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In other words, Sony isn't charging more (in dollars). Your euro/pound/yen is just worth less than it was a year ago. https://www.google.com/finance/quote/EUR-
by jonas21 4y ago
In other words, Sony isn't charging more (in dollars). Your euro/pound/yen is just worth less than it was a year ago.
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/EUR-USD?comparison=JPY-USD%2CGBP-USD&window=1Y https://www.google.com/finance/quote/EUR-USD?comparison=JPY-...
- dkersten 4y agoGoing by the current EUR/USD price, from your link, they are charging more. They're overcharging by about $33. To make the Euro price be on par with the USD price, they would have to charge 515 euro, not 550.
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- JimmyAustin 4y agoEU prices include VAT, US prices do not include sales tax.
- eek2121 4y agoThis is a fact that hasn't changed since the launch of the PS5, so your point is nonsense. Earlier poster has a very good point, and I'll add to it: Demand, years in, outstrips supply. The most sensible thing for ANY company to do is to increase the MSRP. In a supply constricted world, this slightly improves availability while improving the margins for Sony. Don't get me wrong, I hate capitalism with a burning passion, and the names I want to call Sony are...inappropriate. However, they are playing by the 'rules' of capitalism.
- mastax 4y agoSo, e.g. Germany has 19% VAT on most things. 550/1.19=462.19 462.19EUR=450.82USD
- smalley 4y agoAnd they would also include extra cost for things like mandatory warranty and service requirements in some EU countries that do not exist in the US.
- dkersten 4y agoWhat is the all-inclusive-with-tax cost to the customer of a PS5 in USD? I guess that would be a fairer comparison: actual cost to customer.
- barake 4y agoTax varies widely in the US down to a very local level. Sales tax is likely between 0% and 13.5% for a PS5, but there may be localities with higher rates for electronics. It's a mess: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_the_United_St...
- dkersten 4y agoThanks
- collegeburner 4y agopartly because of difficulties of unified policy, partly because of energy crisis, and partly becayse braindead ECB policy it's likely the euro continues to fall. so sony is probably baking this in now.