In the wake of Apple reducing prices on the App Store according to exchange rates, we encouraged people to contact the ACCC with regards to increased Australian prices on online stores such as PSN and Xbox LIVE. The ACCC has started sending out replies and the message is consistent across the board: there’s apparently very little the ACCC can do about it. More »
At some point during the crazy “Call of Duty 4 price hike on Steam” debacle, a community member over at Internode Games Network contacted the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to see if it had anything to say.
Over the weekend, the community member received a response from the body, and Internode Games Network was good enough to post it on its site.
From the story:
The ACCC is not a price setting body for goods and services at either the retail or wholesale levels and has only a limited role in the area of price regulation overall. It does not have a direct role in regulating or setting prices except in the case of products or services that are declared under Part VIIA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA)*. The ACCC can examine the prices of selected goods and services in the Australian economy, if the Government has declared them.
Long story short – Activision and Steam can do whatever the heck they want.
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