Why do Australians pay so much for games anyway?

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With larger items I get really annoyed because the stuff is made in China, and there is no-way it should cost twice as much as it does in the US. Unless they ship it to the US and then back to Australia, which is just stupid.

Like my laptop that I'm on now, built in china, shipped to america then shipped back to Australia?

All true, but seeing as we have been at 80% or higher of the USD for a while now, prices should come down. But they wont. Games come out at $100 or more, stay there for a while. After a year or so they might be $80. Medieval 2 is still $50. Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos is still $30-40 and that was out 6 years ago.

edit: we are paying 10% GST on top of it all anyway.