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Now this is a sign of a good game, when the price, eight months later, is higher than the price at release. I originally bought Divine Divinity at Electronics Boutique for AU$67. It's now AU$70. It's not much of a rise, but still, most things go down after eight months!
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What´s the currency exchange rate compared to USD or Euro?
because this seems very very expensive! I payed less than 30 Euro (almost = USD)
bernhard
live and let die!
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It just means EB is trying real hard to screw people over, at least the EB games stores in your area, I see it here at EB games for a mere 29.99$ canadian.
Last edited by Spooky; 20/10/03 02:01 PM.
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well people I really do not know anything about euro or yen or any other type of money, but I tell you that my Divine Divinity cost $44.95 in EB Games in Puerto Rico (USA money) so I really do not care how much it's cost WE ALL KNOW IT'S WORTH IT !!!!!!!!!! yeah!!!!!!!!!
all ppl have the right to act like idiots sometime, but others just abuse that privilege
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$19.99 at best buy here in the good ol' U.S. of A. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" />
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In France there is a new edition of Divinity for 19 euro. But someone said that for this price there is no manual ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> I don't want to talk again about publishers and i keep my thoughts for myself.
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I bought my copy for 10 euro. I know what your thinking: Lucky [nocando]!
I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.
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I bought my copy for 10 euro. I know what your thinking: Lucky [nocando]! With a manual ????
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It's £14.99 here in Britain (= $25 or €21.50)
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it's 14€ in belgium ;p (sell-out in Ghent) but in some shops 49.95€
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I bought my copy for 10 euro. I know what your thinking: Lucky [nocando]! With a manual ???? yes
I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.
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it's 14€ in belgium ;p (sell-out in Ghent) but in some shops 49.95€ I bought it for 10 euro in the Media Market in Antwerp Poet.
I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.
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Ah, another "prices thread" had popped up again. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />
Originally, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> costed in Germany 45 Euro (in German the plural form of "Euro" is "Euro" NOT "Euros" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> ) , but now it costs 29.99 Euro here.
When you find a big kettle of crazy, it's best not to stir it. --Dilbert cartoon
"Interplay.some zombiefied unlife thing going on there" - skavenhorde at RPGWatch
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media market waaaay too far away <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />
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What´s the currency exchange rate compared to USD or Euro?
because this seems very very expensive! I payed less than 30 Euro (almost = USD) As of today, the exchange rates are roughly AU$1.00 = US$0.70 = EU$0.60 AU$1.40 = US$1.00 = EU$0.85 AU$1.65 = US$1.15 = EU$1.00 Most new release PC games are $80-$90 here in any shop. We pay a lot for that sort of stuff. But I take heart in the fact that most other living expenses are cheaper.
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Hm, that would be EUR 42.42 in your country (70 AUS divided by 1.65, correct?). I just checked my bill from last year: I paid EUR 45.99, fresh after the release, German version. Kiya
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That's right, or $70 x 0.6 = $42
So perhaps prices here aren't all that bad after all?
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Depends on, HEF - I haven't got all bills from my games, I just happened to have the Div one - after the EUR was initiated in Europe, game prices went up steeply in Germany. Average price previous to EUR was 30-40 EUR(60-80 DM), now you rarely find a new game under 40 EUR (fresh after release, prices go down after a while, but if I'm interested, I can't wait). Kiya TOEE, Engl. version = 39.53 EUR via amazon NWN = 49.90 NWN addon = 29.95 Syberia, budget = 19.99 Gothic 1 budget = 10 BG 2 = 45 (EUR, bought in DM, so double the price) IWD = 30 (EUR, but bought in DM that time, double it)
enough numbers to compare?
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That looks about right after translating into Australian prices. Our budget games don't go down that quickly though. You can get them for AU$10, but it takes about four to five years.
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Ah, I just bought those 2 budget games because I had lent my games and didn't get them back - hoarding heart, remember? Prob is, I don't have a box and paper manual, I hate this about budgets. I need a box to feel happy <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" />
Gothic 1 is old, German release in 2001. Update: NWN was 52.99 in the 2nd shop, my first CD was defect and I had to go to another trader. This is robbery! Kiya
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