@Seraphim - You're right - part of me saying ridiculously expensive is living in Australia. Prices average AU$40 - which is very close to US$40. Even our big retailers that heavily discount video games and CDs are happy to leave the price at $40 with the occasional buy two get one free deal - which is often not worth it due to such a limited selection.
For a while importing from Amazon US was an option, but just about every Blu-ray released since HD DVD "died" has a Region 1 lock - even older stuff like Resevoir Dogs - so it's useless to my PAL PlayStation 3. Weird considering one of the things I love about the PlayStation 3 is being able to import games.
I wouldn't care so much if they hurried up and released the damn things here. Cloverfield and Resevoir Dogs would be an instant buy even at full retail price.
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