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Wow, the console is effectively 25% more expensive in Europe? That's crazy.

Yes, I'm aware of taxes, extended warranty and other requirements in the EU, but still. Usually, you had a simple 1:1 mapping $->EUR, which effectively is about 10% markup.



The taxes are about 20% in EU. And is included in advertised price. In us the tax is smaller and is not included in price.


Most US jurisdictions have a 7%+ sales tax that is not included in the advertised price. And VAT in Eurozone is roughly 20%, included in the Eurozone price.


the euro is very weak. many different reasons for this




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