Game Pricing

I would like to know how the pricing is worked out in certain countries. As I clicked on Mad Max in the ZA store. It routed me to the US store where the game is currently marked down to 10$ however I need to purchase it in the ZA store, so I change the link
to take me to the ZA store and low and behold the game is now R450 (32$) 12$ more than the normal price on the US store.

How does this work? As to me this is daylight robbery! Our currency is weaker than the dollar by a 13:1 ration and then we still get ripped a new one with game pricing.

Picture for Proof...



Come on Microsoft, give me a good answer...

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Game pricing

I would of thought around the same price as what Lofty Who said. £30 at tops.

 

Game pricing

There's also the issue of bloated budgets in videogames. Even if you cut manufacturing costs, the expenses are simply too large and, well, they have to recoup the money somehow. That's assuming we're talking triple A games here.

 

Hey there,

Thanks for posting. I definitely understand the concern, however both discounts are 50% off the base game price. For this specific title, the base price of the game is determined by the publisher of the game, and not Microsoft. Prices definitely can vary
by region, and for 3rd party titles that is up to the publisher of the game to set.

I hope this helps clear up the concern.

 

Thanks for the reply. Think I should create myself a US account and buy games on that... seeing its much cheaper on certain titles.