250 Euro's = $348. VAT reduces the disparity some. I don't know how much the cost would be without VAT but in America we average about $20 extra with our taxes so actual retail costs are about $270 for a Wii.

Localization and distribution is a big chunk as well. It's a rough guess but I'd say that may bring it up to $300. The disparity is now $48 dollars or about 34 Euro's.

Let's do the same thing for a game. 60 Euro's = $83. Our taxes bring the $60 USD to about $65 on average (sales tax varies by state and even local county). Localization and distribution is likely an extra $10 so the difference is then $8 USD or about 5.7 Euro's.

All estimates which could be higher or could be lower.

Unless you use the VGC store on Amazon.com :)

That's wrong because a wii retails for €235 here...

Then why the hell did you just say it was 250 Euro's?

Because big stores can let it retail for 235 euros and small stores for 250 euros. And I re-read ur post again and you're right, I saw a € sign were there actually was a $ sign. My mistake :)

Maybe the core of Europe but not Engalnd. Games become cheap really quickly if you look for good deals. LittleBigPlanet for example, £8. I dont no what that is in $$$

Games never drop in price here... Well, almost never. I saw madworld for 60 euros the other day lol... And the fact I just bought loz:tp for 56 euros. No regrets though, amazing game.

£8 = almost $13

Samus, thanks for re-reading and the apology.

In Europe a game costs on average 65 Euros, which is on average rufly $75.

But reduce 20% VAT tax from that: 0.8 x 75 = $60

So like said in the thread, America profits are not less.

To be precise you have to divide by 1.2, not multiply by 0.8

$75 / 1.2 = $62.5