Why are we paying $110+?

Why on earth do games cost so much in Australia? Most new games are $100-$120, on most platforms. Eye of Judgement is about $160!

Currently 1USD = 1.13AUD, which is about as close as they have been to equal in a LONG time.

Eye of Judgement in the United States is $69.99, which converts to $78.83 Australian. WHY ARE WE PAYING 81 DOLLARS EXTRA?! It's disgusting and is unnecessary. Why are games so expensive? How can we get them lowered to something reasonable? Something I won't feel bad paying.

This is infuriating >: (

What are you taxes there? Maybe thats a contributing factor is the cost of shipping the games to your country. Or maybe they have to edit the games like they do with the GTA series.

What are you taxes there? Maybe thats a contributing factor is the cost of shipping the games to your country. Or maybe they have to edit the games like they do with the GTA series.Wilfred_Owen

Write a letter to your Government.syztem

Same in the middle east, the Halo 3 legendary edition cost over $200, i was like F***! i hate when they do that, i think they do it because of shipping, or they just think forenors are rich.mosa922

Taxes + shipping costBenderUnit22

There's still $55 unaccounted for, is that all going to the retail store?

Hrm i wonder what it would cost me to buy a game and ship an individual unit to a person in Aus or EU or somewhere else. This soulds more like you guys getting fckued for then anything. I wonder where the money goes would be interesting to know. Hrm maybe some sort of stupid import tax?

Ok i dont understand wtf but i just used the ups site to estimate cost to ship a object of 60usd value to Sydney, Australia. The ups website estimated the cost as being anywhere from 209 to 259 USD to ship. God this sucks for you guys big time :(.

Edit: That was shipping from the East coast of USA to Sydney btw.

Hrm i wonder what it would cost me to buy a game and ship an individual unit to a person in Aus or EU or somewhere else. This soulds more like you guys getting fckued for then anything. I wonder where the money goes would be interesting to know. Hrm maybe some sort of stupid import tax?QuattroRS6

Here is your reason for why games cost so much more.....

Just Americas way of saying thanks for this guy and all the "movies" he has made !

It's basically because you don't have a large population of gamers so the costs are higher for the gamers there. The higher the population of gamers the cheaper the games.

Basically to release a game in a new country like Australia you'd be paying all the same fees you would to release a game anywhere. You'll need a regional coordinator, and a publishing team to make sure the units are shipped correctly, and that the right stores buy the game, you'll need a team of lawyers making sure the game is legal for sales in the region, and that you aren't bypassing any tariffs, or censorship/copyright laws. Finally on top of that you're paying for shipping also.

It could be a number of things. Taxes, exchange rate (this country's dollar vs this country's), shipping.....moms not wanting to help pay for the games. BranKetra

It's basically because you don't have a large population of gamers so the costs are higher for the gamers there. The higher the population of gamers the cheaper the games.

Basically to release a game in a new country like Australia you'd be paying all the same fees you would to release a game anywhere. You'll need a regional coordinator, and a publishing team to make sure the units are shipped correctly, and that the right stores buy the game, you'll need a team of lawyers making sure the game is legal for sales in the region, and that you aren't bypassing any tariffs, or censorship/copyright laws. Finally on top of that you're paying for shipping also.jrhawk42

All those costs wouldn't DOUBLE the cost of a game. The only difference is the shipping and taxes, they don't double prices.

If games cost less, MORE PEOPLE WOULD BUY THEM!

Moscow - Russia - Gorbushka market - pretty much every PC game - $10 :P and yes licensed. Theyu probably have even better prices in China. Go on vacation some day and take one day to go shopping. :)

PS3 and Xbox360 games have the same price as in Europe for some reason.

It's basically because you don't have a large population of gamers so the costs are higher for the gamers there. The higher the population of gamers the cheaper the games.

Basically to release a game in a new country like Australia you'd be paying all the same fees you would to release a game anywhere. You'll need a regional coordinator, and a publishing team to make sure the units are shipped correctly, and that the right stores buy the game, you'll need a team of lawyers making sure the game is legal for sales in the region, and that you aren't bypassing any tariffs, or censorship/copyright laws. Finally on top of that you're paying for shipping also.

jrhawk42