Why is content on the Xbox Live Marketplace cheaper to the United States than...

[Jordan]

...to Australia? I was on the United States version of the XBLM and decided to search for a few games I was thinking of buying. This is what I found:

Borderlands:

Australia: $30.00
United States: $10.00

Borderlands 2:

Australia: $80.00
United States: $60.00

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim:

Australia: $110.00
United States: $60.00
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Their were many other differences in pricing throughout the XBLM. Why is this the case? Which country gets contents for the least amount of money?
I live in Australia.

 

[matthew]

It's all economic, America has 15 times as many people than Australia so a higher quantity of products will be sold. For example: A T.V. cost $1500 in Aus but $1000 in U.S.A so say if 6 people bought in Aus and 9 in U.S.A the cost would be even because America has a larger span of people to sell too.

 

[Hunter1930]

Because we have a different currency one of our dollars is equal to about 95 cents in australia