Posted April 29, 2010
It has nothing to do with exchange rates. What you're saying is that A = C, B = C and A > B. It's just not possible. You're saying that if I take a price, any price in euros, and convert it to yen, then take the euro price, convert it to dollars and THEN convert it to yen, I'll end up with two different prices in yen. That is impossible. Unless your bank is very very dishonest.
agreed. unless bank charges your more for paying in EUR than in USD (extra provisions) then it matters not whether it is USD, EUR, AUD or Yen.
The only loss or gain is on rounding. Since games sells for round numbers such as 2.5, 4.99 etc.
not for example 3.23 USD.
so we can say that the game if priced in USD instead of costing 2.5 EUR would cost 3 USD (which would mean gain for customers)
OR
entirely possible the game would cost 3.5 USD which means loss for us.
so really there is no difference. EUR, USD same shit.
altough i do prefer USD. easier to calculate as i just add 10% to the price and i have price in AUD. with EUR i need to check google.
but that's silly excuse to condemn the service.
Edit: Bansama. sorry mate i respect you but you fail economics big time.
All currencies at a given time are equal. aka USD=Zimbawean dollars=Yen=AUD=EUR=Rupies (the one from india :) )
if they weren't people would make money from nothing.
Buy one currency, trade it for another, then trade it for another and then buy the first one again. repeat the process.
at a given time there is no difference whatsoever if the price is in EUR or USD. like i said it all comes to rounding which CAN go both ways tough (which would even out with multiple purchase)
ofcourse currency rates DO change overtime.
The thing is EUR is strong so it can most likely go down. meaning. 10 EUR will be cheaper in your local currency.
while USD is weak and will go up with economic recovery meaning 10 USD will be more expensive in your local currency.
that simple analysis gives us that EUR pricing is in fact better than USD as shop's prices will remain stable at least for a year or so.
the more complex analysis of whether it will be cheaper or more expensive in longer run to have prices listed in EUR is way above my and probably most of us expertise.
it wouldn't even matter as the difference would be negligible as we are doing with thousandths of cents differences not in full dollar differences.
Post edited April 29, 2010 by lukaszthegreat
