@rich8606: Oh and.. I don't think it will sell... PS2 sell like hotcakes in Indonesia, mainly because there are pirated games, nobody can afford a Rp600,000 bluray game, not when the monthly wage in Indonesia is about Rp1000,000.
USD 1 is about IDR 10000... Yes, the currency isn't RB... it's either IDR (Indonesian Rupiah) or Rp (Rupiah). If you use rb, it would almost look like 3,599,000ribu (ribu=thousand) which translate to 3,599,000,000... which is wrong of course. It just launched yesterday. There are a lot of potential customer in Indonesia, but considering the population, the percentage of people that can buy this stuff is very little... of course 10 or maybe even 5% of 200million+ million people is still a lot.
The problem isn't the game systems itself, but the games price. When people in the US complaining that $60 a game is expensive, then how about in Indonesia?
And concerning earthquakes.. (yes, lately there are several big earthquakes in Indonesia).. it's really an unfortunate and sad event... the latest one killed several hundreds people. But this is not CNN world report.. this is website about gaming, so I don't think this kind of reporting is out of place. Actually it's a nice detraction to what's happening in Indonesia. It's always nice to see my country featured in a site like this where the news isn't something depressing or negative. Do Indonesia need another bombing incident, tsunami, or earthquake to be featured in an international website?
This is why you games journalists live in your own bubble. This post has little connection with the outside world. An earthquake has killed several hundred people there, but you start with: HEY INDONESIA! PlayStations are coming! YOU'RE HAPPY!
@Bo_Diddly: Or maybe this is not the place to report things like earthquakes, but when gaming related news comes out, they do just that. Last I checked, when Hurricane Wilma was tearing up So.Fla. the US kept on going about it's daily life. Gaming has always been about a release from this world, where we can do the unimaginable. Take that (and things like it, such as movies, art, etc.) away and we just live in a solemn world with no reason to move forward.
My family is in Malaysia while I'm here in Jersey. I bought a 60GB PS3 and sent it back home since that was cheaper than to buy it at the local stores. After getting the YLOD, SCE Asia basically said that my brother needed to ship it back here to get it fixed since the warranty is only valid here.
I mean COME ON. This is the main reason I'm still holding out on the Slim. I want to wait it out and see if it has any issues of its own. If it doesnt, I'm getting 1-2 here and bringing them back.
Also you know what sucks about the gaming market back home? We dont have any concept of buying or trading in used games. A standard edition of a game is about $100 US dollars and it would stay like that for a long while (think 3 years+). This means that copy of X blades is just as expensive as Uncharted.
That's just how it is. This explains why a lot of people back home prefer the Wii and the 360 since they're moddable. In fact, a majority of the stores sell them in this fashion. It's only the big chains (Toys R Us) that sells em untampered.
How much are the pirated games? $5 USD max.
Sure, the smarter ones could download games off torrents and burn them on CDs, but the internet business is monopolized, so the download speeds are pretty average.
@Save me: yeah if you have such comment about the internet connections in malaysia, maybe you shouldn't use internet in Indonesia, it's terribly shit man... :(
but in Indonesian official launch they sell few titles with variable prices, older titles with fewer price.
Another one of my complaint is that not all the stores sell the same version of the game. Since the games are region free, some opt to sell games from Japan or China, which of course leads to an unreadable manual and an unplayable game.
Also, what is the Bluray code for your country? I'm just curious. US and MAS both are region 1 so it's pretty good for me since they're cheaper here and I could buy a huge bulk of them to ship back.
@Save me: last time i checked Bluray region A includes countries in South East Asia Region, so Indonesia included in that region
Yeah SCE Asia / any gaming representative in Asia should get their act together, i don't know why but 'Asia' somewhat always associated to China / Japan / Korea, so yeah when we buy 'Asian' Edition either they are in Chinese / Japanese, rarely in English :(
"4,499,000rb, 2,599,000rb and 3,599,000rb respectively (including tax)."
That just made me get up, walk to the stand where I keep my wallet when I'm at home, take out a $1 bill, and hug Mr. Washington like he was a long-lost brother.
relax captain serious. call off operation hater-ation air strike! :P not all people on here are well versed in difference in currency exchange. stop talkin reckless or.......
"YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LAW, WHEN I LAY MY HAND UPON THEE!"
