SONY taking the p with uk dlc price!!

[Jump_Ace]

You think that's bad?

Complete pack
Price: AUD$18.95

Why do we ALWAYS get shafted?

Cause you guys are ALWAYS faster than us Americans

Jerome

 

[counter345]

It's down to the individual to decide if it's worth it or not for themselves, and not to anyone on this site to tell them they're wrong.

+1 👍

 

[GTShadowKing]

Lets see:
You have the money and what to buy: go and buy, you'll be happy
You have the money and do not want to buy: just don't buy, wait for more or...be happy
You do not have the money to buy and want to buy: that's not cool
You do not have the money and do not want to buy: nothing has to said...
You think is too expensive and want to buy (but still buy): global crysis, taxes, exchange rates, politicians, IT'S THEIR FAULT
You think it's expensive and do not want to buy: why do you care then
You don't buy because it's too expensive: get a better job Now seriously, check 2 above.
Missed something?

 

[isildur]

And I just blew £100 winening and dining some posh totty here in London without getting anything. That's over 10 DLC packs down the drain. At least with PD I know up front what I would get. Oh well...

 

[Samus]

And I just blew £100 winening and dining some posh totty here in London without getting anything. That's over 10 DLC packs down the drain. At least with PD I know up front what I would get. Oh well...

Was she a repackaged version of a woman you went on a date with 10 months ago though?

 

[will4noobs]

It's tax, get over it. Blame gorgon brown for selling all our gold

 

[Starking]

As for the difference in price per region, I accept that as a consequence of the complex and frankly often esoteric beast that is "economics". Amar's post is very interesting and the link goes some way to explain why these things can trade at a different rate to the "straight" currency exchange rate. Basically, value is very difficult to quantify across currencies and economic regions; my opinion is the UK prices seem reasonable by comparison anyway.

The biggest reason I've seen for higher prices in other regions comes down to the wages of said regions. Realistically if British people made as much as Americans then sure, they could easily complain. Minimum wage in Britain is £6.08 (£4.92 if you're 18-20), whereas where in America it's $7.25(Which equals out to £4.60.) Europeans make more money (compared to our USD) thus they pay roughly the equal amount based on their wages. Australia also has far higher wages despite it's dollar being worth more ($15.51) so the price of goods are adjusted for this level of income. But realistically when compared to your paycheck it isn't much different from US prices.

 

[ghostrider135]

Was she a repackaged version of a woman you went on a date with 10 months ago though?

Red frock this time was it .

 

[isildur]

Was she a repackaged version of a woman you went on a date with 10 months ago though?

Good one bro...👍

 

[brainfade]

So whats that like 15 u.s.?(im sure im wrong) Ouch. Surely theres some dives in an around london

That's the cheapest you'll find in Central/City London.

 

[Han_the_Dragon]

The biggest reason I've seen for higher prices in other regions comes down to the wages of said regions. Realistically if British people made as much as Americans then sure, they could easily complain. Minimum wage in Britain is £6.08 (£4.92 if you're 18-20), whereas where in America it's $7.25(Which equals out to £4.60.) Europeans make more money (compared to our USD) thus they pay roughly the equal amount based on their wages. Australia also has far higher wages despite it's dollar being worth more ($15.51) so the price of goods are adjusted for this level of income. But realistically when compared to your paycheck it isn't much different from US prices.

By this logic we would have different prices for each country of EU mainland, since there's really a big difference in wages between the countries...

 

[Slash]

US has no sales tax anymore (THANK GOD) so that might be why UK's more.

 

[hsdioce]

EDIT: double post

 

[hsdioce]

Nah, we have sales tax here, like in Texas its like 8% or something? Anyway even though its $11.99, after tax it'll be like 13 or 14 dollars

US has no sales tax anymore (THANK GOD) so that might be why UK's more.

Well I think it might be up to states on how much tax we pay, because here I know I have a sales tax.

 

[niky]

By this logic we would have different prices for each country of EU mainland, since there's really a big difference in wages between the countries...

Regional pricing is regional pricing. Companies price as high as they can without hurting sales numbers or market share.

In certain regions and countries, they have to price very low to maintain sales volume, simply because those countries are either dirt-poor or dirt-cheap. My country, in particular, has some awesomely low DVD prices.

