Why the huge payment difference for the different countries?

Know the taxes are different but for example the largest pack that cost 100$ in norway cost 203.6$ in Norway. The special Launch offer costs 73.9$ in norway instead of 39.99$

Microsoft reason for this beyond the 25% tax we have on video games is? That there is 100%

|||A few regions are experiencing fixes to the season pass offers right now. :)
|||Thanks for the quik reply :)
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Good to hear that a fix is on its way!

But is thisalsothe case for the euro (€)? since 100€ is 143$ if i'm correct!

|||@Batsy Thank goodness! And thanks for a reply regarding this.|||

An other question, what if.... youalreadybought the Season Pass 1 for the full price, but the price drops cause of the issue's.

Will part of the money be refunded, get MS points instead or are you just an unlucky person?

Asking this since my brother bought the season pass 1already..

|||LOL the price for the Season 1 Pass just got raised from 999 SEK to 1199 SEK ($148 to $178). What is going aun ?!|||You have forgot to fix the prices for Switzerland.
199.- Swiss francs (around $250 USD) for Season 1 is realy insane!

If you half the swiss price, I buy it. Otherwise, I just thank you for the free content ;)|||

Last time I checked the price for the 6-month season costed 1199 SEK which is almost the double price then in US, if I had known this before pre-ordering my retail I for sure would have returned it and never ever looked at this game again...

And Batsybatsy; the "fixes" increased the prices here lol!

|||afaik there were no fixes yet
|||This is a little ridiculuz, fix it so I can buy a season pass. (NZD)
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There is a reason why there is not a straight conversion, and there was another thread on this same topic today.

This was my response.

"I think converting money from a business standpoint is a little more
complicated than just straight up conversions, you need to take the
economies of the country into consideration.

For instance, I
could go for a nice night out in the U.S. for let's say $200, many
countries I could do the exact same thing and end up spending only $20.
I can buy a premium civ for $20, not a single person in the other
country would buy a premium civ for $20 converted directly, that would
actually be like paying $200 to them."

I could go a lot deeper and say how the same night would be more U.S. $ in some countries etc. but I just typed it a bit in a hurry to try and get a point across. Possibly they need to adjust some of their stuff, but it very much makes sense to charge much more or less in U.S. $ straight conversion from one country to another.

You must realize that the U.S. economy is quite bad at this time and many of people in the U.S. couldn't move to many of your European countries and be comfortable if they remained with their U.S. salaries.

If you have traveled a lot around the world you will certainly understand this whole thing. You can basically be in one country and be average, another and be poor, or another and be rich, all with the same amount of currency. There is a lot more involved to figure out what people can or will be willing to pay for something on average than using an on-line currency converter or whatever.

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This isn't some complex process that takes into account socioeconomic information, it's just a flaw in their system. The upwards of 200% gaps between paying in USD or another currency is not intended, Sony had the same problem with purchasing Station Cash and they fixed it.

Hopefully Microsoft hurry up.