RE4 Rip-Off!!!!!

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KruzeS said:
This isn't about other games' prices people.

Yes, I know games are bound to come late and be more expensive in Europe. There's localization, there are legal issues, taxes, warranties. It's also a smaller game market, though there's certainly room for growth - like it or not, the EU is the largest economy in the world, and has more consumers than Japan and North America combined.

I also expect games to be a bit more expensive here than in the rest of Europe, and to reach full availability later. Isolated, we're a small market, there's local representatives, there are some further legalities. Most big retailers do sell them at european prices, but we don't get anything like Amazon discounts.

News flash: this thread is not about any of this. All this makes games in Europe some 30% more expensive than in the US, and maybe another 5% around here. Guess what? Most of it is inclusion of say an average 20% VAT for the Eurozone. So that's pretty fair. It doesn't even make imports really that much worthwhile, except for the release dates.

But the game we are talking about, is budget priced in the US and full price here. That makes it a 130% price difference. Were I come from, the game sells for more than some brand new Nintendo games, and for more than when it was originally released on the Gamecube - the MSRP is actually 160% more here. This almost makes it worthy to mod the console for this game alone. And if a Freeloader ever comes out, it will most definitely be worth it.

So, if you don't think that's a ripoff, well...

This was a good post with reason. Something i have been telling for ages. But also the retailers want more profit and then there's the local importers. Interesting subject is that why it's always Nintendo, doesn't anyone want to see that also the other platforms games prices get inflated between regions? But about RE4 Wii edition, the gamestores i have visited, sells it for 45 Euros, while you can find it in the supermarket for 50. Anyone can use their own brains to think where that difference comes from.