Blogger discovers unfair pricing structure on PlayStation Store

No one likes to be overcharged. Unfortunately, that’s what one customer of Sony‘s PlayStation Store has reported regarding the service. According to a certain Davin Warner, the difference in prices between the South African branch and the US branch just doesn’t cut it. More overpricing woes follow after the jump.

Ideally, it would be good if the prices on Sony‘s PlayStation Store were similar everywhere, regardless of which branch of the service you access. Unfortunately, that doesn’t appear to be the case for blogger Davin Warner.

Warner reportedly compared the pricing of the US PS Store with that of its South African counterpart and received a rather unpleasant surprise: the same titles were being sold for a more expensive price on the South African PS Store.

Warner even cited an example as evidence: the Sony PSP rhythm game Beats sells for R 40 (approximately US$ 5) on the US store, but sells for approximately R 75 (approximately $US 9) on the African branch of the store.

As it is, Warner regrets not having signed up for the US store to begin with, as the PlayStation Store only allows gamers to activate their PSP on one country setting. Perhaps that’s one of the things that Sony should address as it revamps the store this month.