[Mandingo]

Well, I'm just comparing what Australians pay for new videogames/hardware to similar games/hardware in the United States, taking in consideration that the U.S. dollar has a close exchange rate with the AUD currently.

I know that in the past, the Wii, for example, launched at the price of $400 in Australia, compared to $250 in the U.S. Also, new games in the U.S. have a MSRP of $60 or less, while I believe Aussies pay somewhere between $80-$100 for new games. And look at recent exchange rates:

1 Australian dollar = 0.9894 U.S. dollars

But if you're from Europe, you're probably accustomed to paying high prices already.

I would suspect that even though the U.S. dollar and the AUD are at near parity, Aussies may end up paying something like $350 AUD for a 3DS. Yikes!