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[Mewbot]

Games normally launch at $100 here in Australia. Life sucks for us.

[IvyT]

Games normally launch at $100 here in Australia. Life sucks for us.

 

But I don't think the AUS $ is the same as the US $. It's not equivalent, we have to take that in consideration too.

[Mewbot]

But I don't think the AUS $ is the same as the US $. It's not equivalent, we have to take that in consideration too.

Just a while ago it was higher... Games still launched at $100. The Wii U was going for nearly $500 at launch.

Right now it's worth 0.92 US cents, so that's about $92 for a new game. Would you pay that much...?

 

And Nintendo games barely lose more than $10 off their launch price here as well.

[grahamf]

Just a while ago it was higher... Games still launched at $100. The Wii U was going for nearly $500 at launch.

Right now it's worth 0.92 US cents, so that's about $92 for a new game. Would you pay that much...?

 

And Nintendo games barely lose more than $10 off their launch price here as well.

Isn't parity fun?

[Mewbot]

Isn't parity fun?

Not when you live in 'Straya.

[IvyT]

Just a while ago it was higher... Games still launched at $100. The Wii U was going for nearly $500 at launch.

Right now it's worth 0.92 US cents, so that's about $92 for a new game. Would you pay that much...?

 

And Nintendo games barely lose more than $10 off their launch price here as well.

 

Well that's crazy. But I pay almost as much as you do. Games here cost around 70€ at launch, which is around $91. If we're lucky, that game gets a price cut down the road, but usually that only happens with Playstation games. There's some Wii (not Wii U, actual last-gen Wii) games still priced as much as 60€/70€. That's the only reason why my Wii U collection only consists of Nintendo Land as of now.

[AndyG]

EA

Wants to charge you over $60 for their game

Pay an additional $80 to buy the other half of it through DLC