Australian Gamers Finally Get an R-18+ Category 69
Dexter Herbivore writes "A lot of Australian gamers are saying, 'finally' as legislation passed parliament to support the introduction of a R-18+ category for games. From the article: 'Jason Clare, the Minister for Home Affairs has just announced that R18+ for games is set to become a reality, after legislation successfully passing through the Federal Parliament, having just gone through the Senate without amendment.'"
premature elation (Score:5, Informative)
Re:welcome to civilization (Score:5, Informative)
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when Australia was established as a penal colony, they only sent men and boys.
Mate, that's just plain wrong. 34% of convicts on the First Fleet [wikimedia.org] were female.
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we don't [slashdot.org]
As a consumer i can't force distributors to charge less to aussie retailers, i can't force retailers to sell at a lower price. i can't force online stores to not charge higher prices for digital downloads just because i'm in australia.
my options are:
a) try and find someone online that will ship to australia with at reasonable price(incl shipping).
b) get an overseas v.p.n. possibly credit card and pretend i'm overseas to buy digital copies at a reasonable price.
c) pirate
d) give up and pay inflated prices