Price increase news

[INKS]

15 minutes ago, Mogger351 said:

First look at the new prices:

 

https://www.darksphere.co.uk/gwrise25.php?utm_source=Dark+Sphere+Newsletters&utm_campaign=a845719279-160806_DeathMasque_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e5739860a2-a845719279-83622997

thanks for this, so it's up about 2-3 dollars an item

[N1SB]

Brothers, don't turn on our Brothers.  I understand the confusion...because I was confused, too.

 

I had to check with my AI tool of choice and you can, too.  Ask your AI of choice about how Tariffs affect Gross Profit Margin, that's the actual term in finance, Core Gross Margin is GW's own jargon to rightly distinguish between their Core miniatures/paints/rulebooks business vs. Licensing, because they know how important Warhammer the tabletop is.  Your AI will show you it goes into this fundamental bucket of Cost of Goods Sold, rather than just a tax on the consumer.  And if you keep talking, the AI will show you it's the way Tariffs hit even before the goods get into the store, you have to pre-pay this tax, and that's why this cost hits the manufacturer, and ripples to us.

 

Lastly, GW isn't profiting from this, and I think that's the point everyone was making, that's all.  GW's following the laws of countries they operate in.  It was a government that made these Tariffs into law...and even it is confused, I think it's going into its Supreme Court.  People always talk about corporate greed, fine.  But think about your own expenses if you're of working age, just a rough percentage of what you pay to whom, no single organisation will take more money from you than a government.  It's gonna be like 1/3 to 1/2 goes to a government, 1/4 to rent or mortgage, then SOME of the remainder goes to Warhammer.  A corporation might be an overpriced piece of wargear; a government is a Lord of War!

[ursvamp]

I get that you jest.

But it’s kind of wild to try and soften corporate greed by comparing it to paying for schools,  roads, hospitals, national security, etc. 

Edited yesterday at 05:06 AM by ursvamp

[EuroHobbes]

I'm still on the fence on warhammer+, does anybody know if they will increase that price as well?

[Grotsmasha]

1 hour ago, EuroHobbes said:

I'm still on the fence on warhammer+, does anybody know if they will increase that price as well?

 

I think if you pay the Annual Subscription upfront, it is worth the money. The cost is equivalent to 10 months not 12, and you can order your free model after the first month rather than after the 12.

Everyone thinks about WarhammerTV when thinking about Warhammer+, but most forget about the Vault, and it's a fantastic amount of back catalogue Lore to dig through.

[Blindhamster]

7 minutes ago, Grotsmasha said:

 

I think if you pay the Annual Subscription upfront, it is worth the money. The cost is equivalent to 10 months not 12, and you can order your free model after the first month rather than after the 12.

Everyone thinks about WarhammerTV when thinking about Warhammer+, but most forget about the Vault, and it's a fantastic amount of back catalogue Lore to dig through.

 

I've also used the army builder & rules reference it provides. Make use of the content and it is indeed a reasonable cost. Don't? Then no, obviously it won't be.

[Emperor Ming]

40k...an adventure for capitalism made by capitalism

 

Buy today! to support the beauty of capitalism

 

Is anyone actually surprised anymore? usual increases and 40ks popularity is still going up up up

 

The highest this year and its not even an edition release year...

[Nephaston]

8 minutes ago, Emperor Ming said:

The highest this year and its not even an edition release year...

Except for the release of 30k 3rd edition this year (and apparently Blood Bowl as well?)

[ZeroWolf]

50 minutes ago, Nephaston said:

Except for the release of 30k 3rd edition this year (and apparently Blood Bowl as well?)

They may just mean with regards to 40k. Plus isn't the reason it's so high at the moment because of licensing?

[DarkMark]

17 hours ago, INKS said:

thanks for this, so it's up about 2-3 dollars an item

Looks like a lot of even recent items are included. Good old GW, never change. 

[Interrogator Stobz]

Considering UK inflation is still sitting around 6% (it is still falling though) a 4% rise in GW prices is modest.  

Capitalism is all about having the most favorable % rate, be it income, expenditure, taxes etc. So GW are being modest with this. 

Those of us in countries with better inflation rates will be hit harder for our toys, but there's nothing extreme here.

[phandaal]

11 hours ago, EuroHobbes said:

I'm still on the fence on warhammer+, does anybody know if they will increase that price as well?

