Brits pay 42pct more for a PS3 than Hong Kong buyers do Posted by XanTium | 30-3-2007 22:49 EST

From reghardware.co.uk: [QUOTE] Where's the best place to purchase a PlayStation 3? Hong Kong, according to the Wall Street Journal. No prizes for guessing the worst: London. In Hong Kong, the PS3 retails for an average price of HKD3,780 - or €363. In London, the local price is £425 - or €627. In short, Brits have to pay almost twice as much for the next-gen games console than Hong Kong residents too. [/QUOTE] Full Story: reghardware.co.uk

And this just in brits have a sore ass from getting fucked by sony, and so does every one else that pays more than people in hong kong

If they think Americans are "cheap" what does Sony think of people in China?

Your not wong.

I certainly wont be buying a ps3 at prices like these. Dunno why we put up with being ripped off like this. Its not just sony its everyone doing it.

Oh wow, can u guys not do simple math. If what u said is correct.



Then Brits pay 73% more, not 42%.....

3.63X+363=627
Solve for X, you'll get 72.7 or 73%........

Rofl, even if you click on the link, YOU, youself provided, it says 73%.

GG

I was gonna say the same thing! They are getting screwed to the tune of close to double than 50% SOny loves their fans!!!(money that is)

the money its costing it would be cheaper to build a time machine go forward 10 years and buy a ps3 from the flea market for cheap.

have they included things like VAT/TAX/Market inflation?

You can't just convert things like that.

The math is "right" by means that it calculates correctly, however the context is not right. As the brits are paying 73% or whatever more. Here is how they got 42%:

363/627 = .58 roughly.

.58 x 100 = 58%

100% - 58% = 42%

So all they said is:

627 - 363 = 264

and

264 is 42% of 627.

So the price difference between the larger and smaller amounts is 42% more of the.. um...blah blah you know what I mean, my head hurts.

That report is wrong. The dearest place to buy an xbox is in Ireland. We have a RRP here of e630 which is e30 more than the rest of Europe.

average employee gets £8 per-hour in London. Hong Kong £3 per hours....