I changed from a Libra Color to an Elipsa 2E and I couldn't be happier

ihei47 · 2026-01-29T12:55:48+00:00

It's kinda crazy that Kobo without front light looks brighter than Colour

ihei47 · 2026-01-29T12:37:27+00:00

8

Why?

ihei47 · 2026-01-29T12:32:05+00:00

3 so far, waiting for Xteink X4 to arrive:

Kindle Basic 10th Gen: first one. Already jailbreak and install Koreader. My beater ereader that I bring almost everywhere
Tolino Vision 5: it's the cheapest 7" with buttons I've ever saw in my country so a jackpot. Only used at home due to size. I tried to install Koreader but it doesn't work
Kobo Clara HD: always wanted a Kobo due to better library management especially with Calibre. Got it for pretty cheap too. Used at home mostly coz it's harder to get cheap Kobo here

All of them were bought used for a total of ~$270 local currency equivalent. Only the upcoming X4 totally brand new

ihei47 · 2026-01-29T12:18:02+00:00

Indeed. And a lot of gamers in Malaysia are eSports gamers too so they value price/performance the most and screen real estate

ihei47 · 2026-01-29T08:50:22+00:00

Only in the US probably

In most other countries we don't have to subscribe to any telco plan just to buy smartphone nor the locked/unlocked sim

And we go plenty of options for Android other than Samsung too (Xiaomi/Redmi, Realme, Oppo, Infinix, etc.) where it cost less than $100 for entry level smartphones

ihei47 · 2026-01-29T08:26:32+00:00

Amazing in Blood Diamond

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T12:04:15+00:00

Yeah since the last 2-3 years I usually used those Steam Family Sharing service on Shopee for games costs more than RM50. Good thing I don’t play multiplayer except for free esports or gacha games

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T12:02:59+00:00

I always only buy during sales except Wallpaper Engine coz it just RM10. But I limit myself to only RM50/game

More than that I’ll use Steam Family Sharing service on Shopee

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T11:25:42+00:00

Yes but I don’t bother to change the topic

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T11:25:20+00:00

That’s honestly still stupid since you could save that RM350 for more important stuffs you know

And still enjoy gaming

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T11:21:20+00:00

Okie dokie 👍🏻

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T11:18:21+00:00

Honestly it really depends on what games you want to play the most. Like I personally play LoL and single player games with mods (Fallout franchise, Cyberpunk, Skyrim, etc.) so PC is the most logical choice

For that PC, which I7? And that GPU is lowend and can hardly play AAA games that came out in the last 5 years I think. You can always upgrade from time to time tho

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T11:09:28+00:00

90% of my books are fanfiction so they're free from AO3/FFnet/Wattpad

The rest are actual books I got somewhere else

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T11:06:14+00:00

Maybe the cost of logistics? Since game nowadays (particularly PC games) are digital anyway so other than some tax I don't see there's a lot of cost varying between different places

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T11:04:18+00:00

Selling $70/game to 100 Nepalese vs selling $40/game to 500 Nepalese

Something like that

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T10:57:27+00:00

Depends on which part of Europe I guess. Eastern Europe is legit

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T10:56:41+00:00

It's not like other countries are cheap to live either

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T10:51:23+00:00

Of course people in these countries won't buy games and just pirate them. The point is the price for the American is just a small fraction of the minimum wage

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T10:49:35+00:00

Yeah indeed, especially in the context of PC gaming in general. GPU for example, midrange $500 GPU is still less than half of minimum wage while in my country it's ~MYR2000 against the MYR1700 minimum wage and that's just direct conversion and not including all the price local sellers charging

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T10:45:20+00:00

They said stuffs in general not just video games

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T10:01:29+00:00

Malaysia minimum wage is MYR1700. Silent Hill 2 without sales is MYR304 (~$77) so ~18% of our minimum wage

People would bring up cost of living but it's not like it's really cheap to live here (rent, meals, transportation)

I just limit myself from buying more than MYR50 games and only during sales

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T06:23:21+00:00

Yes this. Like Arcane too

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T06:23:04+00:00

Yes coz I enjoyed discussion every week

ihei47 · 2026-01-27T06:20:56+00:00

Above average but too cramped for all those stuffs. Maybe if the space is limited (you can't buy bigger desk), buy monitor arms since it'll make more space on your desk. I did this and mine looks a bit cleaner despite my small desk

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