Damn that’s just crazy, I’d be sailing with jack sparrow instead
YesserEx360
TN
AdTraditional5573
That’s crazy, my part time job at near minimum wage in the UK makes more than a full time job at minimum wage in the US. What’s even the point in turning up for that much?
Equal_Day_1115
deym. minimum wage on my country is 12$ per day.
that game cost 50$
food is cheap tho.
SaraAB87
Minimum wage is at least $15 in NY state, double of what is listed here. Most places in my area of NY also pay $17-20 an hour and no I am not in NYC or anywhere near there.
LUMLTPM
8.5% in Portugal for Silent Hill 2
Reasonable-Pen-7193
Brazil: 45% of minimum wage.
Patient-Midnight-664
Wouldn’t a better comparison be based on how much is left after COL expenses, i.e. discretionary income?
Dorennor
195$ minimal wage, 70-80$ games. 40-42%.
oo-----D
It ranges from 31 to 40%
fortnite_battlepass-
fellow Irani? I don’t remember the last time I bought something from Steam, at this rate anything below 5 dollars is simply not worth it.
TheDarkMuz
thats why pc is limitless. been playing old games for more than 10 years. havent purchased a game since Skyrim Legendary edition on ps3.
Ive been playing PS2 games, WII games, PSOne games, PSP games and Gameboy advance games on my pc for years now.
Getting through a backlog. Currently enjoying Monster hunter Freedom Unite on psp emulator.
Wait until they remove denuvo. If it doesn’t have denuvo to begin with, why bother asking.
FunkyAssFlea
Australian Minimum Monthly wage is $3,792. New game $110.
2.9% of minimum wage (around about)
valerielynx
not as bad but still more expensive.
Poland has I think roughly? the same minimal wage but Discord Nitro costs ~$14 instead of $10.
TioHerman
and they can’t really do regional pricing properly because people would just abuse then.
Federal_Policy_557
Iirc here in Brazil new games are 20% to 30 something % of the minimum wage
scuffgamerr
KILLEliteMaste
Switzerland doesn’t have a country wide minimum wage but usually everyone gets at least 4000CHF ($5000).
SH2 costs 70CHF ($88) which is as always the most expensive price for a game compared to all other countries (according to steam DB). So it costs about 1,75%
TheGamepadGuru
Workers who are making $15 an hour is NOT WORKING 40HRS A WEEK.
Mundane_Gap1994
why is silent hill 30 more dollars for other country
XWasTheProblem
think it’s about 8-10% of minimum wage here in Poland?
Certainly not great when you look at the prices of hardware necessary to run modern games.
ChocolateDonut36
60 dollar game is 40 dollar here, if you include taxes it it costs 60 dollar
AestheticNoAzteca
Argentina:
Minimum wage U$D 248.28 -> $100 are 40.28% of that
But the average low income is around $468.75 so it’s more like 21% of the average low income
Buuuut. We have 21% of taxes.
That means. That $100 are $121 after taxes. So, in total:
Minimun wage: $275/month (working 44h/week)
New Game: around $64* (on Steam)
23% of minimum wage
*Probably it’s the same $70 from US, but Steam’s exchange rate seens to be lower than the official one
Challenger_Ultimate
Minimum wage, £12.20 an hour, or £1952 a month.
New game: £60
3.07% of minimum wage
Kibou52
when i was in bangladesh, I’d earn 400$/month, and game cost 60$ on release.
i lived with my parents so I didn’t have any other costs.
otherwise with rent and food I’d have minus balance lol
uller30
Think you mean $80 for games that’s the new standard sadly.
in the UK that game would probably be 60, and the minimum wage for 18-20 year olds is £10/hour, so about 6 hours work, or 15% of minimum wage for the same work week
OakBrigade
Brazil
minimum wage: 280 dollar/ month
New game: 35 dollars at average
SuperUser5627
Brazil:
Minimum wage: 274.95/month.
