This is how game prices hit R1,000 in South Africa: 1998–2016

5 June 2016
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  1. newsnexus
    07.06.2016 at 06:24

    It’s true that online purchasing is the better option, but only if you have access to a cost effective internet connection, like fibre or adsl. 3G downloads and updates following an online purchase would work out more expensive than buying the game in a shop and then installing. Unfortunately for Steam/Uplay/Blizzard, users never get the option of just installing the game as is from disc/unupdated. Updates should be optional. If you only want to play the single player campaign or LAN(local). It would save a lot of data.

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