Not fair to have the same pricing across the world

A 100$ worth of purchase is equated to 6700 rps of purchase in Indian rupees. Which is almost a month salary for many people here in India. How is that fair ?????

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GroundedWisdom

The prices are the same. They are adjusted by Apple and Android based on Exchange Rates and Taxes.

TheBaldAvenger

Dropfaith wrote: »

How is the same price not fair? You realize if they fluctuated people could have a guy in India buy for pennies on the dollar right?

Yeah and in some countries like the uk for example, they are paying the equivalent of $130 for what the USA get for $100. That is the OP's point

GroundedWisdom

TheBaldAvenger wrote: »

Dropfaith wrote: »

How is the same price not fair? You realize if they fluctuated people could have a guy in India buy for pennies on the dollar right?

Yeah and in some countries like the uk for example, they are paying the equivalent of $130 for what the USA get for $100. That is the OP's point

That's out of their control. It depends on the Exchange Rates and Taxes of each Country.

Fel_95

Prices are not even the same here in europe: 100$ became 110€, where 110€ equal to 130$. Someone don't know math apparently

GroundedWisdom

Fel_95 wrote: »

Prices are not even the same here in europe: 100$ became 110€, where 110€ equal to 130$. Someone don't know math apparently

They're the same for Kabam. It's unilateral, in U.S. Dollars. It's the platforms that raise them.

TheBaldAvenger

Only a matter of time till the $ price increases and then we will see how the USA population feel about it

Niwsa

Dropfaith wrote: »

How is the same price not fair? You realize if they fluctuated people could have a guy in India buy for pennies on the dollar right?

I agree. But still to shell out an entire months salary for just units and signatures doesn't feel good. And it's unfair on people residing in low economy zones. 100$ values more in many parts of the world and it takes much to earn it

JSnook

How much did you phone cost (media device) cost you compared to US? Are you complaining to them on their forums?

Vdh2008

If it's too expensive for you, don't buy it.

Allamu

In Germany we had to pay 99,99 euros the whole time per Odin.
Now we have to pay 10 euros more.

The dollar is even weaker than the euro. So it makes no sense at all. Except oh yeah...is kabam...

DNA3000

TheBaldAvenger wrote: »

Dropfaith wrote: »

How is the same price not fair? You realize if they fluctuated people could have a guy in India buy for pennies on the dollar right?

Yeah and in some countries like the uk for example, they are paying the equivalent of $130 for what the USA get for $100. That is the OP's point

That's not the OP's point. The OP's point has nothing to do with exchange rates or iOS conversions or VAT. The OP is saying that average salary and cost of living is different in different places, and how subjectively high a one hundred US dollar purchase is depends greatly on where you are. In a place like Australia where a Toyota Corolla can cost $70,000, a $100 in-game purchase is a lot different on a relative basis than in say India where the average per capita earnings is about $1500.

I don't think there is any good solution to that problem, but that's the problem the OP is highlighting.

mess

hes actually right, having same prices in every country is bs. Some have to pay half of the salary others burger value for the same ****. If it was adjusted properly i bet ppl would be more willing to spend.

I wonder what would you do if you had to spend 450 EUR on odins chest and 23EUR for 125 units.

Noobeeus

DNA3000 wrote: »

TheBaldAvenger wrote: »

Dropfaith wrote: »

How is the same price not fair? You realize if they fluctuated people could have a guy in India buy for pennies on the dollar right?

Yeah and in some countries like the uk for example, they are paying the equivalent of $130 for what the USA get for $100. That is the OP's point

That's not the OP's point. The OP's point has nothing to do with exchange rates or iOS conversions or VAT. The OP is saying that average salary and cost of living is different in different places, and how subjectively high a one hundred US dollar purchase is depends greatly on where you are. In a place like Australia where a Toyota Corolla can cost $70,000, a $100 in-game purchase is a lot different on a relative basis than in say India where the average per capita earnings is about $1500.

I don't think there is any good solution to that problem, but that's the problem the OP is highlighting.

Toyota corollas do not cost $70k here. $30 for a top line fully optioned one

DNA3000

Noobeeus wrote: »

DNA3000 wrote: »

TheBaldAvenger wrote: »

Dropfaith wrote: »

How is the same price not fair? You realize if they fluctuated people could have a guy in India buy for pennies on the dollar right?

Yeah and in some countries like the uk for example, they are paying the equivalent of $130 for what the USA get for $100. That is the OP's point

That's not the OP's point. The OP's point has nothing to do with exchange rates or iOS conversions or VAT. The OP is saying that average salary and cost of living is different in different places, and how subjectively high a one hundred US dollar purchase is depends greatly on where you are. In a place like Australia where a Toyota Corolla can cost $70,000, a $100 in-game purchase is a lot different on a relative basis than in say India where the average per capita earnings is about $1500.

I don't think there is any good solution to that problem, but that's the problem the OP is highlighting.

Toyota corollas do not cost $70k here. $30 for a top line fully optioned one

I must be misremembering a conversation I had with someone that lived in Australia poorly. Although I do remember that period of time when people from Australia were flying to California to buy software.

