Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-2003:D6:4715:BAD4:21EE:A958:6BB9:9292-20191111121329

Yep, pretty annoying that they did that. It sometimes throws people off. Hm, I was probably not looking at the right thing. Basically, it should compare how much one market basket costs in the local currencies and how it has changed etc but the statistic is likely more in regard to the exchange rate? Meh. There is probably the right statistic for Japan out there, somewhere. (Though, we do know that people have a lot less money for extra goods, unlike how it was in the pre-bubble era. Just wanted to have some numbers to show it.) Hehe, the switch to Euro made things a lot more expensive here as well. 1€ should have been 1.96 DM but often times they just replaced DM with €, so the price basically doubled. It was pretty disgusting how easy the industry got away with it. Absolutely. They don't hire the guys from Vegas for nothing after all. At least NL and Belgium did some stuff against it, Germany just waived the concerns away. If it was me, I would ban all those games completely. People don't care much about 18+ rating, especially in the digital age, so that wouldn't help much.

Amazon.jp shipping is relatively cheap and super quick. They likely have a deal with DHL and DHL is somewhat in the bed with our customs...or at least they are in the same building in Frankfurt for some reason. So yeah, they are definitely in bed together which is bs and should be looked at since DHL exploits it (I wrote about the issue before). So yeah, Amazon.jp also ships tons of stuff, so the price for shipping goes down as it's all goods by Amazon.jp. It's actually kinda insane how large they are and how much power they hold. Of course, since the shipping on Amazon.jp is a lot cheaper, why would people order from other websites then? So that they, their top position becomes even more solidified. There is no even playing field. Of course, no free shipping but kinda fixed prices for goods and such. If you order like two BDs boxes (limited edition), you basically pay around 15€ for EMS shipping. That's how cheap it is.

So like Zero no Kiseki then or that other title. Well, that was already crappy Falcom, so I don't care about those games. In general, chucking a few bucks at a work well done is never wrong. Or just to support an idea, rather than a full product. I know I did and I wouldn't be mad if it became vaporware. But of course, I hope it comes out well and then succeeds to, as I want proper RPGs instead of the lame Unity garbage we get these days.