Official Playstation Vita Thread! The Last Stand - Ys VIII, Mary Skelter, Yomawari Midnight Shadows, Persona 3&5 Dancing, Atelier Lidy & Soeur, DanganRonpa V3, Demon Gaze II & MORE!

[MikeRox]

outlawauron said:

NesFe said:

michel3105 said:
Looks like something went wrong with the Nisa Euro shop debut. But I dont' understand what...
http://store.nisaeurope.com/blogs/news/15101367-nisa-europe-online-store-press-release

In the meantime, the European PS blog post on Freedom Wars has collected 188 comments, of not exactly congratulating nature.

The problem as am sure someone from Europe can explain it better is that the EU store is using 1 to 1 pricing and using british pound so 40$ vita games are 40£(68.6$). The shipping pricing is also questionable(5£ inside UK and 10-15£ for international), so it becomes cheaper to just import from US. People have been complaing on Twitter and their facebook page and the press release doesn't seem to address anything really.

An example : Dangan Ronpa 2 LE is selling for 60£ + shipping comes to 75£ which in turn translates to $128...

Blame your VAT and other luxury taxes.

 

You legally have to pay VAT on any item imported to the UK worth over £18 anyway so unless you're avoiding tax it's not VAT. It's just that handheld games have always commanded prices much closer to home console games in the UK. Average price for a home console game is £40-45. Handheld £30-40. In the US handheld games are often half the price of home console games $30-40 vs $60.

Given that the Pound is already work 1.7x a dollar, it's this pricing factor that makes UK releases so much more expensive.