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Why are games expensive AF in Australia?
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this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2026
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Corporate greed and a weaker dollar.
Take a look at MS flight Sim 2024
US$70
AU$110
Actual conversion using xe.com says US$70 is only AU$101.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but US prices for some stupid reason tend to be quoted in pre-tax, whereas in Australia ours is including GST.
So in your example, it’s pretty much spot on currently?
As SaveTheTuaHawk said add gst
But also whilst the conversion rate on XE might be less you can't convert currency at that price, once you add in conversion fees that will also increase the price.
Look to FlightGear, Opensource and free, and imho better for small planes.
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.
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.