| UnderwaterFunktown said: Euro prices have been screwed for a while on PS yeah and I've certainly made my fair share of complaints about that, but from what I can see it seems like Nintendo are now introducing that in on top of the physical increase bumping Mario Kart World to €90. Correct me if I'm wrong though, if not and it's 80 across the board then at least it's more consistent globally for them, but obviously still not great. |
No, PS5 games at 79,99 includes VAT, Nintendo games will be much more.
Cause of VAT, American prices don't have tax attached so you can add like aroubd 10-15% Avergae tax to that 80 or 90 price tag. So with US tax on games they'll be paying something like 86-92 for digital games after tax depending on the state. We are likely looking at games being rounded to €100 in Europe with 23% VAT for Nintendo games. I very much doubt they round so far down from 98 to 90 euro and take thst kind of hit. So €110 for physical games if they go with the same tenner increase for physical. That's nuts.
Great times, and that's before tarrifs which is yhe new buzz word. People are saying this is cause of Tarrifs already and blaming Trump but it isn't this is a Nintendo decision and the 79,99 is a decision by both MS and Sony where I'd almost say they shook hands on it behind closed doors with how it's been rolled out with Death Steandings price being posted on the store St the same time a Forza, Doom and the other MS games, it works out fantastic for them in the shadow of Nintendo.
Not sure about the PS5 digital store but I seen Physical PS5 games here for 109,99 euro (Ragnorok in Argos store) here during Covid when no one could figure out what the prices were supposed to be and everyone was talking about increases and they were all over the place for a while but the market decided on coming back down to 69,99 as standard. This is just another push, it might not work out again. Hopefully that'll happen for the digital stores as they do they maths and realise that people are buying on sale but not at launch and if they reduce the price by ten they'll sell more... at least I hope, gamers are addicts after all.
Last edited by LegitHyperbole - on 03 April 2025