Other reasons include stiff competition in a certain market... US: XBox360 and Forza4... thus a slightly lower price allows them to maintain market share.

Marketing 101. If there were no other outside factors, DLC would cost as high as possible in all markets.

 

[ucwepn]

you should come to Australia things are twice the price of U.S and U.K here and our dollar is stronger than the U.S. dollar, has been for half the year.

Brand new ps3 games are AU$120 at EB (gamestop equivalent) roughly U.S$125

 

[brainfade]

Seriously... anyone who think £9.49 is too much for the pack is a complete and utter Jeremy-Kyle-case.

 

[baly]

ffs you'll spend that much buying ciggies/beer/pizza/burgers/fish and chips and loads of other crap its not an extortionate amount.

too much for you? then save, leave out the above for a week or dont buy.

i'm not a fanboy but come on , £ 9- 11 is jack nowadays.

 

[jeep2008]

A lot of people in this thread said that the price for the DLC is not much, and so is the difference between countries,but please bear in mind that GT5 sold 6,554,160 in the first 10 weeks of sale,so if half of them purchase the DLC,it sums up to 31,099,490 £. Now that's much....

 

[niky]

So? Why is it wrong for a company to charge for DLC? If you're not making money in the gaming business... you're not in the gaming business. Even "free" browser games and Android/iPhone/iPad games generate advertising revenue for development. While you can arguably program a browser game and distribute it for free simply due to your love of the game, that's not going to get a big-production-values game like GT5 off the ground.

People spend millions more in microtransactions for supposedly "free" games online. Some free-to-play online games are so bad that you'll need to spend the purchase price of GT5 just to hang with the average player... forget how much you have to spend to actually win...

That PD are charging that much for additional content that you don't need to buy to finish the game or even be competitive online shouldn't bother you one bit.

 

[PletdeKoe]

If you don''t want to pay the price, don't pay it. I mean, I haven't searched for it, are there threads on people complaining about the price difference in fuel? I mean in the states fuel is much cheaper than in the UK. Boohoohoo. Get over it!

Try converting you salary to US dollars, see how rich you actually are.

 

[Griffith500]

So? Why is it wrong for a company to charge for DLC? If you're not making money in the gaming business... you're not in the gaming business. Even "free" browser games and Android/iPhone/iPad games generate advertising revenue for development. While you can arguably program a browser game and distribute it for free simply due to your love of the game, that's not going to get a big-production-values game like GT5 off the ground.

People spend millions more in microtransactions for supposedly "free" games online. Some free-to-play online games are so bad that you'll need to spend the purchase price of GT5 just to hang with the average player... forget how much you have to spend to actually win...

That PD are charging that much for additional content that you don't need to buy to finish the game or even be competitive online shouldn't bother you one bit.

"Pay to win" is the cancer that is killing gaming. Well, that and CoD There have been a number of interesting "pay what you want" experiments recently, too, some very successful, others not so much. What was most interesting was the number pirating these games despite the possibility of paying nothing to obtain the game(s) from the official source. Basically, there will always be fringe idiots.

I am happy that this DLC isn't "necessary" to "win", but the pricing is (to my eyes) a bit iffy. The track "pack" is reasonable, but the rest...

@PletDeKoe: I've often heard people complain about the difference in the price of fuel, I wouldn't be surprised if there are rant threads somewhere on the internet. And converting your salary like that is fallacy when the "cost of living" isn't numerically comparable either.

 

[jjaisli]

A lot of people in this thread said that the price for the DLC is not much, and so is the difference between countries,but please bear in mind that GT5 sold 6,554,160 in the first 10 weeks of sale,so if half of them purchase the DLC,it sums up to 31,099,490 £. Now that's much....

I can all but guarantee you, nowhere near 3,000,000 people will buy the 1st DLC package. And if that many do, Sony's board will collectively feint.

On average ...only 6% of consumers buy console DLC.

...Depending on who you ask, it could even be as much as 15%.

For a track like Spa, it may be more. But not 50%.

 

[Tesla]

Not to mention that I doubt very few people that bought GT5 on or around launch still play it. My guess is that a large portion of those sales were casual racers who moved onto Shift 2/FM4/Whatever other racing game when they were released.

 

[BWX]

Jesus PD must love you guys, you're so easily suckered in. I don't understand all of these "It's only $10, that's nothing" and "It's only the cost of a few beers/coffees therefore it's not expensive" comments.

