potentially, but that argument still seems to follow the idea that the number of units sold is linear. Its not, its proportional to cost. Additionally, traditionally smaller markets have weaker economies than their stronger counterparts, but in this situation its not the case since production costs the same amount in both countries, and licences can be paid almost dollar for dollar.
Furthermore, the practice might be illegal under australian law. The FCC, a number of years ago, ruled that DVD region encoding was an uncompetitive practice as it allowed prices to be fixed in various regions and prevented a person in one country from taking advantage of the economic discounts of another country from using said medium with their equipment. The DVD producers argued that region encoding was necessary for piracy restriction, but ultimately lost because they were fixing prices against consumer interest.
If the size of markets mattered, then why does it cost the same for a copy of Vista in Australia as it does in the US?
Log in to comment