Sony’s PlayStation Hedge Backfires as Dollar Costs Surge

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secpierre34 said:

pezus said:

They do get it cheaper though. The American taxes aren't high. Meanwhile, many European countries have very, very high taxes and VATs

I dont know how much your taxes are but I do know it's not cheaper. There are some good reasons behind it, if you listen to economists. I don't know these reasons well but I do know that the conclusion is that it is not that much more cheaper

i would say average tax in europe for those consoles is 20%. depends from country to country but i would say most have a tax between 18% and 23%

so you can say without tax ou price would be 333€ or ~445dollar. your price is 399 dollar without tax. but there are obviously also other costs for companies and these are probably higher for all the european market as only for one big market called usa.