It will cost R4,595 to play the 5 best PC games in South Africa this month

[Jamie McKane]

It will cost R4,595 to play the 5 best PC games in South Africa this month

This is how much it really costs to play games in South Africa today.

 

[VegOtter]

I didn't pre-order any of these games, because i cannot justify that price. I will wait for the specials to bring down the price.

 

[BeoTeK]

How do you know they're best when they're not out yet, or don't even have reviews out?

 

[czc]

#broketober

 

[DarthMol]

Except... you can't buy Mafia III on Steam - there's no pricing on it currently.

 

[Mister 44]

I have credit card,
I have patience.
ugh!
Steamsale.

 

[z1oc]

Price is too dam high

 

[Kwaai]

I have credit card,
I have patience.
ugh!
Steamsale.

+1. Even during the steam sales I hardly buy anymore as my backlog takes forever to play through.

 

[Bryn26]

If you bought every one of those games on CDKeys.com:

Mafia III - €31.79
Gears 4 - €53.99 (actually an XB1 game)
Battlefield 1 - €39.79
Titanfall 2 - €38.99
Civ 6 - €38.39

Total: €202.95, or R3124.82 at the current exchange.

That's R1470 less than the article's price of R4595, and shows the benefit of being able to buy PC games at a variety of online stores.

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My month cost me R400 for F1 2016, R600 for FIFA 17 and another R600 for a Civ 6 preorder. Pretty good value imo. Basically a game extra compared to what console games would cost me.