Apple raise prices of Apps in the European AppStore to 0.99€ ?!

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  1. sink_or_swim

    sink_or_swim Well-Known Member

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    Looks like the prices for apps in Europe will go up to 0.99€, 1.99€, 2,99€ ...

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  2. VaroFN

    VaroFN Well-Known Member

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    I hope this is a joke...
     
  3. sink_or_swim

    sink_or_swim Well-Known Member

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    Bridgy Jones is also 0.99€.
     
  4. Primoz

    Primoz Well-Known Member

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    I hope its some mistake...Because that wouldnt make any sense.

    Besides, the IAPs are still x * 0.89€
     
  5. undeadcow

    undeadcow Well-Known Member

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    The US App Store appears to have the same $0.99 proces for Bridgy Jones and Cling Thing so it does not appear there have been any price increases here; for comparison.
     
  6. Underwater

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    I knew this was about to happen after the price increase to €0.89. With the same money on my European account, I can now buy less games. No big deal, but still pretty unfair for the Europeans, as the euro is not equal to the dollar.
     
  7. JoVe

    JoVe Well-Known Member

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    This isn't true. I saw at my developer account that developers can choose a alternate tier (0,99 is alternate tier 1 and tier 1 is still 0,89). See picture.

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  8. JoVe

    JoVe Well-Known Member

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    This is are the new prices for Europe:
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  9. undeadcow

    undeadcow Well-Known Member

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    That seems like a raw deal that the same games on the same platform are more expensive in Europe than they are in other markets. I guess it's more likely that the US and other areas will see eventual price increases too.

    That's a nice stealthy approach Apple takes, just raise the prices and wait till someone notices.
     
  10. chris1a

    chris1a Well-Known Member

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    Yea I noticed some apps in the Swedish AppStore had a higher price then usual. Some $0.99 apps, which would be 7 SEK had been raised to 9 SEK while others are still at the usual 7 SEK ($0.99). This goes for higher priced apps as well. So there definitely seems to be more pricing options available for devs. Now, $1 US = 6-7 SEK so a raise by 2 SEK isn't much at all. Course it gets to be more at higher priced apps. Anyway, I hope these changes helps people pay their mortgage, put their kids in college, put food on the table, buy that car yada yada and so on.
     
  11. Ravenblack

    Ravenblack Well-Known Member

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    Used to be: USD0.99 = SGD1.28

    Now: USD0.99 = SGD1.48
     
  12. Royce

    Royce Well-Known Member

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    Weird, according to Pocket Gamer, this is just a new tier to give devs more pricing options. How strange though that the tier is exactly the same price as the one below it in the US, and just more in other countries. I guess they don't want to mess with everything ending in ".99" for the US.
     
  13. TheFrost

    TheFrost Well-Known Member

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    I saw this the other day with a translator app for 0.99€ and was shocked as I hope the AppStore doesnt become Steam and sells its products accodingly to its exchange rate. 1$ is not 1€.
     
  14. Rubicon

    Rubicon Well-Known Member

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    We won't be changing any of our stuff.

    Can't nickel and dime my own countrymen, even though as a proportion they don't buy our stuff anyway!

    USA is massively our only market nowadays. Not sure why that is, UK are mad on gaming, but accounting for the population size, nowhere near equal in our showings.
     

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