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Mad55 on 14 February 2011
Aielyn said:
Dinges said:

10 years ago when the Euro was introduced, the dollar had more value compared to the euro. But since 2002 the euro is more expensive than the dollar. The price for €1 is quite stable for some time now hanging at $1,35 (sure it has it's been lower and higher). Can someone tell me why most consoles (xbox 360 is an exception) and games cost the "same" in dollars as they cost in euro's? The price in pounds and yen are different, but not with the euro. Why is there such an exception?

Some examples: Playstation 3  costs (160 GB) €299 in EU - $299 in USA, Wii €199 vs $199, 3DS €249 vs $249.

Oh whinge, whinge, whinge - you're paying maybe 15-20% more than the US, after factoring in tax of about 20% or so.

Compare with Australia. Our GST is 10%, yet we're paying AU$499 over here for 160GB PS3. And just to be clear, AU$499 = US$500.40 = €371.

For Wii, we pay AU$299 = US$299.84 = €222.30. For 3DS, it'll be AU$349 = US$350 = €259.50... and Australia was *celebrating* that the system was cheaper than expected (the Wii launched at AU$399).

But you want to hear the worst part? Let's look at games (I'll use Wii games, for the roundness of the numbers). Call of Duty: Black Ops Wii, in US was US$50, in EU was €60, right? In Australia, it was AU$100 = US$100.30 = €74.35.

In all seriousness, EU has nothing to complain about.

lol damn homie.



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mundus6 on 14 February 2011

Sweden got 30% tax. I usually buy stuff from UK or Germany, since its cheaper. A game over here is usually twice as much as in USA.



mchaza on 15 February 2011

australia we are 1 to 1 with the US but the 3DS is 350 AUD, and whole 100 dollars more. 



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SvennoJ on 15 February 2011

You think that's bad? I was looking for some good headphones the other day

Yamaha RH10MS Futureshop Canada lists them at CAD 224.99

Amazon.com lists them at US 83.27 (too bad they don't ship to Canada)

Both before tax and the Canadian dollar is worth 1.01 US atm.

 

Microsoft points cost more over here too for no reason.

CAD 1.45 per 100 points in 500 point increments or 1400 points cards for CAD 19.99

US 1.25 per 100 points in 400 point increments or 1600 points cards for US 19.99

How much are they in Europe and Australia?



mchaza on 15 February 2011
SvennoJ said:

You think that's bad? I was looking for some good headphones the other day

Yamaha RH10MS Futureshop Canada lists them at CAD 224.99

Amazon.com lists them at US 83.27 (too bad they don't ship to Canada)

Both before tax and the Canadian dollar is worth 1.01 US atm.

 

Microsoft points cost more over here too for no reason.

CAD 1.45 per 100 points in 500 point increments or 1400 points cards for CAD 19.99

US 1.25 per 100 points in 400 point increments or 1600 points cards for US 19.99

How much are they in Europe and Australia?

I can get those headsets for around 160 CAD here in Australia from Ebay. Retail would be another story and be around 300-500 CAD. (btw AUD = CAD at the moment) 

MS points would be much more since we pay the same as 2 years ago when at 65 cents 



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menx64 on 15 February 2011

I know the topic was $ - EU, but I most add the prices in my country just for lol...

 Consoles - Games

PS3: $500-600 -  $90-80

360: $450-500-  $90-80 

Wii: $350-400-  $80-70

Ds: $250-$200-  $50-40

Psp: $300-400    S50-40

3DS: unknown... Scary...



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mchaza on 15 February 2011
menx64 said:

I know the topic was $ - EU, but I most add the prices in my country just for lol...

 Consoles - Games

PS3: $500-600 -  $90-80

360: $450-500-  $90-80 

Wii: $350-400-  $80-70

Ds: $250-$200-  $50-40

Psp: $300-400    S50-40

3DS: unknown... Scary...


3DS is around 345-350 dollars in Europe, hence the reason why europe is really getting an bad deal while americans get an great deal 



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Staude on 15 February 2011
Slimebeast said:

Europeans have a 15-20% sales tax included in the price.


25 percent in Denmark. Then again, we don't have the euro :P though our currency is equally stable.



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ithis on 15 February 2011
menx64 said:

I know the topic was $ - EU, but I most add the prices in my country just for lol...

 Consoles - Games

PS3: $500-600 -  $90-80

360: $450-500-  $90-80 

Wii: $350-400-  $80-70

Ds: $250-$200-  $50-40

Psp: $300-400    S50-40

3DS: unknown... Scary...

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eliasg on 15 February 2011

Only Microsoft is selling its consoles at the given currency of Euro and Dollar, but still selling less than the competition in most Europian countries. 



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