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Minecraft should have different prices in different countries

I think U$26,95 is a fair price for developed countries, but in other countries where the economy is not so strong, this price is multiplied by many times, making it too expensive to acquire.

Making a balance in the price could bring more people to play Minecraft since it's impracticable for many people in sub developed countries.

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To people criticizing this idea, other games do this type of thing, for example, Cyberpunk 2077 is U$60 that would be R$315 (my currency), but the game here costs R$200 (still expensive but it's not even released yet).

Minecraft costs U$27 that is R$142 in conversion, and that's what you have to pay, which is a lot, especially for kids to ask their parents.

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    It would also introduce a grey market where people from more developed nations would shop around for the lowest price before purchasing. Why pay $27 for the (insert first world country) version if I can get the (insert developing nation country) version for $10? Unless you are suggesting that the less expensive version be either feature-limited (in which case nobody would buy it) or geolocked (in which case it would be cracked in days and we're back to square one).

    It's not that I don't sympathize. But I honestly don't see how this could work in an open global marketplace.

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    Minecraft costs the same no matter what country you are in. Plus it wouldn't be very smart to change the price depending on the country, especially when there are VPNs that could change your IP.

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    oh thank goodness, I was severely worried that this was going to be a racist post. I think that decreasing the price and making it more accessible in developing countries wouldn’t be such a bad idea. a better idea however, would be to eat the rich!!

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    Two things:

    1: If you think geolocking would be cracked in days, you are definitely an optimist.

    2: HKD price is more expensive than pounds already

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    This! This is a very good idea but as other people said, there will be people with better economic backgrounds that will take advantage of this. A solution would be to implement language barriers; if someone pays in Turkish Lira for example, the game should be in Turkish exclusively for that person (this will probably have problems in the long run though). Especially with the coronavirus, my local currency has dropped unimaginably. Minecraft is 23.95 euros, and it's 205TL in conversion, which is a lot.

    Someone else commented: "No offense, but I think people of lower developed countries have way different problems to worry about (especially, when they can't afford Minecraft as it is now)." - Please don't be so out of touch, just because Minecraft is expensive to us doesn't mean we can't afford food or shelter. 

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    GET A VPN

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    GET A VPN

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    This is a great idea because due to corona the economy dropped like crazy and it's not affordable in developing countries but I have concerns that the developed country people will probably take advantage of this to get it for cheaper but still good suggestion, but I think it is good to keep the game in english for everybody.

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    sabias que es ilegal hacer eso?

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    Minecraft Bedrock Edition's price already changes in the Windows Marketplace depending on your country. I live in Turkey, so the game went from 25$ to 5$ only. Try getting bedrock edition from the Windows Marketplace if you can't afford Java edition.

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    On the website, it says that it costs $29.99 USD. Where I live it costs $49.95. I'm not gonna pay $20.00 more for the exact same game, they already get so much income from the game itself.