in singapore and thailand, original entertainment disc come out with affordable price, an ori CnC3 in SG just costs from S$52... when it converted to USD, its almost the same as the price sold in US. This perhaps have to blame on weak RM. Want a localised EA games? which company has such a strong financial basis to persuade those EA boss?

why in malaysia everything got to be freaking expensive? from tolls, cars, home appliances, tolls and cars are obviously overcharged

when you convert back to MYR its slightly more expensive, AUS dollar and SING dollar has similar value, if you work in australia, lets say you earn 2000 AUS$ a month, and get that Kane edition for $79.95 from ebay, its still cheaper if you consider dollar to dollar. I still think that the softwares and games are the same (follow the USD, Euro, Yen, etc) in the whole world, unless there's localized licensed version.

anyway, asides from blaming the prices are too high, put the blame on weak RM first, and lower income rate in malaysia, compare to other slightly more developed nation. Why china is also high on piracy? Imagine a vista Ultimate there selling for more than 2000 rmb , thats way more than an average ppl there's monthly wage.

because all the games we are so insane about, are being developed in North America and Europe, and being published by US based companies. Eventhough EA has its base on singapore and hk, its games pricing there are still the same as US after conversion, with ebay as reference ... same to microsoft here, they have a base in MY, but never see them offering vista ultimate for 199.00

once again, its either you can blame RM or income rate in malaysia is just too low, that used to be 1 USD = RM3.00 something, before 1997...

of course, theres much more things that is overpriced, like cars, liquors, cigarettes

so many ppl bought an ori CNC3 as their first ori game