Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

[flatout]

Originally Posted by Vlad

Eh, sorry but actually us over here didn't pay $40.

I personally don't have a complaint about the edition (other that possibly being a little light on physical content) but for the sake of clarity, Gaz is from the UK too where in total it was £100, so we paid £60 for that additional content (since the plain game is around £40), that works out at ~$91.46.

Ah, I see. I forget how you guys get screwed on conversion. But it is kind of comparable as the game cost is a lot more so is the item cost (I mean game to content cost comparison). I have found that VAT is why your items are so high over there. When I order from EU and they take the VAT off it makes a huge difference (20% almost.. 19 I think).

But here in the US where it was $99 (though I paid $150 on second hand market) it was a good deal, or at the very least a decent value. Thousands would pay $40 for that replica alone if it were for sale.

Originally Posted by Viridius

Even worse, the collectors edition is $250 here in aus, versus about $70 for the game.

So we are paying $180 for that extra content.... :s

That is insane.

[Vlad]

Originally Posted by flatout

Ah, I see. I forget how you guys get screwed on conversion. But it is kind of comparable as the game cost is a lot more so is the item cost (I mean game to content cost comparison). I have found that VAT is why your items are so high over there. When I order from EU and they take the VAT off it makes a huge difference (20% almost.. 19 I think).

But here in the US where it was $99 (though I paid $150 on second hand market) it was a good deal, or at the very least a decent value. Thousands would pay $40 for that replica alone if it were for sale.

Yeah, I see what you mean.

Personally I like the replica, it's got some nice detail on it with all the writing and little bolts and the movement is nice on it.
One one hand (no pun intended) the full one would've been nice but realistically on the other, the half one might actually have been a better choice for me personally, not only for the cost which would've probably been eye-watering to import it but also for space, heh, I genuinely have no idea where I could've fitted a full-size arm.