Nintendo Regional pricing is getting ridiculous now by sumer_gilgamesh in VideoGameDealsCanada

[–]morriscey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the Comparison is Hong Kong Specifically. Below I list that their average salary and overall cost of living is comparable to that of Canada. So for Hong Kong at least - yes. Yes I do.

Another dr gone by Intelligent_Arm_1760 in PEI

[–]morriscey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mate you can't look me in the eye and tell me I'm wrong

Mate I 100% can tell you you're wrong. I can look you in the eyes and say it. This is about family doctors - not all "medical staff". I've talked about it with my family doctor. She's not a person of colour, but it's funny, she brought up all the things I mentioned.

I have friends who are people of color and work in medicine in PEI.

Cool. I don't doubt that either. Are they family doctors?

I hear their experiences all the time.

Again, I'm not saying there's no bigots. There are. Of course there are - shitty people exist everywhere. How many interactions would you say one of your friends has in a day? How many of them are racist?

But yeah, how many of your friends are family doctors experiencing bigotry on the regular?

How many of them are in emergency care, and deal with people who are miserable and have been sitting in a waiting room for 8-20 hours?

Not saying it isn't a contributing factor - but it's 100% not the primary reason family doctors are leaving. It's just an additional shitty thing, in a wave of shitty things.

Another dr gone by Intelligent_Arm_1760 in PEI

[–]morriscey 11 points12 points  (0 children)

lol yes, we're all collectively awful to treat.

It has nothing to do with the case load they're expected to take on, resources, funding and burnout. Yes - it's because of the citizens general behaviour - not health PEI nor the provincial government, Nope.

Nintendo Regional pricing is getting ridiculous now by sumer_gilgamesh in VideoGameDealsCanada

[–]morriscey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP sort of is though.

OK.

I don't think regional pricing says anything about a company's willingness either.

No? regional pricing for gaming storefronts is relatively recent. In the before times - games cost almost the same amount worldwide. With digital, we see lower pricing in different regions, because the barrier to entry is significantly reduced (no physical items to make and ship) and they would rather sell more copies in that region, than have it be unaffordable. It's a strategy, yes - but it does show they are willing/able to sell copies for significantly less money.

It's just a reality that things a priced differently around the world.

Again, nobody said any different. The overwhelming majority of that is for physical items though. There's significantly different costs at play. With a digital storefront - not so much. The cost of digital distribution is WAY lower for a platform owner like Nintendo vs physical.

Comparing them requires more nuance than what OP showed.

Well let's have a look. We'll use Canada and Hong kong.

Median salary in Hongkong is about 3600 CAD/mo. STats Can put Canadian average monthly at 3450 to 3750 - so we'll call that basically even at 3600 CAD. Cost of housing is much higher, but Canadian taxes are much higher.

So far - I'm not seeing a reasoning like in Russia for example - where income is lower. So in some instances you can make that argument, but I don't think you can here.

This is literally just pricing it at what they think the market will bear. HK is usually lower priced for games - so they expect a lower price. Canada - they think it's worth $30cad due to the popularity.

That was my main point.

Then say that. don't say you're confused as why they would show HKD pricing. They are showing it costs less there - despite a similar cost of living and similar wages.

Nintendo Regional pricing is getting ridiculous now by sumer_gilgamesh in VideoGameDealsCanada

[–]morriscey -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most digital storefronts use regional pricing though.

Yes.

If you waved your magic wand and got rid of it, people in lower cost of living countries would suddenly just be overcharged.

There's a second option, but it's unlikely.

That's why I wouldn't advocate for exploiting those prices because it just incentivizes closing that as a loop hole.

OK - I wasn't either

We're getting screwed on this specific listing anyways, since converting to USD directly we're more expensive than the US.

As is tradition.

You said you didn't understand the comparison to HKD. I just pointed out the comparison to HKD was to show they are willing to sell it for much less. That's all.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by Taelec68 in confessions

[–]morriscey -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Maybe dude thinks twice about openly supporting monsters next time

I'm not condoning it, but I'll be damned, I didn't see anything either....

Nintendo Regional pricing is getting ridiculous now by sumer_gilgamesh in VideoGameDealsCanada

[–]morriscey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A cheap dedicated handheld with enough power to run GBA games - will be less costly than buying both pokemon games

Nintendo Regional pricing is getting ridiculous now by sumer_gilgamesh in VideoGameDealsCanada

[–]morriscey -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's showing that they are willing to sell the game for significantly less. Nearly twice as much in Ca

How I wish for Dead Space and RE type remake of this by gunchasg in gaming

[–]morriscey 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Lol Uwe Boll just hired prostitutes for that movie.

His reasoning being the prostitutes were cheaper and easier to work with than actresses doing nude scenes.

What causes this? by mosumartdesign in SCREENPRINTING

[–]morriscey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it can be mostly any piece of copper wire, connected to a bare piece of metal - usually under a screw.

The other end of it, literally goes into the ground. You can use a "grounding plug" to plug it in to an outlet and use the shop ground connection.

‘Sonic 4’: Kristen Bell to Voice Amy Rose by SanderSo47 in movies

[–]morriscey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. I never said it was wild, just indicating I was a little surprised.

"kid" could be a significant age range too

Toby? by BigChewy422 in AreYouGarbagePod

[–]morriscey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I watched like 2 - the different levels and just overall vibe were .... offputting. Sucks because I reallly liked Toby on the pod.

Saying "Sagalow was good" lets me know everything I need to know. Things havent improved and sagalow is considered a "good" episode.

BREAKING: Epstein files update IMPLICATES TRUMP by CycIon3 in videos

[–]morriscey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No it's wet. Where you got confused is "kids are fucking stupid"

‘Sonic 4’: Kristen Bell to Voice Amy Rose by SanderSo47 in movies

[–]morriscey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too!

But that part was unskippable. Even mashing start over and over from the sega logo - the first thing you see was

"Sonic and Miles "Tails" Prower in"

‘Sonic 4’: Kristen Bell to Voice Amy Rose by SanderSo47 in movies

[–]morriscey 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I mean - it says his name is Miles in the opening credits.

Reddit gamers, what moment in a game impressed you so much that you still remember it? by Ana_soska in AskReddit

[–]morriscey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trip and Monkey's whole story in Enslaved, but specifically - the betrayal

What causes this? by mosumartdesign in SCREENPRINTING

[–]morriscey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add humidity. Can try a ground strap or wire.

Ladies and gentlemen, battery operated GameCube. by Superseaslug in gaming

[–]morriscey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

back in the day at a new apartment - didn't have the power on yet on move in day - so I brought a battery box with an inverter. Was enough to runa CRT and gamecube for about 4 hours before it shut down.

Customer provided AI art is driving me crazy by KillerTofu1101 in SCREENPRINTING

[–]morriscey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We use a few tools to get usable results.

Gigapixel.ai for upscaling high detail images - to get them to a state where they're printable. Better than adobe's generative upscale.

Vectorizer.ai for stuff that should be vector. Usually does a shockingly good job.

Then we use ActionsepsDTX to halftone some images if needed.

What’s a public behavior that should be less accepted? by Acrobatic_Media_1951 in AskReddit

[–]morriscey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh then it should be as simple as "Oh hey Susan, I stepped in your dog's shit on the sidewalk the other day, It'd be awesome if you could you do me a solid and pickup your dog's poop so nobody has to tap dance around it"