JazzB1987 said:
crissindahouse said:
yeah but like i said, if you calculate the tax out of it it isn't so bad, nintendo or other companies have to live with it.
sure there is still a difference of 25-30 dollar in most eu countries without tax for the $350 black wii u but therefore, at least for ps3 and 360, we get better prices at retail under the rrp if i'm not wrong. maybe not the first half year after release but then.
as example i can buy a vita for 200€ at german amazon. this would be $258 with tax and $217 without. on american amazon, the vita is $250 so us-americans have to pay more for a vita if you only count the price without tax.
and i could do the same with ps3 or 360, not sure about nintendo consoles.
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But on the other hand americans also have tons of deals and vouchers everywhere so the German amazon is not a "real" argument. I mean I know people who dont pay a penny for their food because they only pay with vouchers. totally crazy
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sure but still, i don't really believe a company makes much more here per sold unit as they do in usa. at least not as much as most people believe. they also have maybe higher expenses because of so many different markets, they have to advertise differently in all these smaller markets and so on...
it's the same with the gas price here in germany or other european countries and usa. in usa, gas is much cheaper but in usa, you don't get mileage allowance if i'm not wrong which makes the difference way smaller as people think when they talk about us gas prices. (i could be wrong with it but i believe usa doesn't have that). and sure, it's only for the distance from your house to the workplace 
