Wow.
That is seriously messed up. I hope they get that fixed for y’all, we have Australian and New Zealand members in our group, and I definitley don’t want those guys locked out.
if your dollar is worth more (which its not) then the price on it should go up
we aussies always get screwed with prices eg. U.S price for gears3 Standard with lancer $139USD and for us $279AUD,
so im not surprised at all by this, it has to do with heavy taxing on video games,
though i must point out i was in EBgames this morning and they dont have a price on the system for Halo:CEA yet so dont freak out just yet 
i would say we will likely be paying what we did for ODST which will be $89 or $69 if you go to Jb hifi, gotta love they sell things at a reasonable price on release
Um, inflation? American taxing on video games is a lot nicer than Australian taxing?
> > Um, inflation? American taxing on video games is a lot nicer than Australian taxing?
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> It obviously isn’t inflation, because our dollar is worth more now than it has been in ages (in contrast to the U.S. dollar, at least). I wouldn’t mind if the game wasn’t supposed to be cheaper than a full priced game, however seeing that you are getting it for $40 and we might have to pay 90 - $110 is ridiculous, especially since that is the rough price of normal games here.
Well then I dunno what to tell you, I’m not an expert on economics and to tell you the truth, I don’t really understand much of it beyond supply and demand. Is there a high demand for video games in Australia?
> > > > Um, inflation? American taxing on video games is a lot nicer than Australian taxing?
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> > > It obviously isn’t inflation, because our dollar is worth more now than it has been in ages (in contrast to the U.S. dollar, at least). I wouldn’t mind if the game wasn’t supposed to be cheaper than a full priced game, however seeing that you are getting it for $40 and we might have to pay 90 - $110 is ridiculous, especially since that is the rough price of normal games here.
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> > Well then I dunno what to tell you, I’m not an expert on economics and to tell you the truth, I don’t really understand much of it beyond supply and demand. Is there a high demand for video games in Australia?
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> I’m not sure. I guess there is, not on the same scale as the U.S. though, but most of the people I know own at least one of the gaming platforms.
Well, it might be on a percentage scale and correct me if I’m wrong but I think that America has a significantly higher population than Australia. And plus this game is made by an American company so I’m guessing that people in other countries have to pay for shipping costs and import tariffs and yadda yadda.
> > > > > Um, inflation? American taxing on video games is a lot nicer than Australian taxing?
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> > > > It obviously isn’t inflation, because our dollar is worth more now than it has been in ages (in contrast to the U.S. dollar, at least). I wouldn’t mind if the game wasn’t supposed to be cheaper than a full priced game, however seeing that you are getting it for $40 and we might have to pay 90 - $110 is ridiculous, especially since that is the rough price of normal games here.
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> > > Well then I dunno what to tell you, I’m not an expert on economics and to tell you the truth, I don’t really understand much of it beyond supply and demand. Is there a high demand for video games in Australia?
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> > I’m not sure. I guess there is, not on the same scale as the U.S. though, but most of the people I know own at least one of the gaming platforms.
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> Well, it might be on a percentage scale and correct me if I’m wrong but I think that America has a significantly higher population than Australia. And plus this game is made by an American company so I’m guessing that people in other countries have to pay for shipping costs and import tariffs and yadda yadda.
Not in Canada.
> > > > > > Um, inflation? American taxing on video games is a lot nicer than Australian taxing?
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> > > > > It obviously isn’t inflation, because our dollar is worth more now than it has been in ages (in contrast to the U.S. dollar, at least). I wouldn’t mind if the game wasn’t supposed to be cheaper than a full priced game, however seeing that you are getting it for $40 and we might have to pay 90 - $110 is ridiculous, especially since that is the rough price of normal games here.
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> > > > Well then I dunno what to tell you, I’m not an expert on economics and to tell you the truth, I don’t really understand much of it beyond supply and demand. Is there a high demand for video games in Australia?
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> > > I’m not sure. I guess there is, not on the same scale as the U.S. though, but most of the people I know own at least one of the gaming platforms.
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> > Well, it might be on a percentage scale and correct me if I’m wrong but I think that America has a significantly higher population than Australia. And plus this game is made by an American company so I’m guessing that people in other countries have to pay for shipping costs and import tariffs and yadda yadda.
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> Not in Canada.
Canada’s right next door.
> > > > > > > Um, inflation? American taxing on video games is a lot nicer than Australian taxing?
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> > > > > > It obviously isn’t inflation, because our dollar is worth more now than it has been in ages (in contrast to the U.S. dollar, at least). I wouldn’t mind if the game wasn’t supposed to be cheaper than a full priced game, however seeing that you are getting it for $40 and we might have to pay 90 - $110 is ridiculous, especially since that is the rough price of normal games here.
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> > > > > Well then I dunno what to tell you, I’m not an expert on economics and to tell you the truth, I don’t really understand much of it beyond supply and demand. Is there a high demand for video games in Australia?
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> > > > I’m not sure. I guess there is, not on the same scale as the U.S. though, but most of the people I know own at least one of the gaming platforms.
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> > > Well, it might be on a percentage scale and correct me if I’m wrong but I think that America has a significantly higher population than Australia. And plus this game is made by an American company so I’m guessing that people in other countries have to pay for shipping costs and import tariffs and yadda yadda.
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> > Not in Canada.
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> Canada’s right next door.
Hehe.
I don’t think it’s a final price. EB Games have stated that it is only estimated RRP and I would assume that we wouldn’t be paying anything over $70 (which is still a -Yoink- price regardless)
Thats why I shop at gametraders and Jb Hi-fi, dam I hate our red haired prime minister!
From what I’ve read about Australia and games, it seems that the government there has a real dislike for them and tries to ban games all the time.
Sorry the prices are funky over there. Is there a way you can order a compatible version online for cheaper and have it shipped t you? But seeing as it is Australia, everything costs a ton to get there.
> From what I’ve read about Australia and games, it seems that the government there has a real dislike for them and tries to ban games all the time.
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> Sorry the prices are funky over there. Is there a way you can order a compatible version online for cheaper and have it shipped t you? But seeing as it is Australia, everything costs a ton to get there.
It’s not really the government. It’s that when the classification board was established, they weren’t very forward thinking and just assumed that video games would always be kids toys such as your child friendly Mario products (not that Mario is a bad game). However as games and technology progressed, the content has become more graphic and adult. It’s always been a challenge to pass legislation for a 18+ rating for games because it relies on the Attorney General from each state voting unanimously for the legislation change and there is always one repressive idiot who thinks violent video games creates murders and criminals. That’s why we are stuck in the situation where everyone in the country, including half the politicians want change, but we aren’t able to get it.
> > Um, inflation? American taxing on video games is a lot nicer than Australian taxing?
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> It obviously isn’t inflation, because our dollar is worth more now than it has been in ages (in contrast to the U.S. dollar, at least). I wouldn’t mind if the game wasn’t supposed to be cheaper than a full priced game, however seeing that you are getting it for $40 and we might have to pay 90 - $110 is ridiculous, especially since that is the full price of normal games here.
Buy it on ebay?