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Neon
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 Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 16:31 Post subject: How many hours do you have to work to buy the latest game? |
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 16:40 Post subject: |
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Sweden's not on that chart because we download everything for free....SUCKERS! 
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 16:40 Post subject: |
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good thing my shitty country is not even on the list, that would be embarrassing..
Per aspera ad astra
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 17:03 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | We decided to take the average salary after tax to calculate how many hours you’d have to work in each country in order to buy a new release Xbox 360 or PS3 game
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Well, its probably somewhat different for PC games, considering that PC games in Eastern block are considerably cheaper
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chiv
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 17:10 Post subject: |
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hmm.. that graph shows average US wage as 12 pounds, which is roughly 18 usd... average new game in the US is 50 usd?, 50 / 18 = 2.8 hours per game, which puts them up with denmark...
wonder how they came to those figures.
actually reading from the comments, sounds like plenty of others are chiming in that their figures are bs 
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HIz
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 17:59 Post subject: |
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Romania... 32-40 hours 
 Spoiler: | that's why i never buy any
countries with low income should have prices accordingly, imo 
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 18:02 Post subject: |
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Not that much because I don't pay for overpriced console games. Which this crap is about.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 18:16 Post subject: |
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| Axeleration wrote: | | Well, its probably somewhat different for PC games, considering that PC games in Eastern block are considerably cheaper |
If you count Russia only
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 18:18 Post subject: |
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yes. Pc games are way cheaper. 2 times cheaper than console games in fact.
I got bioshoch infinte for 110pln while it costed 240pln new on consoles
3080, ps5, lg oled
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WaldoJ
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 18:24 Post subject: |
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lol i have to work two weeks to buy a game and that's if i get at least 30 hours per week.
but if it were to go hour by hour w/o any real life expenses... then i'd need to work 6 hours.
so that less than 4 hours... is pretty much for anyone making more than minimum wage here in canada... and a lot of kiddy gamers, and grown up gamers who lost a decent job and have to work at the bottom just so they don't go homeless... make minimum wage 
USA is worse tho. wtf. that graph is stupid and it should feel stupid.
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Stige
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 19:52 Post subject: |
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~35€ per working day for doing nothing in Finland basicly.
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noflip
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 21:00 Post subject: |
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I would have to work 31 hours to buy a brand new 59.90 eu game. And I work in outsourced UK IT support center. someone who works for minimum wage will have to work for 8+ days in order to be able to afford the same game.
so yeah, i pirate games.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 21:19 Post subject: |
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Oh, that is why there is 55.000 polish workers in Denmark.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 21:22 Post subject: |
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~1/3-1/2 a day for an Israeli-priced PC game 
Good thing I buy on Steam in USD where prices are 2/3 of their Israhell counterpart. 
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 21:26 Post subject: |
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I have to work 4-5 days to buy a single console game.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 21:27 Post subject: |
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| warriormax wrote: | | I have to work 4-5 days to buy a single console game. |
Well, why you buying console games? |
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Stige
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 21:29 Post subject: |
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But on topic: One of the reasons I don't use consoles, stupid game prices.
And the fact that consoles are shit these days, no good games.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 21:33 Post subject: |
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For me being in the US, seems about right...
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Stige
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 21:38 Post subject: |
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The average wage for Finland is way off, it's more like 8€ to 10€ for a regular job.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 21:40 Post subject: |
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If I would have to buy a full priced new game for console that is about right for Poland. For new PC game is around 6 hours of my work (procastrination and slacking).
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 21:48 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 21:52 Post subject: |
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| LeoNatan wrote: | | warriormax wrote: | | I have to work 4-5 days to buy a single console game. |
Well, why you buying console games? |
Currently I am not. I am just sharing for the info.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 22:15 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 22:43 Post subject: |
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you would need eyefinity to see croatia on that chart
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 22:44 Post subject: |
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| Drowning_witch wrote: | | you would need eyefinity to see croatia on that chart |
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jul 2013 22:45 Post subject: |
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In Hungary 4 days ... way below Poland
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