Hi,
Just thought I'd make my first post here to get an idea how many Australians exist on this forum.
Yeah, I know Australia isn't part of Europe... or anywhere for that matter, damn this isolated country. ):
I think Australia is in the so called "Oceania" region which includes Australia as well as various South-East Asian countries. Australia was also formed by British convicts apparently. So I guess you could say Australia has European and Asian connections?
Anyway enough talk about geographical locations. Let's talk about Australia.
Australia... land of overpriced games; takes many months for "new" releases to make it here (or doesn't make it here at all which is often the case); and even if it arrives, the PAL conversion usually has a downgrade in speed as well as grotesque, disgusting, and intrusive black borders. Anything else?
There's only one good thing about PAL: sometimes (mostly for SquareEnix and Konami games), there might be bonus DVDs.
I quit spending $$ on PAL games a long time ago (not worth supporting IMO), so was wondering where and how Australian (I refuse to use the term "Ozzie" ) gamers buy games (either NTSC or PAL) these days?
Electronics Boutique (EB) seems to be doing well, too bad about the lack of a .au website. The lack of a local version of Amazon.com is annoying too. eBay... Australia -> low population = small market on eBay. Australia reeeeaaally needs a local website dedicated to computer and video games.
So any Australians (or anyone for that matter), feel free to post a reply, even it's just a "lol".
Cheers.
Just thought I'd make my first post here to get an idea how many Australians exist on this forum.
Yeah, I know Australia isn't part of Europe... or anywhere for that matter, damn this isolated country. ):
I think Australia is in the so called "Oceania" region which includes Australia as well as various South-East Asian countries. Australia was also formed by British convicts apparently. So I guess you could say Australia has European and Asian connections?
Anyway enough talk about geographical locations. Let's talk about Australia.
Australia... land of overpriced games; takes many months for "new" releases to make it here (or doesn't make it here at all which is often the case); and even if it arrives, the PAL conversion usually has a downgrade in speed as well as grotesque, disgusting, and intrusive black borders. Anything else?
There's only one good thing about PAL: sometimes (mostly for SquareEnix and Konami games), there might be bonus DVDs.
I quit spending $$ on PAL games a long time ago (not worth supporting IMO), so was wondering where and how Australian (I refuse to use the term "Ozzie" ) gamers buy games (either NTSC or PAL) these days?
Electronics Boutique (EB) seems to be doing well, too bad about the lack of a .au website. The lack of a local version of Amazon.com is annoying too. eBay... Australia -> low population = small market on eBay. Australia reeeeaaally needs a local website dedicated to computer and video games.
So any Australians (or anyone for that matter), feel free to post a reply, even it's just a "lol".
Cheers.