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Strategyking92 on 26 January 2011

Yeah, steam sales... Wait for them.

 

On a sidenote the minimum wage for the US is 7.25 USD and even less in some industries. If the minimum wage in australia is 15... And US gamers pay 60$ for a game while Australian gamers pay $90... That doesn't seem so bad, since the price could be 120.



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mchaza on 31 January 2011

Oh i hate SEGA now i want Shogun 2 total war, and i want to download it DD style and save the time of ordering it from UK/India or Hong Kong and Sega likes to screw people on steam like THQ and activison but i boy i love this from Sega on Direct to drive, here is an line for the game on direct to drive which got my hopes up only to be pushed down:

http://www.direct2drive.com/10306/product/Buy-Total-War:-SHOGUN-2-Download#

This product is available for purchase worldwide excluding New Zealand and Australia.

I love how Sega is ONLY RIPPING OFF AUS/NZ, nice job SEGA i am not buying an single game from you again besides total war because you f'ing bought creative assembly



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mibuokami on 04 February 2011

http://www.ozgameshop.com/pc-games/total-war-shogun-2-limited-edition-game-pc

Get it here, UK version, brand new, limited edition: $42.99 and free shipping to Aus / NZ

Give retail the middle finger!




mchaza on 05 February 2011
mibuokami said:

http://www.ozgameshop.com/pc-games/total-war-shogun-2-limited-edition-game-pc

Get it here, UK version, brand new, limited edition: $42.99 and free shipping to Aus / NZ

Give retail the middle finger!

thanks bro thats awesome 

saves me having to import from hong kong or UK  

i will get Shogun 2 from there and crysis 2  



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mibuokami on 06 February 2011
mchaza said:
mibuokami said:

http://www.ozgameshop.com/pc-games/total-war-shogun-2-limited-edition-game-pc

Get it here, UK version, brand new, limited edition: $42.99 and free shipping to Aus / NZ

Give retail the middle finger!

thanks bro thats awesome 

saves me having to import from hong kong or UK  

i will get Shogun 2 from there and crysis 2  

Actually, you ARE getting it from the UK, that's a UK store that sells to Aus / NZ gamers specifically so the mail time is kinda long (5 days ) the money are all in Aus dollars though and the shipping is free so I've never complained.

I use to buy most of my stuff from playasia, but ozgameshop is arguably cheaper and provide UK version of games rather than Asian.




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mchaza on 06 February 2011
mibuokami said:
mchaza said:
mibuokami said:

http://www.ozgameshop.com/pc-games/total-war-shogun-2-limited-edition-game-pc

Get it here, UK version, brand new, limited edition: $42.99 and free shipping to Aus / NZ

Give retail the middle finger!

thanks bro thats awesome 

saves me having to import from hong kong or UK  

i will get Shogun 2 from there and crysis 2  

Actually, you ARE getting it from the UK, that's a UK store that sells to Aus / NZ gamers specifically so the mail time is kinda long (5 days ) the money are all in Aus dollars though and the shipping is free so I've never complained.

I use to buy most of my stuff from playasia, but ozgameshop is arguably cheaper and provide UK version of games rather than Asian.


oh righto. thats cool anyways. 5 days is better than 2-4 weeks from hong kong 



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cura on 06 February 2011

I think it is to keep the prices on par with retail copies of the games. 3 years ago (or there abouts) all games were priced same as in the US steam (e.g. $49.99)...if only that was the case now. 

i like steam because I can download games and start playing ASAP. Ebay has cheap games that you can import from Honk Kong - I'd check them out if you don't want to pay $89 for black ops, etc. 



Aprisaiden on 06 February 2011
Strategyking92 said:

Yeah, steam sales... Wait for them.

 

On a sidenote the minimum wage for the US is 7.25 USD and even less in some industries. If the minimum wage in australia is 15... And US gamers pay 60$ for a game while Australian gamers pay $90... That doesn't seem so bad, since the price could be 120.


The RRP of games here is $120 PS3/360, $100 Wii/PC, its just that some retailers like JB Hi-Fi sell for under the RRP to get people into the store. It is also worth noting that while the minimum wage is higher in Australia the cost of living is also higher (eg average house price in brisbane is over $400,000 and brisbane is cheap compared to melbourne or sydney).



mchaza on 06 February 2011
Aprisaiden said:
Strategyking92 said:

Yeah, steam sales... Wait for them.

 

On a sidenote the minimum wage for the US is 7.25 USD and even less in some industries. If the minimum wage in australia is 15... And US gamers pay 60$ for a game while Australian gamers pay $90... That doesn't seem so bad, since the price could be 120.


The RRP of games here is $120 PS3/360, $100 Wii/PC, its just that some retailers like JB Hi-Fi sell for under the RRP to get people into the store. It is also worth noting that while the minimum wage is higher in Australia the cost of living is also higher (eg average house price in brisbane is over $400,000 and brisbane is cheap compared to melbourne or sydney).

cost of living is very high. 

Houses in Melbourne in some areas only 10 years ago were costing 30,000 well now they are worth 1.4 milion and they are small homes. 

 

 

 



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mibuokami on 07 February 2011
mchaza said:
Aprisaiden said:
Strategyking92 said:

Yeah, steam sales... Wait for them.

 

On a sidenote the minimum wage for the US is 7.25 USD and even less in some industries. If the minimum wage in australia is 15... And US gamers pay 60$ for a game while Australian gamers pay $90... That doesn't seem so bad, since the price could be 120.


The RRP of games here is $120 PS3/360, $100 Wii/PC, its just that some retailers like JB Hi-Fi sell for under the RRP to get people into the store. It is also worth noting that while the minimum wage is higher in Australia the cost of living is also higher (eg average house price in brisbane is over $400,000 and brisbane is cheap compared to melbourne or sydney).

cost of living is very high. 

Houses in Melbourne in some areas only 10 years ago were costing 30,000 well now they are worth 1.4 milion and they are small homes. 

 

 

 


A millionaire simply isn't something to brag about anymore, even an average chump with a mediocre 9-5 job can be worth a million in net asset because a decent size suburban house these days in a nice neighbourhood could be anywhere from 700k and up.