I keep seeing the same information being passed around about currency rates and taxes being what accounts for price differences. Whilst this is in part true, it's also not the whole truth. This BBC article discussed it back when people realised the PS4 in the UK was more expensive than it should have been when accounting for currency exchanges, taxes and extra overheads: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22868787 Companies just seem to like hiking the prices for certain markets, because we pay the prices.