Minecraft might be changing price in your region

[galros]

I heard yesterday that Mojang :notch: will raise the price of minecraft user license. That's right. So, if you have friends who would like to buy minecraf user license, please check the link below and see the planned price increases in your region. Prices will be raised on Monday, May 23, 2016
:diamond:
More information:
https://mojang.com/2016/05/minecraft-might-be-changing-price-in-your-region/

(https://mojang.com/2016/05/minecraft-might-be-changing-price-in-your-region/)

[InsaneJ]

I've made a table to show how crazy these price increases are:



Country

Currency
Old price
New price
Increase in percentage


US
USD
26.95
26.95
Microsoft HQ sits here



Australia
AUD
25
35
+ 40%


Brazil
BRL
-
99
∞ They are paying too much now.


Canada
CAD
28
35
+ 25%


Switzerland
CHF
23
23
- Rich friends and illegal money are here. So they still get a discount!



China
CNY
165
165
- Don't want to upset the biggest growth market



Denmark
DKK
149
180
+ 20.8%


Europe
EUR
19.95
23.95
+ 20% This used to be the base price.


UK
GBP
17.95
17.95
- They were already paying too much. They still are.


Hong Kong
HKD
210
210
- They were already paying too much. They still are.



Norway
NOK
149
229
+ 53.7%


New Zealand
NZD
32
40
+ 25%


Poland
PLN
80
100
+ 25%


Russia
RUB
1400
1900
+ 35.7%


Sweden
SEK
169
225
+ 54.31%


Taiwan
TWD
800
800
- No change



Japan
JPY
-
3000
∞ They are paying too much now.


Korea
KRW
-
30000
∞






Average increase (not counting ∞/-): 30.5%




If you haven't bought Minecraft yet. This should be enough incentive to pirate the game from here on out. Games should become cheaper over time, not get a 30% price increase. Screw you Microsoft. Screw you Mojang :mad:

[Heptagon_ru]

Converting USD price to RUR gives 1800 roubles, not 1900. Interesting.