Why do people from the US constantly complain about game prices?
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I remember back when every game was $40 NZ dollars.
Now we have games like Starcraft 2 hitting the hundred mark, and that's just ridiculous. It's a game, for fuck's sake. It's not worth that much.
Now we have games like Starcraft 2 hitting the hundred mark, and that's just ridiculous. It's a game, for fuck's sake. It's not worth that much.
Inflation has caused game prices to go up about every decade. They used to be around 40 when I was a kid, then it got up to 50 and now its 60 bucks for 1 game. That's pretty steep for visual entertainment, considering blu ray disks are only $30 at max.
Here's a question to ask yourself there Mr. Aussie: Why do people complain? If you can answer that question then you need not trouble yourself with this trivial matter.
Good day. :3
EDIT: And if you really feel that jaded about our gaming affairs, perhaps you should sail up to Japan and buy your games there. Can you say "lost in translation?" And if this topic really bothers you so much, perhaps the UN should put a ban on games altogether. Would that make you feel better?
Good day. :3
EDIT: And if you really feel that jaded about our gaming affairs, perhaps you should sail up to Japan and buy your games there. Can you say "lost in translation?" And if this topic really bothers you so much, perhaps the UN should put a ban on games altogether. Would that make you feel better?
Wow, that's some narrow minded thinking right there. I'm from Serbia, we have to pay higher prices for games than that AND our living standard is about 2-3 times lower than just about any of the countries you mentioned, probably more in most cases.
By your logic, that means those countries, and since you're an Aussie, that includes you mate, don't get to complain about your game prices, amirite?
Just because there's someone worse off than you doesn't mean you don't get to complain about something that's wrong, and frankly the prices on a lot of games are too much, even for US standards.
They don't get they're playing against their own hand either. The more they push the prices, the more people put on their one eyed patches and flip them off. Putting the games at reasonable prices would go a long way to combating that, but they're rushing off the other way instead, with the DLCs trying to screw the people who rent/buy used games as well. Oh well, the profit margins will teach them in due time...
By your logic, that means those countries, and since you're an Aussie, that includes you mate, don't get to complain about your game prices, amirite?
Just because there's someone worse off than you doesn't mean you don't get to complain about something that's wrong, and frankly the prices on a lot of games are too much, even for US standards.
They don't get they're playing against their own hand either. The more they push the prices, the more people put on their one eyed patches and flip them off. Putting the games at reasonable prices would go a long way to combating that, but they're rushing off the other way instead, with the DLCs trying to screw the people who rent/buy used games as well. Oh well, the profit margins will teach them in due time...
Funny thing about economics, you can't just look at a price of one product and judge that a country "has it good" or even better, unless you take in all sorts of other information as well. Things like minimum wage, federal, state and local taxes, cost of living, fuel prices, average transit distance, public transportation feasibility and quality, cost of basic services (mobile phones, internet, gas, electric, cable), medical costs and various other odds and ends - including any additional taxes placed on specific products.Adzma said:
Even beyond all that, it boils down to something far simpler. No matter where you live, you create a budget that balances your income vs any expenditures, and live within those means. Any increase in those expenditures is going to be annoying, especially since it usually happens far before your income increases. So whether you have to pay $60 when you used to pay $50, $70 when you used to pay $60, or $118 when you used to pay $108, it's still $10 more you have to pay, and it's still going to be just as annoying.
But by all means, if you think we have it so good, and the average American has games coming out of their ears without making any other sacrifices, then you're more than welcome to come and live here. Although I'll say it's a great country, it's definitely not er... a utopia by any stretch.
basically sums up i was gonna say, you gotta really look into the numbers and stuffLizmichi said:
you do realize the mass part of the gaming audience is from america/north america?
so giving us the cheaper prices is only a slight part of it, also because of LOCATION, most games/game developers are here in north america, so its much easier for it to be shipped and sold here to 'local' consumers rather than way the fuck out in australia (at least i think so?)
probably a whole bunch of reasons im overlooking, but i seriously doubt microsoft or anyone is profiting off of those raised prices in other countries, its probably import tax crap and the like.
Why are you complaining when Australians are paying $88?squid5580 said:
You wanna know why everyone is complaining? The games aren't free. That's why.
All I see in this thread are hypocrites. "American shouldn't complain about their game prices. Look at ours. That's expensive!"
It's fine for people from one place to complain about prices, but not people from another?
And why exactly is this a nationality thing? And what makes you think all Americans complain about game prices? What makes you think that people that aren't from the US *don't* complain about game prices? Stinginess is universal, and trying to pin it down to just one country is foolish.
For my part, if I think a game is worth sixty bucks, I'll buy it. If not, I'll either rent it or avoid it. Not too hard to understand, is it?
For my part, if I think a game is worth sixty bucks, I'll buy it. If not, I'll either rent it or avoid it. Not too hard to understand, is it?
You poor capitalist fools, all fighting for the right to complain about who has it worst in the getting screwed over department, all the while ignoring the fact that you are all getting screwed over. Why does the country matter here? When we divide ourselves by country we simply reinforce the idea of different country=different cost. If we simply went by gamer want games to cost X then we might have a better chance to make it happen.
Note the reason games are so expensive in Australia is due to the hazards of getting games there, have you seen the native animals?
I also don?t see a huge amount of people complain about prices, mostly about how the games seem to stagnate. I am in the us and well sorry I guess I don?t fit your American of choice. I think again we may just be seeing the vocal minority on the interwebz. They may be small, but damn they can scream.
Note the reason games are so expensive in Australia is due to the hazards of getting games there, have you seen the native animals?
I also don?t see a huge amount of people complain about prices, mostly about how the games seem to stagnate. I am in the us and well sorry I guess I don?t fit your American of choice. I think again we may just be seeing the vocal minority on the interwebz. They may be small, but damn they can scream.