Um, not really. CCP doesn't set the prices on PSN, Sony does. CCP can't dictate the price that Sony put up, but you CAN ask that CCP talk to Sony about it.

Or go straight to Sony about the price discrepancy.

As CCP is complicit in this overprice scandal All AUS and NZ players plus any other supports should hold a 1 week boycott and not log in.

Anyone else support this DUST 514 class action for equality?

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=77419&p=3

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=77345&p=2

Im an NZ gamer and I am a litte miffed about the prices but the only things I buy are the boosters if I feel like it. No need for me to buy the merc packs when the dont even give me what I want.

Do you have a law degree?

The boosters and what not are being sold through the playstation store, CCP does not control that only Sony does. You have no idea what goes into proving decisions, over sea merchant laws, or any other field that could legitimize this. Boycotting Dust woyld be the worst move since you would be punishing the wrong people. If anything, boycott the PSN.

So CCP want to sell a new item or pack on the store, they give it to Sony to set the price. I doubt it very much. How would Sony know the in game value? What if Sony decided it was a rubbish gun/pack and set it to 50 cents would CCP agree?

Total and utter FUD

I cannot believe that even in a free-to-play game where buying stuff with real money at all is entirely optional, someone is still whining about the price. As an Australian, I am ashamed for the immaturity on display here, and refuse to boycott DUST 514. Since, you know, it's free.

So CCP want to sell a new item or pack on the store, they give it to Sony to set the price. I doubt it very much. How would Sony know the in game value? What if Sony decided it was a rubbish gun/pack and set it to 50 cents would CCP agree?

Total and utter FUD

Why would i need a law degree to stand up for equal rights?

CCP and Sony have to agree on prices this is a logical assumption, CCP please dispute this.

I love playing dust but remember the incarna debacle, This was only resolved by a boycott. CCP only listen when you hit them where it hurts.

CCP please act now

As CCP is complicit in this overprice scandal All AUS and NZ players plus any other supports should hold a 1 week boycott and not log in.

Anyone else support this DUST 514 class action for equality?

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=77419&p=3

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=77345&p=2

Why would i need a law degree to stand up for equal rights?

CCP and Sony have to agree on prices this is a logical assumption, CCP please dispute this.

I love playing dust but remember the incarna debacle, This was only resolved by a boycott. CCP only listen when you hit them where it hurts.

CCP please act now

It's how It works. MS works the same way, I believe. They have "guidelines" as to what types of things cost on the store.

Don't play "what if". It's always grossly hyperbolised to the point of it being so unrealistic and annoying/

you are begging them to act now but yet you tried to get people to boycott the game? And you honestly think if ccp doesnt get a few players logging in it will hit them where it hurts? Man you are so dumb

If player count goes down of course they will care. Why do you think they track the stats (hint because they care)

I want to spend money on the game I play and love. I also don't want to pay double.

How is this immature?

I cannot believe that even in a free-to-play game where buying stuff with real money at all is entirely optional, someone is still whining about the price. As an Australian, I am ashamed for the immaturity on display here, and refuse to boycott DUST 514. Since, you know, it's free.

Tell you what, even though Sony charges Australians more for this stuff, so does everybody else, and in comparison to what Apple, Xbox, or others might charge for example, it's still all cheap as hell. You could smoke a pack a day, drink a carton a of Crownies a fortnight, still eat well and afford to make regular DUST purchases on a Centrelink student income, and that's after paying for all your text books for uni, as well as rent, and includes maintaining permanent Xbox Live and EVE online subs. How do I know? Because that's what I do. DUST is the cheapest of them all, and it's not just the cheapest, it is legitimately cheap. Cheap like Crazy Clarks cheap.

The problem isn't with CCP, it's with the IT industry in general, as a whole. Boycotting DUST alone won't solve the problem. Hell, there's a parliamentary inquest currently underway that includes a summons of Microsoft, IBM, Apple, and various other IT corps over why they charge Australians so much more than anyone else. The evidence that's in so far is that they charge that much because we're willing to pay that much. So if you want to boycott, you need to boycott everything IT until they realise we won't pay that much again.

