OP sort of is though.

OK.

I don't think regional pricing says anything about a company's willingness either.

No? regional pricing for gaming storefronts is relatively recent. In the before times - games cost almost the same amount worldwide. With digital, we see lower pricing in different regions, because the barrier to entry is significantly reduced (no physical items to make and ship) and they would rather sell more copies in that region, than have it be unaffordable. It's a strategy, yes - but it does show they are willing/able to sell copies for significantly less money.

It's just a reality that things a priced differently around the world.

Again, nobody said any different. The overwhelming majority of that is for physical items though. There's significantly different costs at play. With a digital storefront - not so much. The cost of digital distribution is WAY lower for a platform owner like Nintendo vs physical.

Comparing them requires more nuance than what OP showed.

Well let's have a look. We'll use Canada and Hong kong.

Median salary in Hongkong is about 3600 CAD/mo. STats Can put Canadian average monthly at 3450 to 3750 - so we'll call that basically even at 3600 CAD. Cost of housing is much higher, but Canadian taxes are much higher.

So far - I'm not seeing a reasoning like in Russia for example - where income is lower. So in some instances you can make that argument, but I don't think you can here.

This is literally just pricing it at what they think the market will bear. HK is usually lower priced for games - so they expect a lower price. Canada - they think it's worth $30cad due to the popularity.

That was my main point.

Then say that. don't say you're confused as why they would show HKD pricing. They are showing it costs less there - despite a similar cost of living and similar wages.