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Zlejedi on 09 November 2009
Joelcool7 said:

I think Nintendo's system works best. You buy 2000 points for 20$ every hundred points is essentially a dollar. Its not like Microsoft's crazily confusing 1400 point cards for 24.99$ or Sony's basic system of actually using dollars and cents. Besides when you buy stuff on Nintendo's system you don't have to pay taxes or any additional fees you just spend the points and whoola you got your games.

What's the point in doing points when you can simply use real cash with misleading your consumers ?

And what do you mean by taxes ? I have never seen any taxes being added to my PSN purchases. Do americans get taxes on top of PSN prices ?



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Rainbird on 09 November 2009

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alekth on 09 November 2009

@Zlejedi: yea, taxes are separate there

And it should be obvious why they have these prices, perception-wise 6.99 is a better price than $7.00.

If you buy directly (instead of putting money in the PSN wallet first) you don't tend to accumulate any cents, only when you buy something totalling less than $5.

But with the next purchase small change clears up anyway.



Kantor on 09 November 2009

Sue Sony for 3 cents + legal charges.



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Akvod on 09 November 2009
Kantor said:
Sue Sony for 3 cents + legal charges.

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AlkamistStar on 09 November 2009
Zlejedi said:
Joelcool7 said:

I think Nintendo's system works best. You buy 2000 points for 20$ every hundred points is essentially a dollar. Its not like Microsoft's crazily confusing 1400 point cards for 24.99$ or Sony's basic system of actually using dollars and cents. Besides when you buy stuff on Nintendo's system you don't have to pay taxes or any additional fees you just spend the points and whoola you got your games.

What's the point in doing points when you can simply use real cash with misleading your consumers ?

And what do you mean by taxes ? I have never seen any taxes being added to my PSN purchases. Do americans get taxes on top of PSN prices ?

That's the point.



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Kantor on 09 November 2009
Joelcool7 said:

I think Nintendo's system works best. You buy 2000 points for 20$ every hundred points is essentially a dollar. Its not like Microsoft's crazily confusing 1400 point cards for 24.99$ or Sony's basic system of actually using dollars and cents. Besides when you buy stuff on Nintendo's system you don't have to pay taxes or any additional fees you just spend the points and whoola you got your games.

I think Sony's system is best because you can top up the amount you need. Want to buy a $15.99 game? Top up $15.99, not 1400 Microsoft points of which you'll spend 1200 or anything like that.

The problem only arises when you use a prepaid card. Which will obviously be the same for every system.



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dsister44 on 09 November 2009
Kantor said:
Joelcool7 said:

I think Nintendo's system works best. You buy 2000 points for 20$ every hundred points is essentially a dollar. Its not like Microsoft's crazily confusing 1400 point cards for 24.99$ or Sony's basic system of actually using dollars and cents. Besides when you buy stuff on Nintendo's system you don't have to pay taxes or any additional fees you just spend the points and whoola you got your games.

I think Sony's system is best because you can top up the amount you need. Want to buy a $15.99 game? Top up $15.99, not 1400 Microsoft points of which you'll spend 1200 or anything like that.

The problem only arises when you use a prepaid card. Which will obviously be the same for every system.


Microsoft and Sony do the same thing with the pre-paid cards. You can buy them in $20(1600 MP) and $50(4000 MP). I don't see what you are saying

Kantor on 09 November 2009
dsister44 said:
Kantor said:
Joelcool7 said:

I think Nintendo's system works best. You buy 2000 points for 20$ every hundred points is essentially a dollar. Its not like Microsoft's crazily confusing 1400 point cards for 24.99$ or Sony's basic system of actually using dollars and cents. Besides when you buy stuff on Nintendo's system you don't have to pay taxes or any additional fees you just spend the points and whoola you got your games.

I think Sony's system is best because you can top up the amount you need. Want to buy a $15.99 game? Top up $15.99, not 1400 Microsoft points of which you'll spend 1200 or anything like that.

The problem only arises when you use a prepaid card. Which will obviously be the same for every system.

Microsoft and Sony do the same thing with the pre-paid cards. You can buy them in $20(1600 MP) and $50(4000 MP). I don't see what you are saying

That's exactly the point.

With prepaid cards, all Store systems are exactly the same.

If you top up by credit/debit card (correct me if I'm wrong here), the PS Store allows you to credit your account by the exact amount you need at checkout, while the Wii and XBL stores require you to purchase a certain number of points.



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dsister44 on 09 November 2009
Kantor said:
dsister44 said:
Kantor said:

I think Sony's system is best because you can top up the amount you need. Want to buy a $15.99 game? Top up $15.99, not 1400 Microsoft points of which you'll spend 1200 or anything like that.

The problem only arises when you use a prepaid card. Which will obviously be the same for every system.

Microsoft and Sony do the same thing with the pre-paid cards. You can buy them in $20(1600 MP) and $50(4000 MP). I don't see what you are saying

That's exactly the point.

With prepaid cards, all Store systems are exactly the same.

If you top up by credit/debit card (correct me if I'm wrong here), the PS Store allows you to credit your account by the exact amount you need at checkout, while the Wii and XBL stores require you to purchase a certain number of points.

I don't know. Like I said earlier in this thread. I don't have my credit card info on any of my consoles. Though it is possible