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| Importing your video games is a viable option |
If gravity somehow doesn’t show up to work one morning, it would be fair to assume that money would keep the world spinning. It’s also fair to assume that most gamers are blissfully ignorant when it comes to economic and financial matters.
A constantly changing economic climate, and the glacial rate of adaptation in the Australian video game marketplace can make finance news all the more valuable to gamers. Recently, the relatively strong Australian economy with low unemployment and higher interest rates have increased global demand for our currency, pushing the value of our dollar upwards of US$0.90.
With the average retail price of a new PS3 or Xbox 360 game sitting at AU$100, Aussies are paying roughly double the US Dollar price of the same game bought overseas. With region-free games, an abundance of online retailers, cheap shipping, and a strong exchange rate, importing games is presenting itself as a good value proposition to award gamers with more bang for their hard-earned buck.
Under current exchange rates, gamers can import a game sold locally for AU$100 for around AU$55 plus shipping from a range of online retailers. This saving makes importing games a fairly valuable proposition and is a big win for gamers over local distributors’ sedentary pricing policies.
The bottom line in this game of dollars and cents is that gamers need to be rational, informed consumers to keep the local distributors honest in their pricing to improve total value for the gaming community.
Local Video Game Importers:
Play Asia
Gamehubs
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