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£12.99 a month? Pre-order cancelled.
Teilo
Member Posts: 284
Why so expensive in the UK?
(Please don't try the VAT excuse: every sub charges that.)
I like the game, but not that much.
I'm not paying that.
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Have they discussed this at all? Simply doesn't make sense. Doubt you're alone OP which is a shame.
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.
Because they think they can get away with it. Most of the times, it works.
I'll wait to the day's end when the moon is high
And then I'll rise with the tide with a lust for life, I'll
Amass an army, and we'll harness a horde
And then we'll limp across the land until we stand at the shore
That is a lot - it's over $20 US converted.
Meh! Skip a candy bar or a soda. It's about .66 cents US per day.
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, Death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
The VAT isn't an excuse. Don't think of it as paying moar for the game, think of it as paying for generations of progressive politics.
If they did this in the US people would have a conniption fit. They should change it. Only going to hurt their own sales. Doesn't make any sense.
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.
Its the princible of the fact. Some times you just have to say no. To me it looks like fear, they need to make as much as they can before it goes ftp.
The difference is probably largely a matter of taxation. I am not sure how it works over there, but if the VAT tax is applied to this then it could very easily account for the difference, we don't have one here.
Something a lot of these companies have been doing for a long time now is using the same numeric value across the board for the subs. So they charge, say, $19.99 in the US and £19.99 in the UK. Presumably hoping nobody will notice the excessive amounts some of them end up paying due to exchange rates, etc. It sounds like a bit of a scam but at the end of the day I suppose people should check and don't *have* to subscribe.
Keep in mind that the US sum includes sales tax and the US one does not.
Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)
Lose a lot of potential subs there
Most games in UK these days for a monthyl sub are about £8. Sterling is strong these days and savvy consumers will not appreciate being gouged like this.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Norsefire-logo.png
They have been charging 18 euros for Anarchy Online for years now, is that a fear too? for a 7 year old game?
*rolls eyes*
Considering every other MMO.. SWTOR, WOW, TERA, pick one.. are £8.99 incl VAT a month asking £12.99 is a bit cheeky. Especially when it's only 1 country being asked to pay 40% extra.
erm what?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Norsefire-logo.png
If the game is good people will pay it. If the game is good I know I'd pay it, it really isn't that much money. My big problem with this game is they're going to hit me with a sub fee AND have a cash shop, i think its an either or proposition, and i prefer a sub personally.
I liked it... but not enough to pay such a subscription fee...
I'll wait a few months until it's F2P.
..Cake..
/shrug, maybe they're the first company that decided the consumer should eat this tax not them, after all you voted for the represenatives that enacted the tax. mmos are very cheap if you consider the amount of entertainment one gets from a well done mmorpg. No idea if this title is one of those, but I am sure the devs would like to think so.
Sure a niche game starting with small but strong base will go F2P in few months. You are confusing TSW with SWTOR which was made for mass consumption, opened with 100+ servers and fell flat on its face.
The tax doesn't have anything to do with it as it's the same 20% it's been for years, even if it did a 40% hike is just double dipping.
I'm still trying to find that many games that went F2P in a few months. Almost all of them take 2-3 years before converting.
ive just sent an email to there support asking how much it is if it is £12.99 a mouth i will canncel my pre order to.
Easy solution, just change your address and country to US and you'll be charge in USD. Problem solved
update yes it is £12.99 a mouth they say you might get it a bit cheaper if you sub for longer but nothing said yet ive cannceld my pre order not paying that much.
buy game time cards instead of paying trought funcom....