MisterLuffy
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Just 3? hmm...me, my two brothers, and my cousin wanted to play Dark Souls together. But if it's only 3...that's a bummer.
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Just 3? hmm...me, my two brothers, and my cousin wanted to play Dark Souls together. But if it's only 3...that's a bummer.
AngryChinchilla
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I started Kung Fu Strike: the Warrior's Rise and after 30 or so minutes I'm giving up. I don't find it fun and it got far too difficult too quickly. I didn't like how it kept telling me to press deflect at the right time to block the attack yet it never told me what the "right time" was. I'm glad I got this in a bundle. I also had to delete files from the games directory to make it run, so I guess I was just frustrated from the very beginning.
SteveWinwood
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you dont want the doge one?I have never wanted a sticker so bad.
Atraveller
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Wait for CoD day.
What a steal! I can't wait for the Daily Deal to get it at $50!
Edit: Aussie price?
Yes. It's almost criminal.
Is there somewhere I can read on the economics behind Australian prices being so high for videogames?
Is it some kind of tax your government imposes on them?
Kryptonite
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Dark Souls 2 is awesome. I suck at it
. I'm going to take my time playing, but I won't end up with many of the Playfire rewards Dark Souls 2 is awesome. I suck at it
Heh, I wish I was getting rewards. My playfire thing is absolutely borked.
Ah well. And yeah, I always play cautiously and slow. I always use a shield and very rarely even roll.
Atraveller
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You could have someone gift it to you from other regions when it's discounted more, I know people here are willing to help other people out.
Also, welcome to steamgaf!
Is there any other way to play a Souls game?
No, there's no tax or anything like that.
Not all publishers do this, Activision are by FAR the worst. Ubisoft, Valve, and others price games 1:1 on Steam, or at worst maybe a few dollars more, which is fine.
The best explanation I have for this pricing issue is many years ago the Australian dollar basically collapsed and was buying 50 US cents. Prices on everything went up. When the Australian dollar gained value and even eclipsed the US dollar, prices on software never came down -- everything else did.
for some people, yeahhhhn
FiveElementNinja
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Yeah, no armor.
SteveWinwood
Member
thank you valve for free money
jaundicejuice
Member
Sweet, got DarkXL working through Steam so I can now play Star Wars: Dark Forces with full mouse look, at a modern resolution and with some minor visual upgrades. Had to sacrifice the progress I had made but the upgrades are worth it.
Makes sense.
Isn't the Aussie minimum wage $15 ($13.9 USD)? I've heard it speculated that's part of the reason the prices are so high. For comparison, it's only $7.25 in the US (A$7.82). I mean it's still BS that you're getting charged so much when the currencies are so close in value, but that could be part of the reason.
def the best way to play
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Deleted member 102362
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This isn't an excuse. It's an artificially imposed higher price, whereas the rest of our goods and services are priced relevant to our economy, games and other digital goods have high prices for no reason.
Atraveller
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Ask JaseC how does he do it.
I had stopped buying games and other media I didn't have the time for after reading this account. It didn't last long. I did note a few books on hoarding after I read that article, though, thanks for reminding me.
clockworkinyou
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This thread is making it hard for me to wait for the chance of dark souls 2 on sale : (
The opposite: there was actually a government-led investigation into why Aussie software prices are so ridiculous. Basically, current game prices came into play way back when the AUD was hovering at around USD$0.50 or less, but didn't reduce when the dollar stabilised with a higher value -- in other words, publishers price gouge here because they get away with it. There has been a small downward trend, to a degree, in recent years due to the increasing preference to import (or obtain games via gifting in the case of digital distribution), but we're still paying more than we ought to.
In totally unrelated news, the fibre rollout has begun in my area after some ~20 months of inactivity. If all goes well I should have real internet within a year.
I'm just complaining about the inequality, I don't actually care about COD games.
SteveWinwood
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The real solution is obviously don't live in Australia.
bobnowhere
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I used to be in an area where the rollout was to commence inside a year and I'd seen the crews less than 2km from my house. Then the government changed and now it's just not happening at all anywhere near me.
it's probably jasec's fault the price is so high there
Shalashaska
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Great one as well. I think I like all of the M.O.O.N. tracks actually, fantastic beats.
Which make me want to go on a cocaine fueled crime spree.
When I was in Aus for a holiday there was a big hoohah about how the fibre rollout was gonna be delayed. I guess nothing's changed then?
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
An Australian Gaffer looking at the Steam storefront:
toddhunter
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Actually this is wrong. Activision are pretty good for Australia because outside of call of duty, most of their games are cheaper in Australia.
As long as I can get around it, I don't have a problem with them trying to charge more, especially to call of duty fans who can subsidise my gaming. Once they region lock like Nintendo we have another issue (or like Valve is probably bringing in, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it).
I plead the fifth!
The current government says its want to switch from FTTH to FTTN (slightly cheaper in the short-term but more expensive in the long, plus it's slower in terms of bandwidth), however I don't expect it to actually happen -- it's dumb (but that's partisan politics for you) and there's too much red tape involved. Build instructions for FTTH are still being issued, but it's difficult to say whether or not the rollout is actually slowing down since under the previous government an area was considered as under construction as soon as a contractor accepted the job whereas now it's only when the actual fibre itself is being hauled. In truth I appreciate the definition change since it now reflects when actual physical work is underway, however what's frustrating is that there has been zero clarification as to whether or not the areas that disappeared from the rollout map due to not fitting the new definition will still proceed as scheduled or if they'll be avoided for the time being pending the decision of the FTTH/FTTN debate -- as it stands people are just relying on seeing work being done with their own eyes, as in my case.
jaundicejuice
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That's cool that he/she actually beat their backlog but that post is kind of laden with waaaay too much guilt. I never look at my backlog as if it's a burden or something to be ashamed of, although I've made a lot of the same justifications that the OP did (and many here probably have) when it comes to buying stuff.
"I have no time to play [insert title/s here] but that's so cheap, how can I not buy it?"
I'm just playing this stuff because I bought it and the Star Wars catalogue reminded me I have so many of those games and I haven't touched any of them. That's what happens with a lot of sales these days. I already own a lot of the games and haven't touched them. A general disinterest in a lot of newer titles outside of the occasional 4x game kind of helps when it comes to digging from into my backlog. I'm fairly certain once Civilization: Beyond Earth comes out, this quest to make a dent in my backlog will end but in the meantime, Star Wars!
Dimitri2401
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I launched Luftrausers just to try for 5 minutes, and I played almost 2 hours...
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Is it so choice?
Atraveller
Banned
And he still managed to get 2500+ games, maybe there is a thing or two you could learn from him.
lol
Xelios has left us.
The best thing to come out of the investigation was Adobe saying that if people want to fly to the US to buy its software and still save money compared to buying it locally, they're more than welcome to do so. Quite the defence!
dark souls 2 finally here
I won't lie i am legit jelly. Fuck Nintendo with their region locking and price gouging. Nintendo games cost more than other competitor console games over here.
She's just deploring the practice.
As I said earlier in the thread, I hope Acti never reduces the Aussie price for MW2 because the fact it's still USD$90 after almost half a decade is hilarious.
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