Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-40164738-20191112004423

Yeah, I figured that. We do use the English name of it for for some kind of analysis, but nothing for consumer stuff. I guess our statistics bureau prefers simpler stats and no one else bothers. Just looking at some of the tech concepts during the bubble would be enough to get the idea, one example being a 1980s concept car (which looks like a 2000s car) with a fax machine in it. Car phones cost a bit, can't imagine what a car fax machine would cost. Good thing the market crashed, otherwise we'd have "don't fax and drive" ads in the 90s. I'm sure most who switched to the € would say that, it was very prevalent with food. Other items seemed to have changed their prices relatively fairly, console games generally cost more than 100 guilders. PC games were 70 but later moved towards that same amount. Then they all went to €50-60, which can still be more expensive but atleast it doesn't double the price. People never really cared, mainly because 18+ games are sold like any others. Actual strict age-gating might work, but then you'd have to figure out an ID system for internet use considering most is online anyway. The best way is mandatory showing of chances and box/gacha contents, some people just need to visualise their chances before they realise it's bs.

Guess DHL is kinda like PostNL in their market position. It's a shame Amazon doesn't really do proper business over here. Do you use your proxy for Amazon or can you just order directly? because I can't, but I'm not sure if it's due to "adult goods" or Amazon only doing ebooks here (it even links you to the .de website for other stuff). Cheap EMS is tempting after all. Right company at the right time I guess, now they're big enough to afford "losing" on transport (if they even lose money). I do see lots of people over here still opting for "specialised" webstores though. They essentially sell one type of good for cheaper prices, probably because they have only deal in those goods. Otherwise we've got two big webshops and various clothes stores. I guess we've been spared the internet Walmart for now, though they are focusing on it from Germany.

Crossbell games and Nayuta no Kiseki, yeah. Playing the series after all, better than the PSP ports of the older legends of heroes (3-5) games. That was an experience in mediocrity and the localisation was machine TL tier. From the few bits I saw the Windows versions looked better. Don't know what your cut-off point is for Falcom, but hopefully before those 3 on PSP atleast. Ultimately just don't expect anything in return. I'd prefer the old fashioned donate button, but that suffers from banner/ad blindness so I guess Kickstarters are at least easier publicity. Hopefully the market gets more interested in those types of games again, but it'd probably needs a shift for that to happen.