You do realize that the minimum wage in Aus is about 50% higher than in the US
here and here are some links to pages with the info about the minimum wage.
So looking at this it would take about 6 hours of work at minimum wage to pay for a $110 game in Aus.
In the US the federal minimum wage is $7.25 so working minimum wage it would take about 8 hours of work to pay for a $60 dollar game in the US.
Of course idk what your tax rates and such are like, idk how much of that you actually take home compared to in the US.

TL;DR you guys make more money, the amount of work to pay for a game is less

Australia has weird tax laws that bump the prices up. That explains ALMOST half the increase in price of the average game compared with the same product in US stores.

And it doesn't explain a thing about why NZ gets shafted even worse on most of the same products while our local laws aren't as strict as Australia's laws are.

I think my favourite is books though.

With online bookstores overseas, including the cost of shipping, the worst-case scenario is that I'm paying 25% of what it costs in a local store without counting the cost of getting to the shop.

EDIT: Although I think Sony are probably at least as responsible for this one as CCP are. I don't know for sure, but I'd be inclined to guess that's the case.

This is pure and simply price gouging by CCP. It's shameful and they shouldn't do it.

What "weird" tax laws?

Australia has a 10% retail sales tax at a federal level and nothing at state level - and tax DOES NOT APPLY to online purchases under $1,000.

There are also no wholesale taxes. I don't think it gets any simpler than that and it doesn't explain a thing as the Australian government does not set the prices.

These are digital items where the $AUD is trading at 1.04 to the $USD but the DIGITAL items cost over 50% more than the US.

This is pure and simply price gouging by CCP. It's shameful and they shouldn't do it.

Oh, it's you again, still making things up to support your crusade against CCP.

You do understand that the difference in price between Australia and the US on the PS Store exists across many, if not all, games, right?

Don't let a little thing like facts get in the way of your "shame on you, CCP" argument, though.

There is little point complaining about other games and developers here don't you think?

This is CCP's forum, their gouging so complaints about it go here.

You should stop your personal attacks and you are trolling as well.

I remember seeing an episode of Extra Credits that explained it something like this: the prices were set when the Australian dollar was much weaker than the US dollar, so 80 equaled out to 60. When the AUD got stronger, the prices didn't change. Whether or not it is true, I have no idea. However the gaming culture of Australia has royally been hosed by prices.