 

If you are doing it for brand new animations, no because they just don't release new animations. 

 

But if you want it for all of the other stuff then it seems like a good deal for what you do get. You can check out all kinds of old magazine and book back issues, for example.

 

Very doubtful that GW raises the price on W+ when they seem to be offering so many incentives to get people signed up. W+ seems to be in the same category as things like paints, where GW actually has to compete and so they do not raise prices as often.

[Dark Shepherd]

7 hours ago, Nephaston said:

Except for the release of 30k 3rd edition this year (and apparently Blood Bowl as well?)

If they can make record profits off Chaos Dwarfs, Saturnine Termies, and a video game then heck knows how much theyll make next year with 11th :)

[roryokane]

6 hours ago, Interrogator Stobz said:

Considering UK inflation is still sitting around 6% (it is still falling though) a 4% rise in GW prices is modest.  

Capitalism is all about having the most favorable % rate, be it income, expenditure, taxes etc. So GW are being modest with this. 

Those of us in countries with better inflation rates will be hit harder for our toys, but there's nothing extreme here.

I thought CPI inflation was around 4%? Or are you using RPI?

[Interrogator Stobz]

I just googled it, can't remember which came up; but even at 4% all they're doing is matching it. Not unreasonable IMHO.

[sarabando]

best part of 30 quid for a single character mini....... 

2 and a half hours work at minimum wage for a single mini. 

 

i know its fashionable to bash GW and cry the sky is falling but this really is a joke. 

 

only thing i think il buy from GW going forward is shares.

[kabaakaba]

I know it's not GW to blame, but once this news is out our profeteers rise prices by 15% even gw don't yeat. 

[Vassakov]

1 hour ago, sarabando said:

best part of 30 quid for a single character mini....... 

2 and a half hours work at minimum wage for a single mini. 

 

i know its fashionable to bash GW and cry the sky is falling but this really is a joke. 

 

only thing i think il buy from GW going forward is shares.

 

It's a luxury product, marketed as such. 

 

Wage stagnation is probably the bigger, underlying issue here - but even so, I'm still not convinced that compared to the prices of necessities (food, energy, water, petrol) or even other luxury products (I'm a Cineworld Unlimited Member, otherwise I'd never to the cinema at modern prices) I'm not convinced GW's prices are as obscene as many are want to cry. 

 

Though the advantage of a competitive market is that the consumer can make their own decisions. We'll see what the future holds. 

[DemonGSides]

2 hours ago, Vassakov said:

 

It's a luxury product, marketed as such. 

 

Wage stagnation is probably the bigger, underlying issue here - but even so, I'm still not convinced that compared to the prices of necessities (food, energy, water, petrol) or even other luxury products (I'm a Cineworld Unlimited Member, otherwise I'd never to the cinema at modern prices) I'm not convinced GW's prices are as obscene as many are want to cry. 

 

Though the advantage of a competitive market is that the consumer can make their own decisions. We'll see what the future holds. 

 

Prices are obscene everywhere. It makes it slightly more palatable but $45 for $.50 of plastic is still a pretty laughable trade.

 

I'm still gonna pay it because I'm an idiot, but that doesn't mean it's okay. Boats costing an arm and a leg doesn't diminish this boardgame being ridiculously expensive for what you get. 

[Karhedron]

Rather than looking at profit margins and exchange rates, a better question is whether the money spent gives you entertainment. I enjoy assembling and painting my models (which will normally take me a couple of weeks for a typical unit), I also enjoy playing with them which is potentially indefinite (or at least until GW sends them to Legends ).

 

So a typical infantry squad costs about the same as 4 cinema tickets which would provide me with about 8 hours of entertainment. In terms of hours, I probably get more than 8 hours of fun building and painting a unit. I also have the unit to keep and game with at the end. So if you comparison is cinema visits then I would say GW models still represent decent value for money.

 

Of course, other comparisons are available.

[phandaal]

7 hours ago, sarabando said:

best part of 30 quid for a single character mini....... 

2 and a half hours work at minimum wage for a single mini. 

 

i know its fashionable to bash GW and cry the sky is falling but this really is a joke. 

 

only thing i think il buy from GW going forward is shares.

 

No kidding! I would be very happy to be a substantial shareholder for Games Workshop.