ISO/HP prices increased in Canada and Europe?

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edited January 2015 in MPQ General Discussion
Has anybody noticed that the prices for Hero Points and ISO just went up by 20 percent?

Mod edit: changed subject line for clarity. -DayvBang
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  • fmftint
    fmftint Posts: 3,653 Chairperson of the Boards
    Vertigozooropa wrote:
    Has anybody noticed that the prices for Hero Points and ISO just went up by 20 percent?
    prices look the same on my end.
  • loroku
    loroku Posts: 1,014 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited January 2015
    At least on my account, this isn't true. The only recent(?) change to HP prices is that you can't buy 100 for $1, but you can buy 200 for $2. This is in the US, anyway.

    Actually, at least according to the fairly old data on the wiki, ISO-8 prices have changed in a positive direction, in that you get 1.5 x more ISO for the same money. But I don't know when those prices changed as I have never bought ISO, ever (and neither should anyone else!). (That is after they apparently doubled in price over a year ago? Not sure how accurate the wiki history is.)

    Anyone else tell anything different about HP prices? I haven't looked at them in quite some time so I'm not sure if anything's changed, either.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    loroku wrote:
    At least on my account, this isn't true. The only recent(?) change to HP prices is that you can't buy 100 for $1, but you can buy 200 for $2. This is in the US, anyway.

    Actually, at least according to the fairly old data on the wiki, ISO-8 prices have changed in a positive direction, in that you get 1.5 x more ISO for the same money. But I don't know when those prices changed as I have never bought ISO, ever (and neither should anyone else!).

    Anyone else tell anything different about HP prices? I haven't looked at them in quite some time so I'm not sure if anything's changed, either.

    Both ISO and HP points costs look the same to me.
  • IamTheDanger
    IamTheDanger Posts: 1,093 Chairperson of the Boards
    No change for me. I play on Android, what platform do you use?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I'm on iOS, and I'm in Canada. Stark Salary just went up in price by 20 bucks.

    Bugle Pittance went up 30 cents.
    Agency Expenses went up 80 cents.
    Logan's Loonies went up 3 dollars.
    Asgard Treasure went up 8 dollars.
  • AXP_isme
    AXP_isme Posts: 809 Critical Contributor
    Prices have gone up in GBP as well 600 HP went from £2.99 to £3.99 for instance.
  • Dayv
    Dayv Posts: 4,449 Chairperson of the Boards
    This is probably related to this: App Store Prices Increase in Europe and Canada. If D3P sets prices centrally and Apple does the currency conversion, D3P may not even have done anything to trigger the pricing change -- it may have been automatic.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Yes.
    Im from Finland, Europe.
    Logans has been 17'and something € and now it is 19,99€. Huh!
    Asgard has been about 45€ and now it is 49,99€. Huh!
  • manocheese
    manocheese Posts: 6
    If you're in Europe, it's probably because of VAT law changes and they're taking advantage. I'm in the UK and prices haven't changed for me, yet.
  • zeeke
    zeeke Posts: 153 Tile Toppler
    Yeah big increase here in Sweden, stark salary went from 749 to 949 sek which it's about $118
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    zeeke wrote:
    Yeah big increase here in Sweden, stark salary went from 749 to 949 sek which it's about $118
    That's still cheaper than the 99 Euros the rest of us have been getting charged with since day 1.
  • JamieMadrox
    JamieMadrox Posts: 1,798 Chairperson of the Boards
    Canada. Android. All Prices Same.
    Canada. iOS. Prices went up.

    I guess I know what device I'll be buying on now.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Android same price.

    Can't comment on iO$
  • loroku
    loroku Posts: 1,014 Chairperson of the Boards
    Jamie Madrox wrote:
    Canada. Android. All Prices Same.
    Canada. iOS. Prices went up.
    This is a very important point - can others confirm it is only on iOS that the prices went up? If it's only iOS, then it may be true that D3 had nothing to do with the increase.

    Also, since you CAN save your game and transfer it to any non-PC device, if you have access to an Android device it sounds like that's a good way to save $$ if you make in-app purchases.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    There's a ton of articles about it being Apple driven:

    http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/09/app ... se-europe/
    http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/8/751808 ... ope-canada
    http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/apple- ... d=28171648
    http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2 ... ces-europe
    http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/09/increased ... pp-prices/


    This Yahoo store says that Google never gets involved in pricing and lets Devs set it themselves, so Android may or may not eventually see a change.

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-rai ... 00325.html
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Well, shitballs, Apple. icon_e_sad.gif

    Time to pull out my **** android tablet just to buy HPs.
  • jojeda654
    jojeda654 Posts: 1,162 Chairperson of the Boards
    loroku wrote:
    Jamie Madrox wrote:
    Canada. Android. All Prices Same.
    Canada. iOS. Prices went up.
    This is a very important point - can others confirm it is only on iOS that the prices went up? If it's only iOS, then it may be true that D3 had nothing to do with the increase.

    Also, since you CAN save your game and transfer it to any non-PC device, if you have access to an Android device it sounds like that's a good way to save $$ if you make in-app purchases.

    Maybe. Here in the U.S., Play Store gifts cards almost never go on sale. Whereas, iTunes gift cards are frequently at least 5 dollars off the list price. Not sure if that's that case outside the U.S.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Last time I checked, the UK and Europe were already paying more for HP than the US was - but that was Android pricing.
  • JamieMadrox
    JamieMadrox Posts: 1,798 Chairperson of the Boards
    jojeda654 wrote:
    loroku wrote:
    Jamie Madrox wrote:
    Canada. Android. All Prices Same.
    Canada. iOS. Prices went up.
    This is a very important point - can others confirm it is only on iOS that the prices went up? If it's only iOS, then it may be true that D3 had nothing to do with the increase.

    Also, since you CAN save your game and transfer it to any non-PC device, if you have access to an Android device it sounds like that's a good way to save $$ if you make in-app purchases.

    Maybe. Here in the U.S., Play Store gifts cards almost never go on sale. Whereas, iTunes gift cards are frequently at least 5 dollars off the list price. Not sure if that's that case outside the U.S.
    The best deal you get in Canada now is 10% off cards of $50 or more. It used to be 20%.
    That said, I can buy on Google Play and have it billed directly to my mobile account so I don't need to use a gift card or credit card.
  • Dayv
    Dayv Posts: 4,449 Chairperson of the Boards
    If D3 has a pricing disparity between platforms, they will probably take action to resolve it. Eventually. The big question is whether iOS users should wait for the price to go back down or Android users should stock up before prices increase.

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