Why do imported games have to cost so much?

You answered your own question in your topic title.

Shipping costs money,  its not free to order a game on the other side of the planet.  Import Taxes and handling fees to go through customs also apply.

I remember buying a game from Japan once and what should have been 40 turned into 80.  Thats just the way it goes for Importing & Taxes on international shipping.  EVERYTHING goes through it.  not just gaming.

well the DS games in japan are practicly the same price as here, but the shiping, import taxes and so on make em kinda pricy...im gonna pay 60 for Bleach DS 2 @0@Link_fan_316

Yeah I've seen the Yesasia.com place and no, the prices seem the same as everywhere else. That would be so stupid if you bought an American version of a game from there! So basically you're paying the extra international costs for a game you could get for 10 bucks less from the EB Games! camreeno360

That's a lie

YesAsia mostly cuts the price down on their products

They have NO imprt tax

and They have free shipping worldwide

I oughta know because i'm a customer of that site

[QUOTE="camreeno360"]Yeah I've seen the Yesasia.com place and no, the prices seem the same as everywhere else. That would be so stupid if you bought an American version of a game from there! So basically you're paying the extra international costs for a game you could get for 10 bucks less from the EB Games! Kitsune1

That's a lie

YesAsia mostly cuts the price down on their products

They have NO imprt tax

and They have free shipping worldwide

I oughta know because i'm a customer of that site

In my experience you can expect to pay an extra $10-20 for an import game. I've heard many different explainations as to why, but the one which makes the most sense is that Japan's economy is weaker than our own. 1 yen is worth a lot less than 1 U.S. dollar, and so companies selling things in Japan have to jack up the price to make a profit, where as in the U.S. companies can make the same (if not a larger) profit from a cheaper pricepoint.

[QUOTE="Kitsune1"]

[QUOTE="camreeno360"]Yeah I've seen the Yesasia.com place and no, the prices seem the same as everywhere else. That would be so stupid if you bought an American version of a game from there! So basically you're paying the extra international costs for a game you could get for 10 bucks less from the EB Games! Kratos_Aurion56

That's a lie

YesAsia mostly cuts the price down on their products

They have NO imprt tax

and They have free shipping worldwide

I oughta know because i'm a customer of that site

They are like the Amazon.com of the import game market

They cut the MSRP a tad bit so we don't need pay extra

plus there's no need to pay for import tax and shipping fee becuase YesAsia hasn't got any

Their shipping is free worldwide!

You gotta trust me!

[QUOTE="Kitsune1"]

[QUOTE="camreeno360"]Yeah I've seen the Yesasia.com place and no, the prices seem the same as everywhere else. That would be so stupid if you bought an American version of a game from there! So basically you're paying the extra international costs for a game you could get for 10 bucks less from the EB Games! Kratos_Aurion56

That's a lie

YesAsia mostly cuts the price down on their products

They have NO imprt tax

and They have free shipping worldwide

I oughta know because i'm a customer of that site

[QUOTE="Kitsune1"]

[QUOTE="camreeno360"]Yeah I've seen the Yesasia.com place and no, the prices seem the same as everywhere else. That would be so stupid if you bought an American version of a game from there! So basically you're paying the extra international costs for a game you could get for 10 bucks less from the EB Games! Kratos_Aurion56

That's a lie

YesAsia mostly cuts the price down on their products

They have NO imprt tax

and They have free shipping worldwide

I oughta know because i'm a customer of that site