TheBaldAvenger

DNA3000 wrote: »

TheBaldAvenger wrote: »

Dropfaith wrote: »

How is the same price not fair? You realize if they fluctuated people could have a guy in India buy for pennies on the dollar right?

Yeah and in some countries like the uk for example, they are paying the equivalent of $130 for what the USA get for $100. That is the OP's point

That's not the OP's point. The OP's point has nothing to do with exchange rates or iOS conversions or VAT. The OP is saying that average salary and cost of living is different in different places, and how subjectively high a one hundred US dollar purchase is depends greatly on where you are. In a place like Australia where a Toyota Corolla can cost $70,000, a $100 in-game purchase is a lot different on a relative basis than in say India where the average per capita earnings is about $1500.

I don't think there is any good solution to that problem, but that's the problem the OP is highlighting.

I see, well I guess I was making a better point then

GroundedWisdom

The thing is, Kabam's prices are the same, and it's the Countries and platforms that alter them based on Exchange Rates and Taxes. I know I'm repeating myself, but my point is, if they were to alter them to cushion that, they would be sacrificing revenue. They would also have to constantly monitor those factors because they both inevitably fluctuate. That would be a never-ending process that would affect everything from revenue, to projections, to monitoring finances internally. It's a nice thought, but not executable.

Acanthus

mess wrote: »

hes actually right, having same prices in every country is bs. Some have to pay half of the salary others burger value for the same ****. If it was adjusted properly i bet ppl would be more willing to spend.

I wonder what would you do if you had to spend 450 EUR on odins chest and 23EUR for 125 units.

Newsflash, Life isn't fair

Polderpommie

Kabam set one price. Just one. The App Store and google translate that for the various regions they serve the product to. The pricing in your region is determined either by Apple or Google, not Kabam.

Nggy85

You can't have differ prices for different countries as you would just get someone in a different country to log in buy for the cheapest price and then transfer them money to their bank account even if they take a "commission" everybody wins.. It's too easy to get around

mess

Dropfaith wrote: »

mess wrote: »

hes actually right, having same prices in every country is bs. Some have to pay half of the salary others burger value for the same ****. If it was adjusted properly i bet ppl would be more willing to spend.

I wonder what would you do if you had to spend 450 EUR on odins chest and 23EUR for 125 units.

Fairness isn't bs. It isn't my fault the dollar is worth your months salary I shouldn't be forced to pay more for the same thing you get for less..
That's actual fairness not some skewed **** to benefit the poor

its not fairness, its just the opposite.

MsDomino

In other games 'loaders' capitalise on the exchange rates by setting their address to wherever the best exchange rate is. This simply prevents that becoming an option

Ivanka_Humpalot

The prices are ridiculous everywhere even in Norway and Switzerland. But yeah... in places like India it's even more ridiculous. Hm.... should I buy a new house? Or should I get the resources I need to take 1 out of my 500 champions up 10% in power even though that champion will be obsolete in 6-9 months?

The truth is, the prices are not there for regular gamers to enjoy the game like normal well-adjusted people might. They are priced for the whales who are either some combination of so rich + so socially inept that they've got nothing else to spend their money on, partially braindead, or they have some kind of serious mental health issue like gambling addiction or borderline personality disorder and they really ought to be getting help for that instead of being exploited by some mobile gaming company.

For everyone else, just accept that the game is actually free to play. That there is some content that is way too hard for you to ever finish if you're not willing to spend 80 hours a week grinding arena. And that, because of these overpriced things in the unit store that the saps described above pay for... that keeps the game free for everyone else. It's kind of a weird, probably not ideal from a gameplay standpoint, deeply unethical business model... but it works for Kabam and many other companies so.... yeah... enjoy the free game and accept you can't buy stuff, or switch to console gaming or Angry Birds.

Crcrcrc

The prices are ridiculous everywhere even in Norway and Switzerland. But yeah... in places like India it's even more ridiculous. Hm.... should I buy a new house? Or should I get the resources I need to take 1 out of my 500 champions up 10% in power even though that champion will be obsolete in 6-9 months?

The truth is, the prices are not there for regular gamers to enjoy the game like normal well-adjusted people might. They are priced for the whales who are either some combination of so rich + so socially inept that they've got nothing else to spend their money on, partially braindead, or they have some kind of serious mental health issue like gambling addiction or borderline personality disorder and they really ought to be getting help for that instead of being exploited by some mobile gaming company.

For everyone else, just accept that the game is actually free to play. That there is some content that is way too hard for you to ever finish if you're not willing to spend 80 hours a week grinding arena. And that, because of these overpriced things in the unit store that the saps described above pay for... that keeps the game free for everyone else. It's kind of a weird, probably not ideal from a gameplay standpoint, deeply unethical business model... but it works for Kabam and many other companies so.... yeah... enjoy the free game and accept you can't buy stuff, or switch to console gaming or Angry Birds.

This was posted in 2017.
If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it. Pretty simple.

Epistriatus

Just.....how?? This thread is over 3 years old, how did you find it, why revive it??? o_O

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007md92

Don't spend money on a mobile game.
Enjoy it as it is.

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Lmao

Damn, 3 year old thread

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