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Posted by: A Good Troll
Posted by: elmicker
Posted by: Binman59
its usually £40 outside of game. We're still paying a little more but that's mostly due to the huge amount of tax.Tax in the EU is about 20%, the transatlantic markup is usually more to the tune of 80-100%. It's one of the reasons Steam has been so successful; their exchange rates are entirely fair.
To be further fair, some of that markup is probably justified.
Brick and mortar businesses in Europe face much higher costs - higher minimum wage, higher real estate costs, higher utilities, higher taxes, etc. It is only logical some of that be passed along to consumers. If they are US manufactured, they also have to be translated into the language there, which also probably incurs some costs.
You people HAVE NO IDEA what you're talking about.
Steam exchange rates
Fair
Pick one people. They convert dollar to euro like it's 1:1. A new title costs 60 euros or 60 bucks. Guess what, 60 bucks is around 20% less than 60 euros. We always get screwed over in that department, majorly screwed over.