Unless you get your head around the fact that merely boycotting DUST will solve nothing, then it is quite immature.

As CCP is complicit in this overprice scandal All AUS and NZ players plus any other supports should hold a 1 week boycott and not log in.

Yes the game is free and I appreciate that very much and yes buying stuff is optional but as those who play online multiplayer pvp games know it is all of those extras that are paid for that can make a difference. They are an advantage and to provide somebody a greater advantage by making items cheaper to them in a digital context is just plain wrong and unfair. There are not people working in a factory making these items one at a time, once the digital item has been made it can then be created or copied and infinite amount of time digitally at no cost.

Yes you are right, boycott never achieved anything and CCP has no control over their product.

http://themittani.com/features/incarna-revisited

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/07/04/eve-online-emergency-incarna-meeting-ccp-vs-the-csm/

http://evenews24.com/2011/06/22/greed-is-good-purportedly-leaked-internal-bulletin-shows-ccps-refreshing-new-direction/

Try reading history then comment

If you were smart you would realise that ccp has no control of how much things go for on psn store they can try to write a letter to sony but honestly dont expect a drop in price to happen boycotting ccp when they have no control over the psn market is really the stupidest idea that i have ever heard on here

If you were smart you would discuss facts and not presumed theories about how much control CCP has.

If you were smart you would discuss facts and not presumed theories about how much control CCP has.

This is a fact, not a presumed theory. You can find out for yourself with some really rudimentary research. Try Google some time, I hear it works wonders for fact checking.

The reason you are here today playing dust is because CCP listened to the players and made changes to the game they played after player outrage and forum posting.

You should thank those who stood of for what they believed in for this game!

I have worked with in the IT industry in Australia now for more than 15 years and believe me I know about the costs. But the wages being paid to the people who are doing these types of services over here are not that much higher than somebody who is just working at a local electronics store. I would assume that in America these jobs would pay even less so that is no justification to me and just a plain cop out.

Proof CCP does control the price from another post

"This was the ccp response to my petition asking about the price differences

2013.05.15 10:26:00 GM Avantgarde
Hello,

We can understand why you would like a clarification over the price of Merc Pack in different countries.
Once we set the price on a game, SONY then would localise the price for each country based on local currency and taxes.

Please accept our sincere apologies and we thank you for the understanding.

If we could be your assistance on any DUST 514 issue in the future, please contact us again.

Best Regards,
GM Avantgarde
CCP Customer Support | EVE Online | DUST 514"

Proof CCP does control the price from another post

"This was the ccp response to my petition asking about the price differences

2013.05.15 10:26:00 GM Avantgarde
Hello,

We can understand why you would like a clarification over the price of Merc Pack in different countries.
Once we set the price on a game, SONY then would localise the price for each country based on local currency and taxes.

Please accept our sincere apologies and we thank you for the understanding.

If we could be your assistance on any DUST 514 issue in the future, please contact us again.

Best Regards,
GM Avantgarde
CCP Customer Support | EVE Online | DUST 514"

sorry but you are wrong next time use facts not fud

Your own quote, straight back at ya.

You guys are still posting in this thread? Its obvious that the op lost and he she or whatever knows it too posting in it more is just bumping it to the top

So are we both wrong or right?

Proof CCP does control the price from another post

"This was the ccp response to my petition asking about the price differences

2013.05.15 10:26:00 GM Avantgarde
Hello,

We can understand why you would like a clarification over the price of Merc Pack in different countries.
Once we set the price on a game, SONY then would localise the price for each country based on local currency and taxes.

Please accept our sincere apologies and we thank you for the understanding.

If we could be your assistance on any DUST 514 issue in the future, please contact us again.

Best Regards,
GM Avantgarde
CCP Customer Support | EVE Online | DUST 514"

You're an idiot.

You are so incapable of conversation that personal attacks are all that are left, you total moron.

You're an idiot.

You are so incapable of conversation that personal attacks are all that are left, you total moron.

Proof CCP does control the price from another post

"This was the ccp response to my petition asking about the price differences

2013.05.15 10:26:00 GM Avantgarde
Hello,

We can understand why you would like a clarification over the price of Merc Pack in different countries.
Once we set the price on a game, SONY then would localise the price for each country based on local currency and taxes.

