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In both physical & digital copies of video games: when I've visited an store, upon looking at the price tag (they range at 90 AUD or more for a copy, seriously?!) I've also browsed through their Steam store front which isn't any better, 110-30 AUD for a digital license?! When you consider regional pricing, they end up costing more than USD (depends, like a +20% increase which is insane to me). To put it into perspective, games are cheaper in my country than they are in Australia.

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[โ€“] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Aussies on Lemmy who don't understand their own economy.... Austria has a GST of 10%.

10% of $100 is $10, $100 + $10 = $110.

Americans don't have a GST or VAT, which is why they are $38T in debt.

[โ€“] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

If it were as easy as that every game would follow the expense route. But many games on steam are below the au/us conversion rate.