I thought it would be interesting to list console prices for a european country, to get a different perspective. Of course this includes higher sales tax and the currently weak dollar, but here you go...
Xbox 360 Arcade $417
Xbox 360 Elite $650
Xbox 360 Premium $526
PS2 $216
PS3 40GB $664
PS3 60GB $911
Wii $387
Yea, I'm also swedish so I know how you're feeling.
The average price for a game is about $70-80.
Predictions for December 31st 2008:
Wii 38,000,000
DS 84,500,000
PS3 17,000,000
PSP 41,000,000
X360 23,000,000
Taxes really screw up the prices, but at least Sweden public services are good. In my country we waste up to 45% of our income in taxes and get one of the worst public services of all Latin America. I would rather get no social security and pay only 15-20% of my income.
Could you guys tell me the ratio of taxes/income in Sweden?
Satan said:
"You are for ever angry, all you care about is intelligence, but I repeat again that I would give away all this superstellar life, all the ranks and honours, simply to be transformed into the soul of a merchant's wife weighing eighteen stone and set candles at God's shrine."
New 360/PS3 games cost about $94 in Sweden. They are expensive to begin with, but with the current suck-ass US dollar rate it sounds worse than it is.
Finland:
PS3 40Gb 688$
PS3 60Gb Starter Pack 861$
Xbox360 Elite 645$
Xbox360 Prerium 502$
PS2 214$
Wii 386$
40Gb PS3 seems to be here more expensive and others little cheaper than sweden.
| ItsaMii said: Taxes really screw up the prices, but at least Sweden public services are good. In my country we waste up to 45% of our income in taxes and get one of the worst public services of all Latin America. I would rather get no social security and pay only 15-20% of my income. Could you guys tell me the ratio of taxes/income in Sweden? |
but then you have the most gorgeous people on earth running around in swimsuits all the time....i would switch with you in a heartbeat....
on topic: nowadays the euro is strong. it used to be weak. please do the same calculation with a reversed exchange rate and then stop crying. how much does bread cost in sweden? how much beeer (hehehehe)? due to the high exchange rate everything is more expensive. tough luck.
You EARN MORE and you PAY MORE. thats it.
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Faxanadu said:
but then you have the most gorgeous people on earth running around in swimsuits all the time....i would switch with you in a heartbeat.... on topic: nowadays the euro is strong. it used to be weak. please do the same calculation with a reversed exchange rate and then stop crying. how much does bread cost in sweden? how much beeer (hehehehe)? due to the high exchange rate everything is more expensive. tough luck. You EARN MORE and you PAY MORE. thats it. |
Actually they don't use Euros in Sweden. If you want to use the "correct" exchange rate (meaning, which would be the balanced ratio) between EUR -> USD would be 1 EUR = 1,20 USD.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
bdbdbd said:
Actually they don't use Euros in Sweden. If you want to use the "correct" exchange rate (meaning, which would be the balanced ratio) between EUR -> USD would be 1 EUR = 1,20 USD. |
oops, got me there. that might explain the price difference between finnland and sweden. anyways, same story, different currency. since the euro is so strong due to the weakness of the dollar, i guess swedish currency had the same trend.
rather than looking at a exchange rate I would like to know things like average income, average price of consumer articles (you have a "product basket" for statistical purposes?)
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| stranne said: I thought it would be interesting to list console prices for a european country, to get a different perspective. Of course this includes higher sales tax and the currently weak dollar, but here you go...
Xbox 360 Arcade $417 |
god and i thought are prices in the uk were high
Big Mac Index July 2007:
http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9448015
Adjusted to current currency rates (using 6.4 SEK/USD) SEK is ~51% overvalued against USD.
Xbox360 Prem: $526/1.51 = $348.
I think we recognise this amount from somewhere.
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