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[-] learningduck@programming.dev -4 points 1 year ago

What kind of country are you in that a game cost $120!?

[-] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Australia, they love price gouging us here. Just went and checked steam again, the premium version is $170..

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

How much is a decent middle class income in Australia? I'd say it's about $45,000 per year in the US.

[-] Tagger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

How much is game pass on Australia?

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago

This site says $11.95AUD, the equivalent of $7.72USD.

As for the $170 premium version, that's $170AUD. Australia has 10% GST (VAT) so 170/110*100 = $154.55AUD excluding tax.

$154AUD is $99.64USD.

They aren't getting gouged, well, at least not worse than US customers.

[-] Tagger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

thanks

[-] landsharkkidd@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I have Game Pass so I was pretty keen to play the early access but when I found out it was $170, just to play 5 days earlier? No fucking thank you.

I'm spending that money on an SSD because my partner bought the deluxe version and running it on my computer is arse. My computer isn't even that bad!

[-] learningduck@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Just curious. It's it because of tax/vat or just everything being expensive?

[-] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 18 points 1 year ago

There's a lot that goes into an Australian release. Shipping all those bits to the bottom of the world is outrageously expensive. All of the map geometry has to be altered to be right-side up there. The physics math has to be re-coded to deal with -1g gravity. Somebody has to be paid to go through all of the scripts to replace every instance of "jelly" with "marmite". Asset loading code has to be changed to compensate for the Coriolis effect.

All of this adds up to expensive Au ports, the new costs often overshadowing the title's original development costs.