International Prices for HTC and Valve's Vive Announced

[Albino Boo]

The Euro and GBP price are roughly in line with the dollar price plus twenty percent tax (US list prices never quote tax for... reasons). So for once the pricing is actually quite fair, as opposed to the usual massive not-America tax.

Shocking I know.

Only within the last week. The EU referendum has pushed the pound down against the dollar. When they made the decision about pricing the pound was worth more.

 

[tacotrainwreck]

Wait a second. I've basically been hiding in a cave so far as politics is concerned (cut me some slack; it's an election year), so I suppose I could've just missed this, but- when did the US conquer Australia and New Zealand? Don't they have their own currencies?

They definitely do. It's a different currency, but it just uses the same name. The US doesn't conquer Australia and New Zealand until 2622. Then it really gets ugly after that. You can trust me on all this. I'm a robot from the future.

 

[insanelich]

The Euro and GBP price are roughly in line with the dollar price plus twenty percent tax (US list prices never quote tax for... reasons). So for once the pricing is actually quite fair, as opposed to the usual massive not-America tax.

Shocking I know.

Only within the last week. The EU referendum has pushed the pound down against the dollar. When they made the decision about pricing the pound was worth more.

They probably can adjust their prices in response to events like this.

 

[Recusant]

Wait a second. I've basically been hiding in a cave so far as politics is concerned (cut me some slack; it's an election year), so I suppose I could've just missed this, but- when did the US conquer Australia and New Zealand? Don't they have their own currencies?

They definitely do. It's a different currency, but it just uses the same name. The US doesn't conquer Australia and New Zealand until 2622. Then it really gets ugly after that. You can trust me on all this. I'm a robot from the future.

It's not that it's "dollars". I get that; lots of countries use "dollars". But what linguistic origami turns "Australian dollar" into something abbreviated USD?

 

[mruuh]

It's not that it's "dollars". I get that; lots of countries use "dollars". But what linguistic origami turns "Australian dollar" into something abbreviated USD?

Isn't it obvious? aUStralian Dollar