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Wow so if I learn Russian I can save a lot of money on video games?
by wincy 7y ago
Wow so if I learn Russian I can save a lot of money on video games?
- AdmiralAsshat 7y agoI could save a ton of money on video games if I learned Japanese, considering the import copies tend to be way cheaper than the limited-production English runs of many niche JRPGs.
- junar 7y agoDepends on the game and how you buy it. In general, buying digital is easier and cheaper in the US, due to more PC releases and aggressive price cuts and sales. Japanese digital stores have much less frequent and less generous sales, and older games don't get their base prices reduced by much. But if you buy physical copies, then the Japanese market might be cheaper simply due to the greater supply of older games, and potentially the currency conversion of newer games.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoLearning Russian just to save money on videogames is a pretty bad strategy when you account for opportunity costs - though I accept people sometimes find great amounts of motivation in silly things.
- diegoperini 7y agoWell, it has the added benefit of "still knowing the language" after you finish the game.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThat's why I said just. The "knowing the language" part can be leveraged in other ways for great benefit, both spiritual and financial.
- freeflight 7y agoIt's how I mostly learned English! Tho local versions often being censored [0] was a major motivating factor for that. There are a couple of Russian games out there with supposedly very good Russian VO, like the Stalker or Metro series. [0] http://www.dorkly.com/post/80945/germany-censorship http://www.dorkly.com/post/80945/germany-censorship
- username444 7y agoNew startup idea: learn foreign languages by playing pirated copies of foreign language games.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoWould you guess how I learned English? (Well, OK, the copies of Fallout and StarCraft I had were both legit.)
- fireattack 7y agoYou joke, but there are thousands of thousands people learn language this way.
- rjf72 7y agoAnother, somewhat depressing, way of looking at it is that we all could have learned half a dozen languages in the time we spend browsing and posting to no real end on forums and various other media such as this. And e.g. learning Russian would make you feel good at the end of it. Whereas when you look back at the years of social media (which, again I would include sites such as this) it all seems like quite a tremendous waste of time. Yeah, we're totally changing the world by expressing and sharing our views, values, and opinions. /s
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoI read HN for the articles.