Gaming in the Philippines? Pain in the a$$
Taxes, duties, and liabilities are as high as it can be. And local retailers are selling it for a nice chunk of profit.
I got my 3DS two days after US release. It cost me $300 for the unit and $45 for every game. Exchange rates are ridiculously high. 43-45Pesos per Dollar.
And now comes the Vita. 250$ for the wifi model. Converting that 250 gives me about 10k-11k.
Browsing on different sellers. They are selling it for about 16k-18k a unit. Thats $350-400. Just wow. I just can't imagine how are they going to price their games.
I really hope there are US gamestores like Gamestop and the likes here. So that fair pricing of video gaming goods will be present here.
I know that its their marketing thing or something and I know no one is forcing me to buy their goods but its just really make me "sad/"insert something here".
And importing things from abroad will make the price almost triples. Example, I imported Monster Hunter Portable 3rd from play-asia. Price is 1700Pesos/$37. But before I got it, taxes etc made me pay about 4200Pesos/$90+.
/rant
/thread
Taxes, duties, and liabilities are as high as it can be. And local retailers are selling it for a nice chunk of profit.
I got my 3DS two days after US release. It cost me $300 for the unit and $45 for every game. Exchange rates are ridiculously high. 43-45Pesos per Dollar.
And now comes the Vita. 250$ for the wifi model. Converting that 250 gives me about 10k-11k.
Browsing on different sellers. They are selling it for about 16k-18k a unit. Thats $350-400. Just wow. I just can't imagine how are they going to price their games.
I really hope there are US gamestores like Gamestop and the likes here. So that fair pricing of video gaming goods will be present here.
I know that its their marketing thing or something and I know no one is forcing me to buy their goods but its just really make me "sad/"insert something here".
And importing things from abroad will make the price almost triples. Example, I imported Monster Hunter Portable 3rd from play-asia. Price is 1700Pesos/$37. But before I got it, taxes etc made me pay about 4200Pesos/$90+.
/rant
/thread
