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michael_stutzer on 23 July 2014
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famousringo said:
michael_stutzer said:

If you mean the UK by "there" then it is lolworthy. The game prices have increased by 30% compared to only a few years ago, while the prices in the US stay the same. The game prices there were half of the prices in my country and now they are very close, basically tied.

That is why I didn't buy a single game at retail for the last two years. The US PSN is all I have.


Back in 2008, the pound was worth $2 US dollars.

Just last year, it was lingering around at $1.5 USD.

That's 30%, right there. No need for a change in tariffs, taxes, or pricing strategy. It's as simple as currency exchange.

For game console hardware in particular, which all three manufacturers are regularly selling at a loss now, does anybody really think they'd just decide to use the loss-lead strategy everywhere except Europe? They charge those prices because that's what it costs them to sell a console in Europe.

Well, I was comparing them based on the prices in my country, in which the increases in the value of the dollars versus pound against the local currency is similar, if not in favor of pounds. I didn't know the exchange rate between the US dollar and the pound was so different compared to what I see. Though that seems strange and wrong to me but I am not really well-informed about monetary stuff. Thanks.

Though my approach seems to be wrong, my point still stands. Game prices are off as The Fury proves right below. The explanation for that doesn't matter because I was replying to the guy who were saying that game prices are much lower than the US.