Iron price INCREASED. WTF TC?

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#34

I think it’s a response, led by greed obviously - the lower prices were raised, not the higher prices lowered - as regards the previously borderline false advertising behind some of the ‘bonus’ iron on offer.

For example…

Was £6.99 for 1000 iron.

2000 iron was £14.99, which is more than £6.99 x 2, £1.01 more to be exact. Ah, but you get ‘bonus’ iron, 250 of it. Where I come from, a ‘bonus’ such as this, is expected to be an entirely free extra thank you, not a partially paid for one.

Same applies at the previous price points for the 5k and 10k iron bundles, where again, some of that ‘bonus’ was paid for when comparing with stacking up the 1k price.

Extremely disingenuous behaviour at best, but hey, it’s now solved by the upping the lower prices.

Although, I don’t blame TC for this. A poor Gears game, on them by and large. But…

There will be a team dedicated to pricing iron / dresses, with their sole aim being to use all the data they have in order to make as much money as possible from selling it all. These aren’t the devs btw - and I genuinely believe that most devs really do just want to make great games that people enjoy - they’re analysts, marketing muppets, pricing specialists. Consumers are wallets to these people, nothing more, nothing less.

(As an aside, it is always funny to see people happily, indeed proudly, display that they’ve been fleeced for as much as a team of analysts thought they could be fleeced for. Pure gold!)

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#35

Oh sheit! The did it to in Norway,the prices are crapppy from before,now its even worse!

#36

Ouch is my term,sadly I wonder why they have done this,not that I’ve bought any iron,still (waiting on TAI please) my wallet wont open up (sorry)til he’s available

#37

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#38

I absolutely hate it. Unlike real iron, TC has an infinite supply of iron and it holds absolutely zero practical value in the real world. All it does is poorly hide the fact that their prices for store items are a complete joke. Considering those items are just more things that TC has an infinite supply of and hold absolutely zero practical value in the real world. Iron is a pointless intermediary they use so they can claim that store items are earn able through the ToD, even tho that amount of iron caps at 5 dollars, which is not enough for a measly Boltok execution. TC is the actual worst

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#39

Looking to share some codes.

#40

Yea, Iron is the new Credits, except you don’t earn by playing, like in GOW4, where you were rewarded for putting more time into the game. Now, the max you can get is 500 every 3 months, it’s pretty hilarious how they didn’t even try to make it seem like they were attempting to be fair with the earn-rate of Iron.

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#41

We’re working on it at the moment… :grin:

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#42

I posted this on Reddit and wanted to relay it here also…

So we’ve been seeking out answers on this this morning - we don’t actually control the MS Store conversion rates of Iron and it appears this was done due to some conversion rates being off. Iron costs $5, and the price changes have aligned to the actual conversion rates apparently (ie. Iron being $5 USD + Tax).

This happened due to our partners addressing the feedback around Iron store pricing not making sense - for example, some bundles of Iron were more expensive than buying the equivalent multiples of the 500 Iron pack which was completely unintended. The incorrect conversion was part of that.

To be frank, we were not aware this change was coming or we would have at least communicated on it with some context rather than the out-of-left-field surprise it’s turned out to be. That’s on us and we’ll establish better processes with our partners for the future.

I also want to reiterate that we are continuing to bring your feedback into the studio on pricing and discussions are ongoing. I know that feels like a hollow statement at this point - you want action, obviously - but we want you to know that your feedback is being heard.

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TC have officially lost their minds
#43

Damn it WHY did people post and mentioned in Forums/videos that the lower iron packs were actually more PROFITABLE!!???
Now I had to buy a 500 iron pack cause that price did not rise in the german version… YET

#44

So, instead of lowering prices of biggest bundles
They decided rise the price of the minimal amount.

Don’t know who’s on charge in that marketing team, but man, they’re really trying to get fired.

#45

This game is trash can’t believe we have to buy iron to get cosmetics. Why do y’all buy me this ■■■■

#46

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#47

TC becoming the new Bethesda.

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#48

Octus gave a valid response and people are still going on like it was a malicious change sigh

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#49

King dollar!

As other currencies fall against USD, my iron becomes more valuable.

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#50

Here is my feeback:

Until an hour ago 500 iron was 2200 CLP and now its 4000. 1000 was 4400 and now 7000. Sure now it makes sense since it is actually “cheaper” to buy larger packs instead of several 500 ones, but c’mon, those prices are absurd!

Prices were already high to begin with and I decided to only go for a few select items (character skins that while are not available yet everyone expects them to show up at some point). Now with the prices the way they are and with all due respect, ■■■■ this ■■■■■■■■, no way I’m buying anything from the store.

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#51

The prices for the U.S. didnt rise at all.

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#52

It’s all part of The Coalition’s master plan. Slowly decrease store item prices and slowly increase the price of iron. An ingenious master plan that the masses simply won’t be able to notice.

I jest of course. It was only like the 500 iron and 1000 iron that increased so I guess just avoid tjose two for now?

#53

Good thing Iron is completely unnecessary then.

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