Please accept our sincere apologies and we thank you for the understanding.

If we could be your assistance on any DUST 514 issue in the future, please contact us again.

Best Regards,
GM Avantgarde
CCP Customer Support | EVE Online | DUST 514"

It's like the difference between buying wholesale and buying retail.

yes I lost well played CCP and Sony please take my money I didn't want it anyway.

So are we both wrong or right?

You're bad and you should feel bad. Your parents should feel bad. Your neighbours should feel bad by association.
One day they'll put you on the television to discuss your phenomenal badness and global audiences will feel bad. People in service industries who at some point in their lives interacted with you will say "I sold that guy a cheeseburger, God I feel bad now." or "Dude just wanted a taxi. How was I to know how bad he was? If I'd known, I'd have kept driving." The medical professional involved in your birth will feel bad and the children they deliver in the future will be forever tainted by your name. Your traversal down a street will leave a wake of badness, wilting flowers and causing children to cry.

And when you die, they'll bury you and the staff responsible for grounds-keeping at the cemetery will find their lives inexplicably taking a turn for the worse, so the legacy of your badness is undying.

Irony. This post has it.

What part of this did not pass through your head?


CCP sets prices. Sony adjusts those prices based on localization, taxes, exchange rate etc.

What you just did was checkmate yourself. I honestly have no clue where you're going now.


Also, why don't you boycott the fact that AUS gamers pay the equivalent of $90 for new games anyways? It's not CCP's issue, its the area itself.

The point of forum posting is to highlight issues and to troll. This has been accomplished

Do elaborate.

I shouldn't have to. It's a reasonably straightforward statement.

Refusal to clarify makes you appear dishonest.

I disagree with your assessment that the post was ironic. You refuse to provide a reason why you think it so. There's a clearly a miscommunication here, which I am trying to resolve. If your aim in commenting wasn't to communicate, you might as well have just stayed quiet. If it was, the request for clarification is reasonable.

Refusal to clarify makes you appear dishonest.

I disagree with your assessment that the post was ironic. You refuse to provide a reason why you think it so. There's a clearly a miscommunication here, which I am trying to resolve. If your aim in commenting wasn't to communicate, you might as well have just stayed quiet. If it was, the request for clarification is reasonable.

To clarify - you made a point of calling the other player out for making personal attacks by making a personal attack yourself. I guess it's not actually that ironic, but I did find it amusing

Actually, the irony is pretty obvious in that you criticise someone making personal attacks as an alternative to conversation while making personal attacks yourself.

Therein lies the miscommunication I was attempting to identify. I will rephrase my statement.


You're an idiot. You are so incapable of conversation that personal attacks are my only recourse, because I have so little faith in your ability to receive anything but, you total moron.

2. Be respectful toward others at all times.
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3. Ranting is prohibited.
A rant is a post that is often filled with angry and counterproductive comments. A free exchange of ideas is essential to building a strong sense of community and is helpful in development of the game and community. Rants are disruptive, and incite flaming and trolling. Please post your thoughts in a concise and clear manner while avoiding going off on rambling tangents.

4. Personal attacks are prohibited.
Commonly known as flaming, personal attacks are posts that are designed to personally berate or insult another forum user. Posts of this nature are not beneficial to the community spirit that CCP promote and as such they will not be tolerated.

You forgot the one about trolling, which will result in this entire terrible thread going down.

Bugger. I had that in originally, I have no idea why i left it out

The correct thing to boycott is spending money, not playing the game.

And that's what I have decided to do. Paid for and got some aurum before I new about the price difference now I have enough and won't be paying for anymore

So they have guidelines, CCP can guide them to not over charge us. problem solved.

Um, not really. CCP doesn't set the prices on PSN, Sony does. CCP can't dictate the price that Sony put up, but you CAN ask that CCP talk to Sony about it.

Or go straight to Sony about the price discrepancy.

Not only that, a good portion of your overpriced products come from the VAT that your government applies.

Yes. a good maybe 10% of the more than 50% price hike is because of tax.