Re:Sunsetting the Bethesda.net launcher and migrating to Steam
by mdoms on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @02:36AM
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Australians are incredible wealthy. In my experience (I lived in Aus for 5 years) Australians have no idea just how wealthy they are compared to other, even Western, nations.
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Re:Sunsetting the Bethesda.net launcher and migrating to Steam
by _carbyau_ on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @06:45PM
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You are probably right. I don't know enough to compare country citizen wealth.
But while your point is relevant to the marketing person, it is irrelevant to me as a consumer.
As per most humans of course, I never feel like I have enough. Like many, I have a mortgage and so am required to work until the day I die to keep a roof over my family's head. Not a glamourous roof, but ours.
So when I have friends overseas getting the same digital files as I am for less money, I feel ripped off.
For physical items in Australia you could argue the large distances for transport explain the cost/convenience difference.
But on the internet where the cost of information transport is negligible, a minimum 20% mark up is too blatant for the exact same convenience.