted it’s costing you that extra 32 cents per dollar to equate the value.

The same is true for Brazil and Argentina where I saw 2 others posted from wondering about increased price. On the flip side the British Pound and the Euro are worth slightly more than the US dollar right now. In Britain if I exchanged my $1 USD I would get .77 cents back, and in Europe I would get only .85 cents back. Thus those posters are actually reporting a slight reduction in price.

EA changed their pricing structure a couple of years back I believe, and instead of just charging $9.99 Stuff Packs $19.99 Game Packs and $39.99 Expansion Packs no matter what your currency is, to basing it on global currency exchange rates. So when you see the price of packs fluctuate in different countries it’s not EA manipulation it’s fluctuations in the world currency markets based on the value of your currency against the value of the US dollar which is EAs home currency.

The reason your pack price was steady for awhile is because the value for your currency was holding steady in relation to the value of the US dollar, but I saw an article this last weekend that that all shifted a bit. Without doubt it will eventually shift back again at some point.

"Pamtastic72;c-17654378" wrote:

"sims2freak737;c-17653433" wrote:

"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?

The exchange rate has shifted and the CAD is currently worth a little less than the USD. Right now if I came up into Canada with $1 USD and made an exchange, I would get $1.32 CAD. So multiplied out $19.99 USD = $26.31 CAD then you add taxes and tariffs and that how you get to $35 CAD. You’re money is currently valued about 32 cents less than ours, so when the price is converted it’s costing you that extra 32 cents per dollar to equate the value.

The same is true for Brazil and Argentina where I saw 2 others posted from wondering about increased price. On the flip side the British Pound and the Euro are worth slightly more than the US dollar right now. In Britain if I exchanged my $1 USD I would get .77 cents back, and in Europe I would get only .85 cents back. Thus those posters are actually reporting a slight reduction in price.

EA changed their pricing structure a couple of years back I believe, and instead of just charging $9.99 Stuff Packs $19.99 Game Packs and $39.99 Expansion Packs no matter what your currency is, to basing it on global currency exchange rates. So when you see the price of packs fluctuate in different countries it’s not EA manipulation it’s fluctuations in the world currency markets based on the value of your currency against the value of the US dollar which is EAs home currency.

The reason your pack price was steady for awhile is because the value for your currency was holding steady in relation to the value of the US dollar, but I saw an article this last weekend that that all shifted a bit. Without doubt it will eventually shift back again at some point.

@Pamtastic72 This isn't about the fluctating price. It's the fact that the sw pack costs more than all other game packs at the same time. If the price was fluctuating for currency exchange only, the pack would still be the same as other game packs and they'd ALL go up, or ALL go down. But this particular pack costs more than the rest of the game packs.

"SimAlexandria;c-17654424" wrote:

"Pamtastic72;c-17654378" wrote:

"sims2freak737;c-17653433" wrote:

"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?

The exchange rate has shifted and the CAD is currently worth a little less than the USD. Right now if I came up into Canada with $1 USD and made an exchange, I would get $1.32 CAD. So multiplied out $19.99 USD = $26.31 CAD then you add taxes and tariffs and that how you get to $35 CAD. You’re money is currently valued about 32 cents less than ours, so when the price is converted it’s costing you that extra 32 cents per dollar to equate the value.

The same is true for Brazil and Argentina where I saw 2 others posted from wondering about increased price. On the flip side the British Pound and the Euro are worth slightly more than the US dollar right now. In Britain if I exchanged my $1 USD I would get .77 cents back, and in Europe I would get only .85 cents back. Thus those posters are actually reporting a slight reduction in price.

EA changed their pricing structure a couple of years back I believe, and instead of just charging $9.99 Stuff Packs $19.99 Game Packs and $39.99 Expansion Packs no matter what your currency is, to basing it on global currency exchange rates. So when you see the price of packs fluctuate in different countries it’s not EA manipulation it’s fluctuations in the world currency markets based on the value of your currency against the value of the US dollar which is EAs home currency.

The reason your pack price was steady for awhile is because the value for your currency was holding steady in relation to the value of the US dollar, but I saw an article this last weekend that that all shifted a bit. Without doubt it will eventually shift back again at some point.

@Pamtastic72 This isn't about the fluctating price. It's the fact that the sw pack costs more than all other game packs at the same time. If the price was fluctuating for currency exchange only, the pack would still be the same as other game packs and they'd ALL go up, or ALL go down. But this particular pack costs more than the rest of the game packs.

Thank you for clarifying! I'm not sure why people haven't been grasping what I'm saying haha