All right, we're going to roll out a couple of Europe-centric PS3 stories. The first of which is this: all of Europe will be paying approximately EUR 599 for their 60GB PS3. Ireland, however, will have to pony up an extra 30 Euros (EUR is Euros, I assume), bringing their total to 629. A Sony spokesperson explained: "Ireland is traditionally more expensive than other territories. The VAT rate there is 21 per cent, whereas it can be as low as 16 per cent in other EU countries." Okay, so that makes sense.Just curious, though... fellow Canadians, did you have to pay more for your PS3? Or was it an equivalent of the 600 US dollars? Not sure what we're trying to get at here, since a universal pricing system would never work unless we all adopted a single currency. This leads us to ponder: does this announcement really matter? Sure, it's extra in Ireland, but for (lack of a better term) good reason, right? Whatever. If you're from Ireland and this makes you hopping mad, drop a comment. Everyone else, leave your thoughts too.
