[BLOG] Non-US Markets To See Hearthstone Prices Raises

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[BLOG] Non-US Markets To See Hearthstone Prices Raises

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Times move on, economics change and so prices eventually go up. The same it seems applies to Hearthstone prices... but only in non-US markets it seems.



The price changes were announced by Blizzard and will be coming in from March 22nd, and will affect the prices of Hearthstone card packs, adventure wings and arena tickets. Right now, a lot of non-US players are not very happy, but nowhere is less happy than the UK which has seen rises of 20 to 50 percent more on prices compared the the EU's flat 11 percent change. Of course, the UK is one of the few EU countries which kept its currency when the Euro came in, and last summer just over half the country voted to get the UK out of the UK aka Brexit. So this might be why.



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Here are the EU and UK prices with the older price in brackets:



EU
  • 2 Packs – €2.99 (€2.69)
  • 7 Packs - €9.99 (€8.99)
  • 15 Packs - €19.99 (€17.99)
  • 40 Packs - €49.99 (€44.99)
  • 60 Packs - €69.99 (€62.99)
  • Adventure Wing - €6.99 (€5.99)
  • Arena Ticket - €1.99 (€1.49)


UK
  • 2 Packs - £2.99 (£1.99)
  • 7 Packs - £8.99 (£6.99)
  • 15 Packs - £16.99 (£13.99)
  • 40 Packs - £44.99 (£34.99)
  • 60 Packs - £59.99 (£47.99)
  • Adventure Wing - £6.99 (£4.99)
  • Arena Ticket - £1.99 (£1.49)


As you can see in this chart put together by redditor War_Master_WM, purchases now cost more in both markets than they do in the US, whereas previously they had been slightly cheaper. Right now the US market prices are NOT changing which has done little to calm down the European and other players.



"We regularly look at our pricing around the world, and from time to time we make changes such as these to align with local and regional market conditions," Blizzard wrote on Battle.net. "The price of the Un’Goro prelaunch bundle offer will not be affected by this change and will remain the same until launch."
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