Why do countries outside of the US always get ripped off by Sony?

Here in New Zealand, if you want a PS3, you'll have to fork out $630. which is about $460 US. So, basicly, we are paying more than what the Americans had to pay before the price drop. Why does Sony do this to us? its not fair. I seriously don't know a single person who has got a current generation console. We're all still playing our aging PS2s.

You're comparing the currency of two different countries... zakkro

Canada doesn't have a video store yet. I know our rating system is different, but c'mon.

Well you also pay an *average* of 1.60 - 1.68 for gas ( I don't know what that is in US currency, but I'm sure it lower if a 630 NZ = 460 US ) a while we pay 2.30 - 2.40. (whats that in NZ?) I think it evens out. You need to take into concideration of the economy and cost of living before you take a single object and say its overpriced. Ninja_Zombie83

[QUOTE="Ninja_Zombie83"]Well you also pay an *average* of 1.60 - 1.68 for gas ( I don't know what that is in US currency, but I'm sure it lower if a 630 NZ = 460 US ) a while we pay 2.30 - 2.40. (whats that in NZ?) I think it evens out. You need to take into concideration of the economy and cost of living before you take a single object and say its overpriced. funsohng

How much is the ps3 slim there?

US$299 should convert to NZ$414, so after overheads and markup and stuff a reasonable price would be about $NZ480.

[QUOTE="funsohng"][QUOTE="Ninja_Zombie83"]Well you also pay an *average* of 1.60 - 1.68 for gas ( I don't know what that is in US currency, but I'm sure it lower if a 630 NZ = 460 US ) a while we pay 2.30 - 2.40. (whats that in NZ?) I think it evens out. You need to take into concideration of the economy and cost of living before you take a single object and say its overpriced. Ninja_Zombie83

you have to take in a lot of considerations when compairing prices in def places. avrg income, tax's ect as well as shipping charges ect. a lot of places have import tax's ect that are unfairly high. risk of piracy ect ect. for example in mexico you can buy things much cheaper than in the USA or Can. Anotherthing and this may not be the case just something that could factor in is the market size. If there potental sales are relativly small then its not worth them shipping,stocking units for 299.

Hokay, so I did a little bit of looking around and I found some stuff. If 1.60 is the average cost per liter, and I don't know if they are using NZD or USD, its either 1.60 USD or 2.08 NZD.

1 gallon of gas at the rate of 1.60 per liter = 7.86 NZD or 6.04 US Dollars per gallon. If my math is right (it wouldn't surprize me if it were wrong) then it sucks to drive in NZ and to play consols. I am wrong and you have my sympathy's....unless you ride one of these babies!

Who's laughing at gas prices now?!

that sucks man i thought paying 400 dollars here in the us was alot but damn that sucks

you have to take in a lot of considerations when compairing prices in def places. avrg income, tax's ect as well as shipping charges ect. a lot of places have import tax's ect that are unfairly high. risk of piracy ect ect. for example in mexico you can buy things much cheaper than in the USA or Can. Anotherthing and this may not be the case just something that could factor in is the market size. If there potental sales are relativly small then its not worth them shipping,stocking units for 299.

Wild_Card

Bingo! Turns out my math was off. WAY off (whaaaat a suuurprise :roll: ) USD New Zeland pays .79 per liter, USA pays .77 per liter ranking directly under New Zeland as far as what countries pay the most for gas. (100th of 141) So thats pretty good and its close to what USA pays.

However...it goes without saying USA is a bigger country and we do a BUTTLOAD more business. We consume more, we produce more and we trade more. Checking the numbers from USA to New Zealand (kinda cool to check out btw) we definatley earn our discount on PS3's lol. By a LANDSLIDE! We produce, consume, and trade within the top 1-2% ranking IN THE WORLD. New Zealand is near the bottom on some spots, halfway on others. Some of that is good, some of that notas good.

I am in NO WAY trying to compare which is a better country at all. Not even close. I'm simply trying to reason justification for having lower prices in the USA than New Zealand,and that it works out. Thats economics baby. Business is business. What I am trying to say is we pay less since we spend so much more.

Canada doesn't have a video store yet. I know our rating system is different, but c'mon.

Furi-Kun

To be honest, (it may not be Blu Ray) but I'd rather pay $2.99 to rent a DVD at the store down the street from me than pay close to $10 for a 24hr download. (I would assume it'll be around that price)

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[QUOTE="funsohng"] dont NZ go by litres, not some random measurement that US go by?funsohng

what, that's like 6 and a half bucks or something? that is pretty steep...

as a side note, i'm actually baffled as to why the US refused to implement a the metric system of measurement instead of the English system we currently use, when it's clearly the more rational system...