CHOICE magazine submission to the Australian Government's Productivity Commission calls for fairer game prices as Aussie dollar holds strong.
"The relatively high price of gaming software and hardware in Australia when compared to territories like the US, Europe and Asia has long been a sore point for Aussie gamers. Despite the Australian dollar reaching parity with the US dollar late last year, video game prices Down Under continue to remain high, leading more and more local consumers to import games from overseas online distributors."
I'm sure that many of you have noticed games and hardware to be much cheaper via eBay and overseas sellers (even after including postage).
CHOICE also reveals Aussie consumers were able to save 90 percent on the price of Portal 2 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 if they bought the game from online retailer Play-Asia rather than Dick Smith.