Quote Originally Posted by Rythmic View Post
But basically, there's a couple reasons. Firstly because the companies would have paid for their costs using the weaker Aussie dollar say 6-12 months ago, but the strengthening of the dollar means that they have now effectively overpaid. So they take a long term pricing approach, keeping prices high, otherwise they won't cover their costs. This makes the market pretty immune to fluctuations in currency rates.
Yup, this is the reason.

I think that people just got used to paying $100 and now the Companies know they can get away with the prices.

Maybe also having one of the highest minimum wages in the world has to do with it - it gives more disposable income to those who are most likely to play video games.