In Malaysia,
Stark Salary(20,000HP)/Mother Lode(78,000ISO) = MYR379.99 equals to iPhone 5s 16GB or 2TB Hard disk
Asgard Treasure(8500HP)/Rich Deposit(37,500ISO) = MYR189.99 equals to Razer mouse or almost a Steam Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Logan’s Loonies(2900HP)/Hidden Stash(13,200ISO) = MYR75.99, Fallout 4 is cheaper.
Sorry, FTP forever.
Interesting comparison process.
In Australia a Stark Salary is $AUD159.99 on an IOS device. That looks like it equates to roughly the value of a 4TB USB HDD.
It’s AU$129.99 on Android, so I guess if you’re going to spend a stupid amount of money on the game and own an iPhone, it’s probably cheaper to first buy a bottom end Android phone just to make the purchases on.
It looks like your Malaysian prices are about in line with Australian prices, which both seem marginally cheaper than the $100 I believe they charge in the US.
Wow, I had no idea I was paying so much extra just because I play on my iPad. Apple really do know how to turn a profit…
£79.99 in UK for a stark on an android
If I may - the good way to compare is to use the good, old Big Mac index.
I will give you an example:
Stark Salary costs 100 CHF in Switzerland where I currently reside. This amount would allow me to buy 15 Big Macs at the nearest McDonalds (6,5 per piece). At the same time the deal costs around 400 ZŁ in Poland where I come from, and that would allow you to buy 41 Big Macs!!!
This shows exactly how overpriced the F2P games are.
So let’s play some Economist and share you Big Mac index for the Stark Salary.
Switzerland - 15
Poland - 41
Malaysia - 40 Big Mac (Android)
United Kingdom = 25 Big Macs (Android)
I used to live in Switzerland,
I don’t miss the overpriced Big Macs
UK - 31 Big Macs (iOS)
Australia - 28 Big Macs (iOS)
Belgium -
Big Mac (burger only) 3,75€
Stark (iOS) - 109,99€
Stark = 29,33 Big Macs
Then again a Stark costs converted 128+ US dollar. OR A WHOPPING 28% MARK UP.
Equality between regions is not their thing. They’ve replied this every single time we asked. Even though personalized offers and A/B testing offers exist and there would be no reason not to just change how much HP one would get for the same dollar value. The claim is that the AppStore sets the pricing for items, but we have proof that they can change what gets offered for that price on a customer per customer basis.
I’ve long given up this fight though. They won’t listen.
(Also note the 6 Big Mac difference between the two UK answers above, just because they use a different ecosystem).
UK - 29[.36] Big Macs (steam)
You can actually buy 36[.8] Big Macs on iOS for the UK cost of a Stark, not 31.
30 - 40 big macs for 78,000 iso, which can be gained within a week, dev cannot ask why people don’t spend.
What are you using for the price of a Big Mac? It looks like the price varies across the UK. When I looked for an average I couldn’t find anything calculated less than six months ago but the one I found was £3.17 (or 31.5 BMs for £99.99). 36.8 BMs would imply a price of £2.71 each.
Here in the US (rural Midwest) a Big Mac normally runs around $4 (metro areas and the coasts would be higher). So 25 Big Macs for a Stark salary give or take. $100 for Stark salary on Steam.
To be fair though, local McDonald’s many times run 2 big Macs for $4 or $5 deals. The US dollar has strengthened significantly as well over the past months to year, it probably won’t continue that in the long-run.
All this talk of Big Macs is making me hungry.
I’ll confess I don’t eat at MaccyDee’s so didn’t know the price of a BigMac so had to google that badboy, to where I was informed a bigmac cost’s only 2.69? I remember them being more expensive…
Depends on the platform here. Stark is €92,99 on Steam and €99,99 on Android. The cost of a Big Mac is not fixed, but €3,75 would be an adequate average, i guess. I’ll check the local Mac tomorrow. So, depending on platform 24,8 or 26,6
On the 2 for 5 special, my $100usd stark would net 50 Big Macs and a lifetime of self loathing.
Not sure which spend is worse lol.