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Ka-pi96 said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:

Well in the UK it's also partially due to the British Pound losing quite a bit of value. And the looming no-deal doesn't help matters either.

Still, I agree that going to 70£ is way too high an increase. I was personally expecting 60£, and that's with the price hike for this gen included. That would have been a 10$/€ and 15£ increase in price for this gen and much more understandable. But 70£? GTFO!

Edit: I forgot to mention my position about the price hike. So here it is:

If they would remove all those predatory microtransactions, lootboxes, expansive dlc (as in, having dozens and dozens of DLC for one game) time-limited in-game stuff (like most season passes) and other skinner boxes, then I could agree on the price increase. But with all their other monetisation venues in place, the prices should actually come down, not go up.

Long story short, they can go royally fuck themselves sideways from behind with their prices. Even more reason only to buy games at a sale now...

That excuse would hold more weight if prices 12 or so years ago reflected that the currency was stronger.

Back then it was about $2 = £1 so £40 ($80) was around a 33% increase on the US price. If they wanted to increase the price when/if the currency got weaker then they shouldn't have been screwing people in the UK over in the first place.

hence why I expected the price increase to only be 15£ when Europe and US have a 10$/€ increase.

But like I said, the very concept is ridiculous considering that they gain much more money through other means. With what they are earning, the prices should go down, not up.