Selling in Europe is better than in US ?

[vivster]

JazzB1987 said:

vivster said:

JazzB1987 said:

Ninsect said:
No, more taxes is mostly the reason

But thats just half the story.


Eg.   PS4 $400 (=312€) vs 400€

312€ is the US price without tax now lets add 20% on top of that (no state in the US has 10% as far as I know all either have none 4, x 6,x and the max is like 9.45%)

So 312 * 1,2 = 374.40€

374.40€ is stlll not 400€ even tho we just added 10% extra tax on top that does not even exist in the US.

What a weird calculation. Taxes aren't going into the pockets of the companies. Try this one.

PS4 is 321€ in US without taxes.

PS4 324€ in Germany without taxes.

And there are countries with an even higher VAT so it pretty much adds up. Add to that all the legal fees, added budget for localisation and other complicated stuff and it's actually a lot worse for a company to release in Europe.

400  / 119 * 100 = 336 not 324€


You replied to the old "version" of my comment where I made a type 312/321.


This is now with a 1€ = $1,2453 exchange rate.  Now go back a few years and use the 1€ = $ 1,49 rate instead.

Yep, calculated from the wrong end. Now you only have to read the rest of what I wrote and others have mentioned to realize that it's not cheaper for companies to release a europe wide video game.

A few years back all video games cost 60€ in Europe. The 70€ price point has only been around since the start of Gen8.