First World Gaming Problems

[I Took the Red Pill]

Obviously it comes up a lot because we're on a video game forum, but most everything costs more in Australia and Norway.

Purchasing power parity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Of course it's not the only factor in play here. Taxes are higher and, as others have said, the AUD surpassing the USD is fairly recent and an economy doesn't change overnight (at the micro-, consumer-level, anyways). But PPP is undoubtedly a huge factor and Norway and Australia are 1 and 3 respectively on that chart.

[black orb]

>>> Third world gaming problem:
I have to pay like $70 for a game that cost $15 in USA...

now go and smurf yourselves first worlders!! you dont have problems at all..

[Mirage]

yeah redpill, I was expecting the two countries to be reasonably close.

[Elite Lord Sigma]

This one's not strictly gaming related, but it grinds my gears when I'm about to sit down for an extended gaming session, and I realize that I left my drink in the other room.

[Masamunemaster]

>>> Third world gaming problem:
I have to pay like $70 for a game that cost $15 in USA...

now go and smurf yourselves first worlders!! you dont have problems at all..

Send someone you trust here the money and have them ship it back for you, would end up paying an extra 10 or so, but would be alot cheaper.

[Hollycat]

I collected every gem in Gravity Rush and now there is literally nothing to do.
I can only play as catwoman after I beat Arkham city.
The gun I found in borderlands is too strong. I've breezed through the game using it from level 25 to level 40 so far.

[Aulayna]

For ages I didn't realise what a Quick Time Event was. I always associated QuickTime as the media player alternative way back in the Windows 95 days. Anytime someone mentione Quick Time Events I was like "what does that have to do with games, is it crashing when you're watching stuff.. who even uses QuickTime anymore?"

Prime example of QTE from Win 95

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

First World EoFF Gaming Problem:

The only notification I get from Triple Triad is the automated response telling me I lost yet another card

My deck what is it.

[Mirage]

First world gaming problem:

I can afford to buy way more games than I have time to play.

[Shoeberto]

They're making newer and better consoles that I could afford but I don't want to buy because I'm happy with things they are and I wish they'd all just stop and make this gen the last.

This is why I'm going almost exclusively to PC gaming and just hoping my favorite publishers come with me. My fiancee will be pretty unhappy if I hoarde another console and mothball my old device and game collection. At least on Steam/GoG I can horde games without taking up physical shelf space!

[Bunny]

My XBox 360 has a disc read error that happens occasionally make it somewhat difficult to easily use the system. But I have too many other games to play that I can't be bothered to fix it.

[Loony BoB]

Playing FFXIV, kicking big boss butt, gotta dodge all these whirlwinds.

Danielle buzzes to be let into the flat.

=|

[Iceglow]

not having a 3DS anymore, preventing me from playing Pokemon X or Y like the cool kids are.

[Vyk]

My girlfriend and I are running out of quality co-op games to play because we've slowly collected and conquered them all~ Sad though..