Price Changes for Certain WoW EU Services on April 5

[Deleted]

£27 for a faction change??
jesus, thats almost as much as the new FFXIV xpac stormblood!!
good luck with that, blizzard.
im absolutely shocked by the sheer greed of that company.
really, im almost lost for words!!

[Onikaroshi]

y'all been paying less than the US for awhile now, they try to even it out and you complain.... good lord, currently 1 EURO = 1.08 USD soo.... they're just trying to even it out, (GBP is still the strongest at 1 GBP to 1.25 USD)

[RelaZ]

Horrible, now I know for sure all my backwater alts will remain just that until the end of time.

[Zan15]

Do any of you people do research? Go Goggle Euro to USD exchange rate. 1 Euro = 1.08 USD. This to compensate for the fact that the Euro has devalued against the USD. If you want to blame someone for it being more expensive go blame the EU. Sorry for being blunt here but apparently you all have no idea how the world economy works.

1 post wonder i guess you must have stayed at a holiday inn or something


1.116 1 year ago
1.078 Today

3.5% change


1.096 2 years ago
1.078 Today

1.6% change


As of dec 2016 their year over year inflation rate was 1.1%, last two months it was 1.8%.



Apparently a 3% change year over year, or 1.6% change since the last price increase.....means you should raise prices by 10%+

[HordeFanboy]

It isnt blizzard anymore. Its greedy cancer activision

[Zan15]

y'all been paying less than the US for awhile now, they try to even it out and you complain.... good lord, currently 1 EURO = 1.08 USD soo.... they're just trying to even it out, (GBP is still the strongest at 1 GBP to 1.25 USD)

try again please

[TriHard]

£27 for a faction change??
jesus, thats almost as much as the new FFXIV xpac stormblood!!
good luck with that, blizzard.
im absolutely shocked by the sheer greed of that company.
really, im almost lost for words!!

Well, I guess I know what I'll be playing then!

[Deleted]

Like why? We've already agreed they are expensive now its even more good job greedzzard.

[araine]

fucking disgraceful. no change in prices for US? EU/UK Punished again.

Not a punishment it is to adjust for the exchange rates that have changed

[TriHard]

I wouldn't have minded this price change if they chose to get rid of the subscription, but as long as the sub stands, this is not acceptable. Not at all.

[Teri]

Apparently a 3% change year over year, or 1.6% change since the last price increase.....means you should raise prices by 10%+

Yes inflation happens, but 20-25% at once seems too much, and just done out of "look here's a nice number rounded up to the nearest 0 or 5 euro" :P

[Zan15]

People need to learn some basic economics.

The price of services when entering the global market is adjusted for a few things, to name two:

1) Inflation - as wages increase so too does the cost of goods and services over time

2) Exchange Rates - Since Blizzard is a US company operating on a global scale, they must adjust their prices according to the exchange rates. If the Euro was much more powerful than the dollar in terms of buying power (which it was for several years) the prices would be lower in Euros for Blizzard services, since the Euro is not as powerful in terms of buying power as it used to be, it makes sense to adjust prices for that change.

The same thing happens here in the US with inflation.

maybe you need to actually look at inflation before you post this huh?
1.1% inflation year over year in the EU, some countries higher, a few negative.

Exchange rates have basically been flat to a little higher. 3% for the year, 1.8% for two years.

you are also talking about automated process that has had their original cost recoup'ed and easly pays for the service it must provide each year. there are no additional cost that would require such a large increase in prices.




30 Jan 2015 00:00 UTC
- 23 Mar 2017 20:43 UTC EUR/USD close:

1.07875

low: 1.03917
high:1.16017

Two year chart shows basically the euro has gone next to no where.

[Deleted]

I'm guessing concepts like inflation and exchange rates aren't things you're familiar with.

if that would be the case prices would rise world wide but not only in eu - which is clearly just to milk the customers but you dont understand that lil'white knight do you? ^^

[TriHard]

Not a punishment it is to adjust for the exchange rates that have changed

That's a pathetic excuse. These are virtual services / items that are unlimited in supply. That is why they can reduce the prices rather than putting them further up to fuck over the consumers. It would've been an alright move if the monthly sub was removed but that's not the case, hence why it shows that they no longer care about their users.

The only ones that seem to care are the guys over at the Overwatch team.

[Deleted]

There would be a super easy way to make them reconsider this by just unsubbing and stating the high service prices as the reason. Enough people do this and they may actually lower the prices. But of course the majority of WoW players is too addicted and/or dumb to vote with their wallet like this.

[Deleted]

Not a punishment it is to adjust for the exchange rates that have changed

No its not. If they would go after exchange rate they would change it more often then suddenly when they are at an all time low on wow subs.

[Schmilblick]

And tokens already at 200k xD
ps : people will pay anyway, so why not.

[Onikaroshi]

try again please

US Realm transfer since inception in USD: $25

EU Realm transfer before change in Euro: €20

20 x 1.13 (exchange rate from March 22, 2016) = $22.60 USD

20 x 1.09 (exchange rate from March 23, 2015) = $21.08 USD

tell me how you haven't been paying less for years?

[Deleted]

I don't get why a character boost should cost more then an AAA game....

Just Bobby Kotick Things

[Poganin]

They call it "adjustment", I call it "increase". Nice PR spiel there, bleezard.