Price discrepancy with The Sims 4 Lovestruck expansion pack

[sallycutecat]

The Sims 4 Lovestruck expansion pack became available for preorder today and I notice that it costs more than any other Sims 4 expansion pack. Expansion packs cost $50 NZ and they still show this as their full price, but Lovestruck is available for a whopping $70 NZ. This is higher than coverting US $40 to NZ $. A quick search has indicated that Lovestruck is still $40 in the US, the same as the other expansion packs, so why has it increased in New Zealand? I assume this is an error and hope to bring it to EA's attention so that it can be fixed soon.

[EA_Cade · Accepted solution]

Hey all,

We sometimes have to adjust prices based on changes in currency, which is why you may have noticed prices go up or down for The Sims 4 packs.

Impact is based on local currency; in some countries prices remained the same, while in others prices went up. The Sims 4 Expansion, Game, Stuff Pack and Kits pricing is consistent with both EA's and other major publishers' approach for each region.

[RaveDorian]

It's the same for us in Australia it's gone from 49.95 to 59.95

[ponyfhtagn]

yeah the price has gone up in Australia, too
why?

[CharlieAndZula]

Example for anyone outside of NZ and Australia.

[jpkarlsen]

@sallycutecat 

I don't know but could inflation have something to do with it?

[BeachBoo90]

I was genuinely shocked by the price increase when I logged into the EA app. And nothing was even said about it. Like surely it should remain the same price as other previous expansion packs? 

[RaveDorian]

If it was inflation it wouldn't make sense to just make new Zealand and Australia pay more but keep the same prices for the UK and the US

[sallycutecat]

@RaveDorian that makes sense because $40USD converts to $60AUD. We got the cheaper for a while and it was good while it lasted. But $40 USD is about $65NZD and they rounded it right up to $70 for us. 

Edit to clarify: I'm responding to your 1st comment about the pack being $59.95 now. I agree with your second comment, that it can't be inflation otherwise it would have gone up in the US and UK too.

[sallycutecat]

@BeachBoo90 they made an announcement about canadian prices going up back in 2018, but no word this time for us. The price should never increase by $20 without a word. I saw it and thought "that can't be right" but it's that same price everywhere it's available here.

[zoraaisling]

I wondered if it's a pre-order price.  If you want the running mascara you gotta pay extra for it?  Otherwise I don't think I'll be able to justify buying this until it's at on least half price sale!