PS4: South African game prices shock on PSN

While the PSN service and its PS Plus subscription may
be an attractive prospect in your leap to next-gen, the
PSN store prices are out of touch with what SA retail
stores are charging .

[Kyur4ThePain]

R6,300. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[ooquis]

Ek gan reeds volgende jaar US toe om te werk. Dan bring ek klomp PS4's terug en smouse dit in SA.

[Bundi]

Dibs!

[Detoxx]

You mad.

[WitWolfy]

Good luck with that, make sure you add a step up transformer with it... 110V in a 220V will end with people on your doorstep with pitchforks brah.

[DestinyHeroDoomlord]

I was actually expecting it to be R7000. I wasn't expecting the crazy game prices though

[CZUM]

No need to lament. Here in Poland w have prices for PSN games around ~100 USD (304 PLN) pretty much the same is in UK. In RPA is only 80 Bucks.

Best solution is to buy games on USPSS.

[Fil101]

So that's why there is so many polish in Britain.

[Thevariance]

I saw this coming from a mile away. At least South Africa is getting the console in December and the retail price is not as bad as it could have been (approx $630), considering there is an import duty, excise and value added tax added to the $400 price. I cannot, however, see that there is enough demand for digital, as South Africa is already poor in relation to other countries where the price of digital is regarded as too high.

[CaulkSlap]

Wow I thought just full MSRP was bad enough for digital games. That only gets ridiculous when you can find it in stores for $20 and it's still $60 online. For South Africa this is just insanity if they expect people to ever switch over to primarily digital downloads.

[caseh]

This is the same for ALL regions, not just SA.

UK/EU gets shafted the hardest, then AUS, RSA and other regions, US or something to that extent.

[DestinyHeroDoomlord]

With an average of 2mbps (last time I checked) I seriously doubt anyone's going primarily digital

[PaulFiend]

Hmm, lets see, they charge 649 UAH (~79 USD) for Killzone Shadow Fall here in Ukraine. Could have been worse.

[Bundi]

I'm not sure what the rationale is here, do they think we'll see the convenience of digital as enough incentive to pay the premium?
Digital means a loss of ownership, control and resalability. Why does it cost more? On the publishers' side, they have eliminated disc manufacturing, packaging and shipping costs as well as the retailer's cut so I do not see the non greedy logic for such crazy prices.

It is almost like they see digital as the ultimate cash grab, unabated by those "oppressive" retail stores.

This is sickening. Shame on you EA and Acti especially.
Not cool Sony, your prices may be cheaper but they are still more than retail.
If I can't resell it, shouldn't you guys be trying to convince me to buy digital by lowering the price?

[bieluk]

In Poland 100 $ :)

https://store.sonyentertain...

1 $ = 3,09 PLN

[g-nome]

Buy retail , sell it afterwards , or wait for used games to become available. Do not support crazy digital version prices.

[nick309]

Shocking? No. Besides the us worldwide prices are always extremely expensive , retail&digital.