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General discussionMidweek Sale: Shoot to kill with up to -75%(39 posts)(39 posts)
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Posted October 09, 2019
It's getting visceral this (mid)week in our latest Midweek Sale with games that offer some proper aiming practice for your mouse hand!

Sometimes you want games that tell a captivating story. Games that move you, games that make you think and games that make you laugh.
Other times you just want games in which you can shoot things. Fair enough – this sale is for you.

Let's start with a classic! Redneck Rampage Collection (-66%) is everything you want from a 90s shooter. creative guns and weapons, an interesting setting and some proper meaty killing. Channel your inner neckbeard and start a rampage.

Next up we have a very different competitor for the shooter crown. In SUPERHOT (-50%) you do some shooting and killing – so far so good. But the unique twist is, the action only happens, when you actually move and do something. So it's like a kinda active-time-battle-system from classic JRPGs but as a shooter. Or maybe that description wasn't perfect either. We suggest strongly you try it out for yourself!

After that creative approach to shooting, let's get back to some classics. Classics that are so beloved, they made a series out of it. Our Soldier of Fortune (each -20%) and Medal of Honor (each -75%) games are definite must-haves.

Last but not least, everyone's favorite part – even more games: SiN Gold (-75%), Project Warlock (-33%), Brothers in Arms games (each -75%), Void Bastards (-20%), Singularity™/ (-75%), and many more.

Our Midweek Sale lasts until October 12th, 1 PM UTC.
Posted October 10, 2019
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faroot: But the Steam price you quote, €4.99, is the one that seems questionable to me, since that's an exchange rate of 1.50 USD to 1 Euro. I haven't been paying attention to the going rate, but 1.50 seems unlikely...
It has nothing to do with exchange rates. It's the joy of regional pricing. In case of Singularity it's more like an exception as in parts of Europe its price is lower than the US price (but apparently not in the NL). Often the European price of a game is higher than the US price, even when you compare the prices in Dollar.
Posted October 10, 2019
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faroot: But the Steam price you quote, €4.99, is the one that seems questionable to me, since that's an exchange rate of 1.50 USD to 1 Euro. I haven't been paying attention to the going rate, but 1.50 seems unlikely...
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eiii: It has nothing to do with exchange rates. It's the joy of regional pricing. In case of Singularity it's more like an exception as in parts of Europe its price is lower than the US price (but apparently not in the NL). Often the European price of a game is higher than the US price, even when you compare the prices in Dollar.
That's so weird. I can see a motivation for publishers (or stores) pricing differently in Brazil , let's say, than in (say) Germany, but it's harder to see why they'd care about different EU countries -- enough to set many many prices. Seems like a lot of trouble for an unclear payoff, when economies are similar.

I've seen lots of forum complaints, of course, but I never understood what was going on.
Post edited October 10, 2019 by faroot
Posted October 10, 2019
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W3irdN3rd: My question is why I have to pay €6.79 for it. On Steam it's €4.99 and from what I understand GOG also sells it for €4.99 elsewhere in the EU.
Really? Where? Here (Slovenia) I have the same as you, 6.79 €...
Posted October 10, 2019
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eiii: It has nothing to do with exchange rates. It's the joy of regional pricing. In case of Singularity it's more like an exception as in parts of Europe its price is lower than the US price (but apparently not in the NL). Often the European price of a game is higher than the US price, even when you compare the prices in Dollar.
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faroot: That's so weird. I can see a motivation for publishers (or stores) pricing differently in Brazil , let's say, than in (say) Germany, but it's harder to see why they'd care about different EU countries -- enough to set many many prices. Seems like a lot of trouble for an unclear payoff, when economies are similar.

I've seen lots of forum complaints, of course, but I never understood what was going on.
There are a number of EU countries that have lower buying power than Brazil. The argument for not providing a separate price for them would be market size not their economy.
Posted October 10, 2019
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W3irdN3rd: My question is why I have to pay €6.79 for it. On Steam it's €4.99 and from what I understand GOG also sells it for €4.99 elsewhere in the EU.
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OP-2019: Really? Where? Here (Slovenia) I have the same as you, 6.79 €...
Singularity is €4,99 (€19,99 -75%) in Austria
Posted October 10, 2019
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OP-2019: Really? Where? Here (Slovenia) I have the same as you, 6.79 €...
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mw.834515: Singularity is €4,99 (€19,99 -75%) in Austria
Interesting. Didn't know that. Thanks for the information.
Posted October 10, 2019
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tfishell: thanks Monk and idbeholdME
For what it seems to be(Sort of a panikiller type game with more story to it) it is worth a dollar and change. I would also get the prequel as it is also very cheap ATM.
Posted October 11, 2019
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faroot: That's so weird. I can see a motivation for publishers (or stores) pricing differently in Brazil , let's say, than in (say) Germany, but it's harder to see why they'd care about different EU countries -- enough to set many many prices. Seems like a lot of trouble for an unclear payoff, when economies are similar.

I've seen lots of forum complaints, of course, but I never understood what was going on.
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Cusith: There are a number of EU countries that have lower buying power than Brazil. The argument for not providing a separate price for them would be market size not their economy.
Brazil (and better known for it, Russia) has a special history regarding piracy. Pirated games would be sold on the streets, and you'd even get decent service At least in 2013, I don't know about today.

So I don't mind if Brazil and Russia can buy Singularity for respectively €2.79 and €2.51, if I understand ITAD correctly. But why can Austria (not really a poor country, is it?) buy Singularity for €4.99 while charging the Dutch €6.79? Or the US $7.49 which is roughly the same. Why does the UK pay only €4.22? Could be exchange rate in part, but that doesn't explain all of the difference.

And obviously, why do I pay only €4.99 on Steam but €6.79 here. The base price on Humble is also €19.99 for me (with €1.65 cashback), so when Singularity goes on sale there it would probably be €4.99 as well.
Posted October 11, 2019
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faroot: That's so weird. I can see a motivation for publishers (or stores) pricing differently in Brazil , let's say, than in (say) Germany, but it's harder to see why they'd care about different EU countries -- enough to set many many prices. Seems like a lot of trouble for an unclear payoff, when economies are similar.
In the UK Singularity is $4.58, that's even cheaper than €4.99. It's one more example that there's no logic behind regional pricing. It's just some shabby business practice to squeeze out of customers as much as they can.

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faroot: I've seen lots of forum complaints, of course, but I never understood what was going on.
There's a long thread about regional game prices, although it's not active anymore. You also can find information about regional prices on MaGOG, thanks to mister mrkgnao.
Post edited October 11, 2019 by eiii
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