QUOTE(olkooi @ Nov 8 2005, 07:03 PM)
reasons are they are too expensive, they are no longer popular, shops like novel hut close, everyone grow up and think the card game is childish....
Well, i guess the main reason is they are expensive. As for shildish, I will have to disagree.... it is another form of game. Too many people are involved in electronic gaming (PC, PSP, PS2.. etc) and giving up on card games, DND, board games and such. A PS2 dvd costs you only RM4- RM5 per title, while cards can go up to RM150 or more per card.
That is because they are all imported from US and other western countries where their currency is stronger than ours. If you happen to buy books / comics, you will notice the difference in price for English books vs Chinese books. English books / comics costs so much more compared to Chinese books. That is because of of the countries economy / currency VS the other countries currency.
Well, i would like to think that every hobby in Malaysia is a luxury. Everything is expensive here in Malaysia. Even reading is very very expensive. The cards are only USD2.50 per pack compared to RM10 per pack. If you are in US, you can buy 4 packs with 10 bucks compared to the guy in Malaysia who can only buy one pack for 10 bucks, exhange rates aside please. We are talking about dollar to dollar here.
I am into mountain climbing, an average backpack of 60+10 litres costs you as much as 650bucks compared to 250 elsewhere where people make the same money as us here.