Highlights
- Players have discovered that some Platinum coin bundles in Diablo 4's in-game store don't actually save them any money.
- The Canadian version of the cash shop has a pricing discrepancy where a smaller bundle is actually a better value than a larger one.
- This is likely due to conversion rate issues between USD and CAD, raising questions about the accuracy of the shop's pricing and the value of in-game cosmetics.
A Diablo 4 fan recently discovered some of the bundles for Platinum coins don’t actually save players any money. This discrepancy is just one of many problems players have discovered with Diablo 4’s in-game store.
Diablo 4 is a live-service game that came with a $70 price tag. Diablo 4 also has new seasons that rotate every few months, each featuring premium Battle Passes and in-game cosmetics. Luckily, unlike Diablo Immortal, no player power is locked behind additional microtransactions.
That said, players have discovered one more reason to be upset with Diablo 4’s in-game store. Redditor and Diablo 4 fan Coderuss recently shared an image pointing out a huge problem with the Platinum coin bundles in the Canadian version of the cash shop. At first glance, the biggest bundle in the store seems to be the most valuable, but upon taking a closer look, Coderuss realized that players were better off buying a smaller bundle instead.
Other Diablo 4 players did the math and discovered exactly how many coins Canadian players get per CAD they spend on these bundles:
- The 133.49 CAD bundle gives players 86.14 Platinum coins per dollar.
- The 64.99 CAD bundle gives players 87.71 Platinum coins per dollar–nearly two more than the larger one.
- The other cheaper bundles offer a standard ascending value, with each one between three and six more coins per dollar than the one before it.
This discrepancy seems to be primarily because of the conversion rates between USD and CAD. For US players, the values seem to be as advertised; the first three bundles all give 100 coins per dollar, and the larger ones give an additional 12, 14, and 15 coins per dollar respectively. It wouldn’t be the first time Blizzard’s cash shop prices were messed up in some countries, so chances are someone on the Diablo 4 team got some numbers wrong while converting the shop costs over to CAD.
Needless to say, this detail did little to ingratiate players towards the Diablo 4 cash shop. Some players wondered how the metrics got so messed up just by converting the currency over, while others pondered who would actually spend over $100 on cosmetics in a game they already spend $70 just to buy. Either way, everyone agreed that any player interested in buying from the Diablo 4 in-game store should think twice and do the math before doing so–especially if their shop is in a currency other from USD.
Diablo 4 is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
