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Australian Steam Games Are About to Get a Flat 10% Price Increase

As if games in Australia aren't already expensive enough, they are about to be subject to the country's 10% goods and services tax.

Video games in Australia are already considerably more expensive than their American counterparts, for almost no reason at all. I'm afraid it's only going to get better before it gets worse, as a new ruling from the Australian Government is forcing all overseas digital distributors to attach the 10% goods and services tax to their products that physical goods are subject to.


That is no bueno. That is no bueno at all.

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So wait, what if I buy them a game as a gift?

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Yay yet another thing to add the GST to, yet still not take it away from some other "nonessential" products.

   
 
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