With some research it is sick the amount of MMO's that are out there that don't get noticed. It seems only a very small percent become both successful and retain users for more than a few years. Some even stay in beta purgatory. Not to mention because of the time investment the genre is known for kinda pigeonholes popularity towards one or two specific titles. For developers, it is a hard genre to break into I notice and the most challenging to persevere through. It changes the whole perspective you have on ones that have closed down or are still up today despite liking them or not, because frankly - they got further than most MMO's have.
Guilty. When I did try a F2P MMO I only spent money on the things that doubled my EXP, re-specced my skills, or repaired broken items.
After about 10 hours of playing the F2P MMO I felt I owed the devs something, as I was playing their game that they spent money making. So I resolved myself to spend $5 at the cash shop. And the only things appealed to me were the things that made me stronger.
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The problem isn't the game systems itself, but the games price. When people in the US complaining that $60 a game is expensive, then how about in Indonesia?
And concerning earthquakes.. (yes, lately there are several big earthquakes in Indonesia).. it's really an unfortunate and sad event... the latest one killed several hundreds people. But this is not CNN world report.. this is website about gaming, so I don't think this kind of reporting is out of place. Actually it's a nice detraction to what's happening in Indonesia. It's always nice to see my country featured in a site like this where the news isn't something depressing or negative. Do Indonesia need another bombing incident, tsunami, or earthquake to be featured in an international website?
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so many pics and the Director of SCE Asia himself came to this show
pics uploaded soon :)
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looks like i'll be going to cnn for my game rumors, wait........ :P
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I mean COME ON. This is the main reason I'm still holding out on the Slim. I want to wait it out and see if it has any issues of its own. If it doesnt, I'm getting 1-2 here and bringing them back.
Also you know what sucks about the gaming market back home? We dont have any concept of buying or trading in used games. A standard edition of a game is about $100 US dollars and it would stay like that for a long while (think 3 years+). This means that copy of X blades is just as expensive as Uncharted.
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That's just how it is. This explains why a lot of people back home prefer the Wii and the 360 since they're moddable. In fact, a majority of the stores sell them in this fashion. It's only the big chains (Toys R Us) that sells em untampered.
How much are the pirated games? $5 USD max.
Sure, the smarter ones could download games off torrents and burn them on CDs, but the internet business is monopolized, so the download speeds are pretty average.
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but in Indonesian official launch they sell few titles with variable prices, older titles with fewer price.
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Hopefully that is the case.
Another one of my complaint is that not all the stores sell the same version of the game. Since the games are region free, some opt to sell games from Japan or China, which of course leads to an unreadable manual and an unplayable game.
Also, what is the Bluray code for your country? I'm just curious. US and MAS both are region 1 so it's pretty good for me since they're cheaper here and I could buy a huge bulk of them to ship back.
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Yeah SCE Asia / any gaming representative in Asia should get their act together, i don't know why but 'Asia' somewhat always associated to China / Japan / Korea, so yeah when we buy 'Asian' Edition either they are in Chinese / Japanese, rarely in English :(
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That just made me get up, walk to the stand where I keep my wallet when I'm at home, take out a $1 bill, and hug Mr. Washington like he was a long-lost brother.
Seriously Indonesia, I'm so sorry.
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Unless you're joking, but people SO OFTEN make that idiotic mistake that I wouldn't be surprised.
or im really confused about what you just said
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relax captain serious. call off operation hater-ation air strike! :P not all people on here are well versed in difference in currency exchange. stop talkin reckless or.......
"YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LAW, WHEN I LAY MY HAND UPON THEE!"
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If you assume that, then you're instnatly assuming that 1 unit of X currency is automatically equal to 1 unit of yours, which is just ridiculous.
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For all you know, he could have been hugging his US dollar because the economy isn't so shitty as to cause such devalued currency, like Indonesia?
FUCKFACE REPLY FAIL
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too late for funny jokes :P
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As low as the US can go, it won't be THAT low, not yet. :P
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Better to just not say anything, roll your eyes and bash your head against your desk like I do.
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EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!
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4,499,000 - 465.98 for PS3
2,599,000 - 269.19 for PSP
3,599,000 - 372.76 for PSP GO
dont be so hard on yourself. most international curency is absurdly high. as you can see them sony stuff is a bit pricey when u compare to us retail.
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After about 10 hours of playing the F2P MMO I felt I owed the devs something, as I was playing their game that they spent money making. So I resolved myself to spend $5 at the cash shop. And the only things appealed to me were the things that made me stronger.