Salt And Sacrifice gets forced price rise in some regions thanks to Sony price matching
Ska Studios’ deal with Sony means Salt And Sacrifice has suddenly become cheaper or more expensive depending where you live.
Games usually don’t experience a price cut until long after they’ve released, but anyone planning to pick up Ska Studios’ Salt And Sacrifice will be pleased to hear that it’s already become cheaper.
Originally priced at £15.99, the 2D Soulsborne now only costs £12.99 on both the PlayStation Store and Epic Games Store on PC.
But while it’s become cheaper here the game’s price has changed elsewhere too, and in many cases it’s become more expensive.
In Brazil, for instance, Salt And Sacrifice was originally 37.99 Brazilian real (just over £6) and was increased to 104.90 Brazilian real (just under £17).
One Brazilian player approached Shane Lynch, one of Salt And Sacrifice’s developers, hoping that the increased price was a mistake and wanting to raise awareness.
Unfortunately for them, Lynch explained that it was intentional and that all prices had to be adjusted to match the game’s price on PlayStation, per Ska Studios’ deal with Sony and Epic Games.
Other countries to have experienced a price hike include India (450 Indian rupees to 1,331) and Turkey (33 Turkish liras to 153), according to a Reddit thread.
While these adjustments mean everyone has to pay roughly the same price for Salt And Sacrifice, regardless of country, the sudden change obviously hasn’t gone down well with everyone.
It’d be far less of a problem had these new prices been the original ones. Instead, many potential players who opted not to pre-order are choosing not to buy the game at all.
From the sound of things, the new prices didn’t apply to anyone who pre-ordered the game beforehand. So, early Brazilian and Indian players got the game
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