Why do people from the US constantly complain about game prices?
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Yeah this about sums it up. Can you not buy online or are the prices still way up there for australia?Aby_Z said:
I haven't really heard that many complaints coming from the non-retarded but if you want a reason is because we like to complain and so do you [sub](obviously)[/sub]
I would point out the irony of you guys complaining that americans complain to much but... yeah I think I made my point.
Games are not cheap no matter where you are. Yes they are more expensive depending on where you live but gaming is not a cheap hobby anywhere. But I'm more then willing to pay the 60 dollars for a game if I can afford it.
If I can't (like during the school year when I have rent and crap to pay) I search the bargin bins or just my folks to get me it for Christmas, etc. (Doesn't always work but I can try)
Games are not cheap no matter where you are. Yes they are more expensive depending on where you live but gaming is not a cheap hobby anywhere. But I'm more then willing to pay the 60 dollars for a game if I can afford it.
If I can't (like during the school year when I have rent and crap to pay) I search the bargin bins or just my folks to get me it for Christmas, etc. (Doesn't always work but I can try)
Fair enough but it's not as simple as the price alone. I mean it all depends of the situation of a country or state's economic state and stability. For example, even though the most I have to pay for a new game is 60 USD the freaking sales tax comes up to nearly 10% here in California so I still end up paying much more, which made my newly bought PS3 actually cost almost 330 USD. And the controllers and headsets? Damn I got milked.Adzma said:
One good reason, our economy is in the toilet and spending that kinda of money one a game is ridiculous right now. Hell spending 1.25 USD for a bottle of soda is almost too much. In may state alone the unemployment rate is about 10.5%. That's fucking high.
You also have to take into account the possible difference in taxes as well. I'm sure you pay more in taxes and/or it could cost the company more to ship it to Australia. Most of the game companies are in Canada or the US and the rest in Japan and other random places.
I've never heard of US gamers complaining of prices for games. I'm betting most of them are under 18 and living at home mooching off mom and dad with a minimum wage paying job if they're lucky.
You also have to take into account the possible difference in taxes as well. I'm sure you pay more in taxes and/or it could cost the company more to ship it to Australia. Most of the game companies are in Canada or the US and the rest in Japan and other random places.
I've never heard of US gamers complaining of prices for games. I'm betting most of them are under 18 and living at home mooching off mom and dad with a minimum wage paying job if they're lucky.
There is only one correct response to this - lolwut.dfcrackhead said:
Steam was good at one time. Now they've jacked the price up to shaft us as well. It's generally cheaper than retail, but it's not a huge saving you make. I mean, Bad Company 2 is listed at $69.99, which seems good, until you factor in that Steam displays our prices in US dollars.manythings said:
Everybody complains, not just Americans. And it's because last consoles everygame was 50 bucks, now its 60-70.
I'm calling /thread now.Aby_Z said:
Really, price difference or not, we're still losing our money. We like money and don't like losing it.
I'd say it's mainly because the prices just went up with this latest generation. It's also easier to compare your current experience to your past experience than it is to compare your current experience to someone else's current experience when they live an ocean away from you.
That said, I remember back in the SNES days when big name games like Street Fighter 2 and Chrono Trigger cost me (err... my dad) in the neighbourhood of $120 Canadian so I have my own reason to laugh when someone complains about a game costing them $60.
That said, I remember back in the SNES days when big name games like Street Fighter 2 and Chrono Trigger cost me (err... my dad) in the neighbourhood of $120 Canadian so I have my own reason to laugh when someone complains about a game costing them $60.
Wait, what? Halo: Reach is going to be 50 pounds? Last time i checked. Halo and mostly any other games are 40 pounds brand new. Anyway who cares 14th September for thy win!
I can understand that raising the price of something is never received well, but it's not merely the US where this has happened. While you guys were getting games for $50, we had to pay $99. Still less than the $120 we have now, but still not good. It's hard living in a country which hates games and gamers in general.Skullkid4187 said:
Ninja'd. I was gonna say there used to be a time where production costs weren't millions.Adzma said:
US gamers complain about paying $60 for a game because, while in converted amounts $60 is less than 60 Pounds, wages over here suck, making $60 a significant amount of money. This is especially true for high school and college students, for whom $60 is a very large fraction of a monthly paycheck -- assuming they're fortunate enough to have a job in the first place. Wages have been going down since at least the 70's. I can't remember the exact statistic, but the minimum wage has not increased along with inflation; even though the dollar amount is over twice as high as it was 40 years ago, the buying power of that money is actually lower today.
Why do people from other countries always make threads complaining about what people in America say or do? Why let it bother you? Whats worse, complaining about a $60 game or complaining about complainers? Get over it. Find something meaningful to piss you off so bad. Make a thread about how fat Americans are and how they are going to knock Earth off it's axis because we're so fat, or something...