Who pays more? £170 or $170?

Question

There has been a big argument on xbox.com over the pricing of Rock band.

Basically,here in the Uk it costs £170 and in the United States it costs $170. Now, some say that both will be paying the same amount of money but does the Currency conversion play some part? Can someone please tie this up for me.

Answer 1

well its about $300 for that £170.. but it costs more to ship 2 the uk, soo...  

Answer 2

It takes more money to ship it to the UK than the US