Living in SA certainly has it's upside, like any country. However, a very large downside would be the price of games in general. Your average PC game goes for R300 (+-$46 with the current exchange rate), and your average PS2 game goes for around R450 in stores (+- $72). What really grates me is that buying games online is infinitely cheaper than buying them in your average store. CNA at the moment is stocking God of War for R499, whilst Take2.co.za has it for around R162. 

I constantly get this feeling that we’re being ripped off. Not to mention that unless you have a chipped PS2, you cannot under any circumstances play games from the US. It gives me headaches. 

Gaming in South Africa should be considered a full sporting event considering the costs that you have to outlay in order to play your average PS2, PC, PSP games. Actually, don’t get me started on the cost of a PSP. It starts at R2500, then you still have to buy a memory card, and the games start at R400 each. Movies are around R350 each. 

I know I sound like I’m whingeing, and I probably am, but today has been a bit of a rough one and I need something and someone to complain to. ;)