Price comparison: "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" for the XBOX 360 prices

Asia has gained some notoriety for offering rock bottom prices on software and video games – naturally ones that are counterfeit. However, should you NOT wish to break copyright law (it goes without mention the risk posed by counterfeit software and video games to your electronic devices) and you are planning to visit the region soon, purchasing legitimate software or video games may actually not only be a safer option, it may be an option that will still save you some money.

In fact, the Asian Wall Street Journal’s weekly Arbitrage column has recently conducted a survey of prices for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" for the XBOX 360. The survey found that prices in Asia tended to be lower than prices in New York or in Europe especially. Hence, should you have children back home who are Harry Potter fans, perhaps you should consider purchasing the video game on your next business trip to Asia.

Price Comparison*

Frankfort	€69.99	US$100.31
Paris	€69.90	US$100.18
Rome	€65	US$93.15
Brussels	€64.96	US$93.10
London	40.69 Pounds	US$66.51
Seoul	78,500 Won	US$62.78
New York City	US$53.03	US$53.03
Kuala Lumpur	170 Ringgit	US$48.11
Hong Kong	HK$365	US$47.09
Manila	1,995 Pesos	US$40.84

* One EA video game (“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince") for the XBOX 360. Prices are based on foreign exchange rates as of August 26, 2009.