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Originally Posted by Daniel E.
Buying games for 900 - 950 pesos is hardly rare here in my city. At current rates 900 pesos would amount to a bit more than 70 bucks.
Selection of games is also limited, where RPGs are often ignored by stores in favor of action and sports games.
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Ah yes, the "third world" software market. I had the experience myself: limited selection and ridiculously high prices for legit products, even higher than in the USA despite the lower income and general cost of living, and a huge and healthy bootleg market (bar the occasional hamfisted government crackdown).
Japan is a different case though. They're paying premium not because publishers don't care about their market but because of the hardcore fan "extras/collector's edition" based business model and a host of other reasons.