In the cheapest retailers store in Norway, non internet: GoW3(Xbox360): 399 NOK = 52 euro. SkyrimXbox360): 499 NOK = 65 euro. New PC games cost 399 NOK. In NO way is 39 euro expensive...
If avarge pay is around 540 euro and min. half of this amount You pay for renting a flat, 40 euro can be big price... But that is how the world goes... In some countries it can be a expensive in other it can be cheap.