PS3 sales surge 400% on back of price cut in Australia

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NiKKoM said:

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czecherychestnut said:
Yeah the PS3 went from $499 for the 160GB version to $349, so much much cheaper. The Australian dollar has been over parity with the US dollar for a while now, so I guess Sony used the opportunity to re-align the price better with the US. Still getting ripped off though, works out to be the equivalent of $US370, but that applies with everything in Australia, not just PS3's.

We get ripped off in Europe too, if it makes you feel better.

Everything is $1=€1, so we pay $US360 (€250).

It's funny when Americans complain that their games are $US60 when we pay €75, which is $US108.

?? Damn that is a huge difference in Europe.. in the netherlands new PS3  games are 50 to 60 euro's... get them from the UK and you pay 40 to 50 euro's for the new games..  I think zavvi.com has a spanish site: zavvi.es you can pay with creditcard or paypal

Yes, you're right. I always buy them online. I never pay those prices for games.

I meant retail. They're usually €69 if the game is meh and €70+ if the game is good. And many people just buy them at retail so...

But they're still cheaper in the Netherlands...