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smbu2000 on 14 April 2009

Ummm....I think you got your price wrong there in the OP.

When I checked out the Amazon JP website they had the list price at 49,980 yen (onsale at Amazon for 49,481 yen or 1% off, hehe). Anyway the JP price of course already includes the 5% JP tax on it. So the price is roughly $500 for the 160gb PS3 w/FF7:AC Blu-ray + FF13demo.

edit: Wenlan already posted the info above.

The 68,800 yen price is probably just from the retailers who jack up the price when something is unavailable anymore. Just like on the Amazon Marketplace.




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VGSpain on 14 April 2009

FF7 FTW! It will sell like hot bread.

FF7 is too strong in Japan and people will buy the bundle although the price is too high.



Cthulhu on 14 April 2009

i wish i could get that



TyePhoid_PAL on 14 April 2009

Wow looks nice but in the real world my rent and bills must come first. Rip off!!!



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Oyvoyvoyv on 14 April 2009
SamuelRSmith said:

 

Yay for editing your post later.

Look, I'm tired and bitchy, and this post probably won't make much sense, but I'll go ahead and post it anyway:

Fluctuations in the exchange rate do not effect the minimum wage. The only things that change are levels of imports/exports. You seem to be of the illusion that strength of currency has an effect on inflation, that's not necessarily the case. The value of the pound has been consistantly falling since last summer, under your world, that would mean that inflation has increased - but it hasn't, infact, since last september, inflation has dropped from around 5% to 3% on the CPI and has dropped as low as 1% on the RPI.

This has of course happened because of the huge drop in demand for domestic goods in the UK, however, it shows that inflation and the exchange rate are not tied together.

With that being said, look again at the UK. Games have stayed at the same price in the UK, RRP £40-£50, with discounts coming throughout later months. So the price of games hasn't changed in the UK for its citizens. However, because the value of the pound has fallen, Europeans are now able to import games from the UK for far cheaper prices than what they could have done before.

Has the price changed in the UK? No, it's still £40-£50 at launch, do games look cheaper to people converting the currency? Yes, they do.

What I said remains perfectly true. Sure, the examples I gave are highly unlikely to happen, and come with their own problems, but fluctuations in exchange rate has a huge effect on perceived value from people converting the currency.

The best way to determine the cost of a good or service is to look at the opportunity cost of the said good.

That's pretty interesting actually, thanks for sharing.

 

Still, to tell people how much 68,000 yen is, you would need to put it in dollars (or euros).

700 dollars may not be accurate, but it is the best way of telling the price at the current moment, is it not?

 



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Alby_da_Wolf on 14 April 2009

Trips to Uncanny Valley are quite expensive, it seems.



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darthdevidem01 on 14 April 2009
Oyvoyvoyv said:
SamuelRSmith said:

 

Yay for editing your post later.

Look, I'm tired and bitchy, and this post probably won't make much sense, but I'll go ahead and post it anyway:

Fluctuations in the exchange rate do not effect the minimum wage. The only things that change are levels of imports/exports. You seem to be of the illusion that strength of currency has an effect on inflation, that's not necessarily the case. The value of the pound has been consistantly falling since last summer, under your world, that would mean that inflation has increased - but it hasn't, infact, since last september, inflation has dropped from around 5% to 3% on the CPI and has dropped as low as 1% on the RPI.

This has of course happened because of the huge drop in demand for domestic goods in the UK, however, it shows that inflation and the exchange rate are not tied together.

With that being said, look again at the UK. Games have stayed at the same price in the UK, RRP £40-£50, with discounts coming throughout later months. So the price of games hasn't changed in the UK for its citizens. However, because the value of the pound has fallen, Europeans are now able to import games from the UK for far cheaper prices than what they could have done before.

Has the price changed in the UK? No, it's still £40-£50 at launch, do games look cheaper to people converting the currency? Yes, they do.

What I said remains perfectly true. Sure, the examples I gave are highly unlikely to happen, and come with their own problems, but fluctuations in exchange rate has a huge effect on perceived value from people converting the currency.

The best way to determine the cost of a good or service is to look at the opportunity cost of the said good.

That's pretty interesting actually, thanks for sharing.

 

Still, to tell people how much 68,000 yen is, you would need to put it in dollars (or euros).

700 dollars may not be accurate, but it is the best way of telling the price at the current moment, is it not?

 

do take note of what he says but

NO regular PS360 game is OVER £39.99 in the UK

so his £40 - £50 figure is false

ALSO this year has seen by far the largest discounts game are getting

many games were releasing at £38 here a while ago for example

 

 



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Oyvoyvoyv on 14 April 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
SamuelRSmith said:

 

Yay for editing your post later.

Look, I'm tired and bitchy, and this post probably won't make much sense, but I'll go ahead and post it anyway:

Fluctuations in the exchange rate do not effect the minimum wage. The only things that change are levels of imports/exports. You seem to be of the illusion that strength of currency has an effect on inflation, that's not necessarily the case. The value of the pound has been consistantly falling since last summer, under your world, that would mean that inflation has increased - but it hasn't, infact, since last september, inflation has dropped from around 5% to 3% on the CPI and has dropped as low as 1% on the RPI.

This has of course happened because of the huge drop in demand for domestic goods in the UK, however, it shows that inflation and the exchange rate are not tied together.

With that being said, look again at the UK. Games have stayed at the same price in the UK, RRP £40-£50, with discounts coming throughout later months. So the price of games hasn't changed in the UK for its citizens. However, because the value of the pound has fallen, Europeans are now able to import games from the UK for far cheaper prices than what they could have done before.

Has the price changed in the UK? No, it's still £40-£50 at launch, do games look cheaper to people converting the currency? Yes, they do.

What I said remains perfectly true. Sure, the examples I gave are highly unlikely to happen, and come with their own problems, but fluctuations in exchange rate has a huge effect on perceived value from people converting the currency.

The best way to determine the cost of a good or service is to look at the opportunity cost of the said good.

That's pretty interesting actually, thanks for sharing.

 

Still, to tell people how much 68,000 yen is, you would need to put it in dollars (or euros).

700 dollars may not be accurate, but it is the best way of telling the price at the current moment, is it not?

 

do take note of what he says but

NO regular PS360 game is OVER £39.99 in the UK

so his £40 - £50 figure is false

ALSO this year has seen by far the largest discounts game are getting

many games were releasing at £38 here a while ago for example

 

 

Dude, the pound has decreased compared to the euro. Thus, games should be more expensive rather than cheaper.

 



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darthdevidem01 on 14 April 2009

@oyvoyvoy

well then its a bit silly of them to do that

but so far this year (from october last year)

games have seemed to be cheaper than before



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Dgc1808 on 14 April 2009

I forgot abuot this... I screwed my prediction league entry... FUCK.....



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