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Old 04-24-2008, 01:38 AM   #55 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by spark240 View Post
It's not exactly a "problem." My understanding was essentially that U.S. buyers are getting a break, because the dollar has fallen so far, and Markus & Co. didn't want to charge the new "higher" dollar price that would be equivalent to a steady price in euros. So don't think of it as Europeans getting stuck with a higher price; think of it as Markus taking a hit on selling the game to us poorer Americans.
I thought it had something to do with taxes, or something out of OOTP Dev's control. I could be wrong. In any case, even if it was a discount, it would be a pretty inequitable one.
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