The PlayStation 4; don't be surprised if it is "free" at launch

[Scisca]

Aielyn said:

Scisca said:

Aielyn said:

Scisca said:

Please use a real currency, not Australian wallnuts.

The Australian dollar is worth more than the US dollar. If any currency is "wallnuts", it's the US one. And then you have to factor in sales tax separately, over there, whereas all costs, including taxes, are included in the Australian price.

The exchange rate tells nothing about the strenght of a currency. And by calling it wallnuts I meant that to people outside of Australia $AU 400 is as clear of a message as if I told you that PS4 is going to cost 1500-1600 PLN. Let's stick to US $ or Euro, currencies that tell something to everyone.

US-centric and Euro-centric argument doesn't fly with me. As long as currencies float relative to each other, and vary in value, using any particular currency will suffer the same problem - if you tell me that something costs US$100, most of the time I'll have to load up google and ask it what 100 USD is in AUD. Just because US dollars are easier for YOU to think of, doesn't mean it's true of everyone.

That's just your problem. You guys know what US $100 tranfers into in Australia, you know that say a US $50 game is AU $80, right? I don't know the relations in your country and I don't care about them. Even if in real world US 1$ = AU 1$, that tells us nothing, cause as you said earlier in the topic you guys include tax and like us Europeans, you get ripped off for games and consoles, so people outside of Australia really have no clue as to what AU$ 100 actually means. That's why you should use a currency that is widely used, recognised and that allows everyone to understand what a given price actually means. I'm not giving you prices in my currency, you shouldn't be using yours, cause it means nothing to people outside of your country and this is an international forum. It's a manner of basic respect for other users.