This is why I have been buying online for a looong time, I thought the government was supposed to start asking why the **** our electronics/games are more expensive..sooo..when the hell is that happening...And no *Delivery* is no longer a good excuse stop screwing aussies over..
The R18+ rating will be introduced at the start of next year, so its looking up for us Aussies, I'd say It'd suck to be a North Korean Gamer; Your southern neighbors are ballin' Starcraft and you'd be stuck with maybe... Kim jong-un: Modern Warfare?
The formula should be something like game price / average (or minimum) income = times required to buy a game, like how they do the Big mac index. For example, with minimum wage in Canada, buying a new game is possible with a 8 hours of working time; in Taiwan it would be about 21 hours; in Guangdong it would be like 43.5 hours, etc.
The formula should be something like game price / average (or minimum) income = times required to buy a game, like how they do the Big mac index. For example, with minimum wage in Canada, buying a new game is possible with a 8 hours of working time; in Taiwan it would be about 21 hours; in Guangdong it would be like 43.5 hours, etc.
I would say Vietnam and Laos are good candidates...
IIRC,some time ago Vietnam introduced a law about shutting down Internet at later night hours.Read about it somewhere.Don't know if it's still in effect,though...
I'd have to go with Japan for having to wade through a sea of utter cr*p to find anything worth while. Thank tuna you can still buy western games there.
They pay ridiculous prices. The UK used to be bad, but not that bad. I used to work for around 3.20 an hour when I was 16 and games used to cost around 40 when I lived there 8-9 years ago. In Canada, I earn $12+ an hour and games cost $70 with tax. That's 6 more hours of work :( I love Canada :P
[QUOTE="campzor"]dont see why aussies keep getting hated on. Its really not as bad as everyone thinks.OB-47
It's not you that's getting hated on. It's the stupid R18 rule, and the crazy fvcking prices for games. NZ has that last one real bad as well.
But in terms of censorship, there are far worse
the r18+ rule is gone as of next year and the prices are not bad when you compare with our minimal wage compared to the U.S, especially when u find deals (easily) which are not RRP and new games sell for $79-89 on release.
I'm Australian myself, and I have to say that if you resort to importing every console and game from other PAL countries like the UK, you would find Australia to be a fantastic country for games considering we get payed a lot here and $60-$70 is chump change which is the usual price for games elsewhere.
I would say Vietnam and Laos are good candidates...
IIRC,some time ago Vietnam introduced a law about shutting down Internet at later night hours.Read about it somewhere.Don't know if it's still in effect,though...
Rocker6
Iceland is probably the best country for PC gaming. Water cooling? HA in Ice land our computer parts are always -200 degrees.
They pay ridiculous prices. The UK used to be bad, but not that bad. I used to work for around 3.20 an hour when I was 16 and games used to cost around 40 when I lived there 8-9 years ago. In Canada, I earn $12+ an hour and games cost $70 with tax. That's 6 more hours of work :( I love Canada :P
dont see why aussies keep getting hated on. Its really not as bad as everyone thinks.campzor
Exactly, if people know where to shop there then you can get things much cheaper than what that site claims, sometimes even cheaper than in the states.
I feel for gamers in areas that have harsh censorship policies. As for the prices, what's the minimum wage in AUS? If it's high, then the prices would be fair. Here in BC, our minimum wage is $10.25. So a $60 game + taxes = 67.20. That's a little more than 6 hours of work. Seems more than fair for the content one gets.
Isnt my US dollar worth $2 in Canada?PSP107
No.
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1.00USD=1.01032CAD according to this site. The Canadian dollar has been fairly strong for a while now.
The prices is tough to judge because different countries have a different average wage, different living costs etc... So whilst games might be more expensive in one country you might have more money in that country anyway.
Australia is not the worst country to be a gamer. Hardly any games get censored, and although retailers like to rip us off, it's still pretty easy to buy games for good prices.
The prices is tough to judge because different countries have a different average wage, different living costs etc... So whilst games might be more expensive in one country you might have more money in that country anyway.hoosier7
There are also countries with lower wage, yet the game prices are higher. In Taiwan (where I live now, left Canada years ago), games like dragon age collection / hearts of iron 3 collection still cost more than they do in the west, and our salary is only 1/3 of the Canada wage if not lower.
I would say Vietnam and Laos are good candidates...
IIRC,some time ago Vietnam introduced a law about shutting down Internet at later night hours.Read about it somewhere.Don't know if it's still in effect,though...
parkurtommo
Iceland is probably the best country for PC gaming. Water cooling? HA in Ice land our computer parts are always -200 degrees.
....Greenland is the cold one, not Iceland... Iceland is packed with hotsprings hell its colder in Edmonton Canada then it is in Iceland.
Mexico also has some bad prices. 3DS and PS Vita games cost $800 (pesos) Wii, X360, PS3 games cost $1,000. About 65 and 80 dollars respectively. Not as bad as some of those but considering that the wages are very low over there, it becomes even more expensive.
Brazil is one of the worse countries to be a console gamer (new releases costs around $100) and one of the best countries to be a PC gamer (I bought Diablo III for $25 and Fall of the Samurai for $12).
Brazil is one of the worse countries to be a console gamer (new releases costs around $100) and one of the best countries to be a PC gamer (I bought Diablo III for $25 and Fall of the Samurai for $12).
That article is terrible,its a few items of stats,then a lot of nonsence written around it and then in the end,author isnt really able to have shown in any way a reasonabl conclusion show form the article,so he just says Australia based on its reputation
... Pick any 3rd world country... And there you go.. sSubZerOo
the difference there is that they aren't hooked on gaming there so it's not really an issue. Australia are an equal member of western culture but they have extremely high game prices as well as censorship. They can look across the ocean at a gaming paradise by comparison.
That article is terrible,its a few items of stats,then a lot of nonsence written around it and then in the end,author isnt really able to have shown in any way a reasonabl conclusion show form the article,so he just says Australia based on its reputationTwoFace-BS
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