facing the injustice in price conversion in my Country ... i am more and more tempted to take on key reseller, thought those who offer an insurance, in case of duplicate, voided, etc, keys ...
if i pre-order the game i want (going out on 17.03) Monday 13.03 on STEAM i will pay 69.90chf which is technically 9-10$ more than 59.90$(60.79chf) for .com once converted, this is totally UNACCEPTABLE.
for a Physical copy with physical bonus bundled with, i wouldn't mind but on de-materialized goods ... WHAT'S the freaking point to make resident of one country pay more than nearly every other? oh wait ... conversion taxes ... riiiight... i forgot how 2.5% from 59.90$ would translate into 9.12$
if i buy a key from one of these site it would cost 54.07chf without the optional insurance, or 59.47chf with it (which make the price a little more even to the "normal price" of the game ... )
seriously i didn't even once wanted to consider these site for keys ... but STEAM got me (and the publisher is not better ... same pricing for US market and Swiss market .. ) and i can't even get that price on STEAM on web browser since no matter the language settings the price will be in CHF
the usual risk is : invalid key, voided and duplicate ... and i am not really sure i can trust the "insurance" they propose... tho 10.43chf less ...
since i do not want to get a PS4 just for Horizon: Zero Dawn (idiotic exclusive ... 1st interesting exclusive in many years ... last one for me was Lost Odyssey on X360) i rejoiced when i saw that "NieR: Automata" would not be a PS4 exclusive and would be coming to STEAM on pre-order and launch on 17.03 ... but when i saw the price in $ compared to chf ...
so ... yep it's a rant ... and also a "show-off" purchase as i will purchase it, might be a console port but a DAMN GOOD ONE ... and for f**k sake ... DMC got PC edition, Bayonetta didn't ... (Automata is kinda a DMC like as Bayonetta was ) since it's the same developer as Bayonetta only good can come out (specially with a Xbox one pad ...) and also it's a Spin Off of Drakengard ... (which count too much exclusives ... they could use a PC release for some of them ... well the PS3 and later ... the PS2 i still have PCSX2 for that ... )
all in all ... do i pay 10.43chf more and get it directly from STEAM or do i gamble and try my luck at a 3rd party...
it's definitively not a game that deserve to be gimped by a "console exclusive release" (H:ZD was another one but... got caught) even if it will be a simple port, or not, i saw some way more ugly PC game releases recently (major label are going down to the point that even modder do better content/optimizations for their games than themselves and Indies dev produces way more interesting and good looking games than them ... ) i am non objective ... i am a Squaresoft/Enix/Tri Ace fanatic since Final Fantasy I on Famicom ... even though i didn't understand most of the story
since that one never got a translation when he got out.
1st time i want to put my week on "Fast-Forward" mode ... but i forgot where was the button ... and also 2nd time i am attracted by a pre-order (1st was Overwatch ... but OW is pretty much dead these days for those who like VS Bot and quick play ... )
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