Notice it's only a 50% discount for 1700 gems now and it used to be 53%. But it costs $16 more for that 3%. Seems shady to jack the price up right before a race.

@B-Rye All in game purchases went up for me as well yesterday. I think it has to do with where you live as myteam mates are unaffected Im in Australia, discounted 1700 gems used to be 65 dollars...now they are 80 dollars.

They've lost my buying till it drops

@B-Rye Are you from australia? Are you using Android ?

@Yuan-Zhou-Zheng I'm using an android and I'm from canada

As long as players try to buy there way to the top instead of earning it the price will raise up and up

Well hopefully it deters enough people that they drop it back down

I haven't noticed any increase here in Ireland yet but tbh, the eurozone is about the most expensive place to buy gems so it would be completely unfair to jack up the price any more here. If other places are brought into line with us, I have no problem. not to mention "that" particular incident with the supposed upper classes of our little society

Well now i have to pay $59 usd for 1700 gems vs $50 in the us. Im not sure how much you have to pay in the eurozone.

It's the same for me in Hungary (still way more than it should be).

In Australia it just went up for Android devices from $65 to $80 for a large pack on discount. Not that I am spending anymore after the recent nerf of DBG and the treatment I received from support afterwards. Not sure whether iOS went up as well as they were already on the higher gem price....

... but doesn't really matter as for as long as they treat their customers like dirt, all they get from me is dust!

@David-ML I have an iPad and the in game purchases have always been more expensive there. This is why I initially thought that it was an Australia tax issue, but since Canadians are also experiencing the price hike, I am not so sure. Anyways, it's a good time as any to leave the game, I have spent way too much on this game and a +20% increase is not something I am looking forward to. On a separate note, if you use amazon coins I think you can get the same discount rate as before assuming you buy the most expensive bundle.

@Yuan-Zhou-Zheng I am not leaving the game anytime soon. I enjoy playing it too much. I was never a big spender, only occasionally bought the odd pack if I was in the mood. My game is advanced enough, I don't really need to buy gems. And I despise how this company treats their customers, so there is no way that I will ever spend a penny again! But this is completely separate from my enjoyment of the game!

@Fox why did you do this?

@keki14 what did Fox do during her vacation?

@Marianne-van-Es I wanted to ask someone from SP about these price changes and she was the only one in my mind. I didn't know she's on vacation.

@keki14 i understand you didnt know that but by asking it this way you sort of implying she is somehow responsible. What I know is that the prices in the stores are not only determined by SP the stores also do certain changes that has to do with exchange rates.

My information about this is the game\app company set the price range for a pack .and this price is converted to each country currency by apple or google . so in our case

If the 1700 gem pack price increased for all countries then it is SP action
If the 1700 gem pack price increased in certain countries then it is apple\google action

@Haka-Taka Europe (euro) hasn't changed still the same

I had a dig around and apparently its called the 'netflix tax' in Australia. The government is charging GST on intangible products including in game purchases. The developer is just passing on the costs down to us. It kind of sucks but we are lucky it has taken so long to come into effect.

@Yuan-Zhou-Zheng not the developer but the store

@Yuan-Zhou-Zheng
No doubt that played a part. But GST is 10% in Australia. This is a 23% increase.

@C0ntr1v3d

If you look at the netflix price increase in Australia, you can see that the percentage increase differs based on which plan you look at. The basic plan got roughly a 10% hike whereas the premium plan was increased by 20% from 13.99 to 17.99. So its not a flat 10%, though i am not sure why

@Marianne-van-Es sorry about that, I only wanted to ask her because she works for the company, so maybe she knows something. That "you" in my question was not for her, it was for the company.

Maybe if Australia has a stable genius in charge instead of 7 PM’s in 10 years the gems prices wouldn’t be so volatile

@Yuan-Zhou-Zheng you're still about $4 cheaper than here

@Marianne-van-Es the Europe price was always bigger than that of US for the very same product.
An Euro is bigger than an USD so technically by conversion, it should cost less in numerical value but same in cash value(after conversion) . Instead, it cost more in cash and in numerical values as well

@ArCLoRd I know that but my reaction was that these adjustments as talked by OP is not SP but the stores as Haka explained if all prices go up its SP if only some goes up its the stores and as you said they are always this high in Eurozone but nevertheless the same

Hi guys,

Some countries did increase the prices, I know of Australia and Canada. This was due to the decision of the stores. I don't know the details, unfortunately.

very nice post