Just consider aaa releases costs 70 eur in europe , while The same game costs 60 dollars in US. And euro being stronger than dollar males me wonder that games in europe are more profit per copy than in usa .

No, more taxes is mostly the reason

^What those guys said. For example here in Germany we have a 19% VAT on almost everything.

In my country the tax is 23%. The price in Us is without tax. Well i think it is (i don't get a charge on psn now but I did before on my us account, maybe the state i choose is tax free now, can anyone confirm this?)
Of course, it is still uneven and unfair, but its not a rip off as people try to make it. I use my us account an buy new games for 45 euros on average.

taxes in europe vary form 15 - 25% and are already included in the final 69 Price
btw: u can get nearly every game for 59 euro at release day

21% taxes ftw!

But thats just half the story.


Eg.   PS4 $400 (=321€) vs 400€

312€ is the US price without tax now lets add 20% (average EU tax) 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% (averaging at around 6% or so)

So 321 * 1,2 = 385€ 

385€ is stlll not 400€ even tho we just assumed the tax in the US is 10% and then added another 10% "eurotax" on top of it.

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 typo 312/321 I fixed it before you submitted your reply.


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

It's just like in Brazil, the games costs $100, but we have 72% in taxes.