Suckered in? Explain how PD suckered anyone in by saying ''here's some DLC, buy it if you want, don't buy it if you don't want to". There's no ''suckering in'' in this DLC pack.

You don't "understand" the term ''not expensive''? What's there to understand? IT'S ONLY $10! Understand now? It is NOT expensive unless you are so poor that you can't afford to eat in which case you shouldn't be playing GT5 or buying video game DLC anyway.

AND WTF does Jesus have to do with it?

Those items cost that much. That is their price, so you pay that for them. The DLC being a similar price is irrelevant because it's a completely different market, a market where prices vary and you should buy things based on your desire for them, AND if you think it represents value for money.

That is the price, you pay the price.. bla bla bla. What's your point? All that has nothing to do with this DLC pack. People buy things, things cost money. People buy thing worth money. Thanks for this valuable information.

Yes, it is "only" $10 and that isn't a lot of money in the grand scheme of things, but haven't you guys got any principles? Do you just thrown your money at anything? A lot of you seem to be saying the content is irrelevant, you're paying up simply because it's not much money and you want to "support" PD. You already did that paying for the game itself, making PD plenty of money.

NO! I have no principles! Huh?! Again, what the hell are you talking about? No one said the content is irrelevant. Now you're just making things up.

I'm so out of control ''throwing'' 10 WHOLE DOLLARS at PD.

Yes I am an unprincipled money thrower.

The cost of other DLC in other games is also irrelevant. If you think they're overpriced, don't buy them either. But don't use those more expensive prices to justify the cost of the GT5 DLC.

If I thought it was overpriced I wouldn't buy it, but thanks for telling me how to spend my own money, what would I do without you? This DLC isn't overpriced anyway. It's only overpriced in your own head. $10 is nothing. If people get even an hour of entertainment for $10, then that may be the best $10 they ever spent.

Stop trying to dictate to people what is overpriced and what is not, that's up to them, not you. If YOU think it's overpriced, then YOU have the choice not to buy it. Leave the people alone who want to buy it.. because it's none of your damn business anyway.

 

[Jaywalker]

I'll play devils advocate. Most agree that we paid full price for a less than complete game. Should we now pay more for that which goes towards completing it?

 

[BWX]

I'll play devils advocate. Most agree that we paid full price for a less than complete game. Should we now pay more for that which goes towards completing it?

Is GT5 complete now?

We didn't pay for any of the updates until this point. So what GT5 was when we originally purchased it is irrelevant.

How complete is Spec II? That is what our original purchase price bought us, it just took a while, which we all knew going in.

Therefore, for my original purchase price I bought GT5 Spec II, which I think is a pretty complete and mature piece of software.

Therefore, this DLC is not ''completing'' GT5.

Therefore, your devil's advocate argument is irrelevant.

Have a nice day. ;-)

 

[gslooney]

What I've come to realise is that the cost of GT5 on Amazon in the UK is:
£14.88 - £16.86 plus postage where applicable.

27 Locations:
~ 200 Premium cars:

Thousands of random paint chips etc.

Now you can add Two tracks and 15 cars to it for a Tenner..👍👎

So Now you appreciate that GT5 Should have cost you Nearer £300 if it was completely DLC

Or you could say that for ~66% of the current game costs you can add
about 8% extra content.. Simples

Of course the fact of the matter is as consumers we will still buy it!

It's supply and demand.. we demand DLC, they supply it ... some will buy it.

The international vs UK price is the same for everything so it's unfair to single Sony out.. it's a government thing linked in no small way to distribution of wealth within western Society.. but I'm getting a little of thread now.

It's the sacrifices we make to play the game..

another way to look at it is if your on minimal wage, after tax It's about a third of your day's work.. and if your a victim of the current recession it's a lot more!!

I'd like to think manufacturers and developers might find a way to provide some support for it's customers over these difficult times to ensure they stay with them when we get back to better times. Otherwise they may end up pricing themselves out of the market, and driving everyone towards more community based PC platforms in the end.


hmm

 

[mekonrider]

If not enough people buy it then Sony will either drop the price like MS does from time to time, or just pull the plug on further DLC. It happened to PGR4.

 

[BWX]

Sony will drop the price anyway, regardless of how many people buy it. In 6 months how many people think this DLC pack will be priced the same? I doubt it.