A new game on PlayStation Store: 72.27
26.28%
Solareclipse753
Minimum wage in Australia is $25 an hour so about $4,000 a month
Nasi-Goreng-Kambing
LoL buying games? I don’t need to buy games in my country.
helpmehavememes
How many people actually get paid minimum wage? In Utah, they pay $12 for starting at taco bell. Managers at our local panda express make 86k.
Markomaster_YT
I mean you’re also not taking taxes into account
ossamamidoune
Meanwhile here in algeria gets paid 5$ a day on average …
GrowthNew8319
Mexico: 1/8 of minimum wage in some games, new AAA like 2/8 of minimum wage.
six_six
Minimum wage is a poor way of doing this because almost nobody (at least in the US) makes minimum wages .
Do it by the mean wage.
Eternalegion
here in tunisia it’s triple the price or a bit more
LordSheldonIII
3.5% in the North of Ireland
Queasy_Coast_8214
I make double the USD min wage and new games still aren’t worth it
nicoc77
The minimum wage in Argentina as of July 2025 is $317,800 ARS. A new AAA game priced at $70 USD plus taxes costs $108,823.95 ARS, which represents about 34% of the minimum wage.
Adictive_Personality
South Korea.
Pretty much the same as the US.
Min wage is 10030 KRW. (7.31 USD)
Games are about the same cost.
GIsimpnumber1236
In Peru minimum wage is 1100 soles (legally, illegally can go down to 900) or almost 400 dollars so a new game would be 1/4 of salary
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Damn that’s just crazy, I’d be sailing with jack sparrow instead
TN
That’s crazy, my part time job at near minimum wage in the UK makes more than a full time job at minimum wage in the US. What’s even the point in turning up for that much?
deym. minimum wage on my country is 12$ per day.
that game cost 50$
food is cheap tho.
Minimum wage is at least $15 in NY state, double of what is listed here. Most places in my area of NY also pay $17-20 an hour and no I am not in NYC or anywhere near there.
8.5% in Portugal for Silent Hill 2
Brazil: 45% of minimum wage.
Wouldn’t a better comparison be based on how much is left after COL expenses, i.e. discretionary income?
195$ minimal wage, 70-80$ games. 40-42%.
It ranges from 31 to 40%
fellow Irani? I don’t remember the last time I bought something from Steam, at this rate anything below 5 dollars is simply not worth it.
thats why pc is limitless. been playing old games for more than 10 years. havent purchased a game since Skyrim Legendary edition on ps3.
Ive been playing PS2 games, WII games, PSOne games, PSP games and Gameboy advance games on my pc for years now.
Getting through a backlog. Currently enjoying Monster hunter Freedom Unite on psp emulator.
https://preview.redd.it/2wrt6x5rowef1.png?width=1360&format=png&auto=webp&s=ad6058900cdd68230e69772da1de4473c62c0c54
been torrenting games since NFS most wanted era
Wait until they remove denuvo. If it doesn’t have denuvo to begin with, why bother asking.
Australian Minimum Monthly wage is $3,792. New game $110.
2.9% of minimum wage (around about)
not as bad but still more expensive.
Poland has I think roughly? the same minimal wage but Discord Nitro costs ~$14 instead of $10.
and they can’t really do regional pricing properly because people would just abuse then.
Iirc here in Brazil new games are 20% to 30 something % of the minimum wage
Switzerland doesn’t have a country wide minimum wage but usually everyone gets at least 4000CHF ($5000).
SH2 costs 70CHF ($88) which is as always the most expensive price for a game compared to all other countries (according to steam DB). So it costs about 1,75%
Workers who are making $15 an hour is NOT WORKING 40HRS A WEEK.
why is silent hill 30 more dollars for other country
think it’s about 8-10% of minimum wage here in Poland?
Certainly not great when you look at the prices of hardware necessary to run modern games.
60 dollar game is 40 dollar here, if you include taxes it it costs 60 dollar
Argentina:
Minimum wage U$D 248.28 -> $100 are 40.28% of that
But the average low income is around $468.75 so it’s more like 21% of the average low income
Buuuut. We have 21% of taxes.
That means. That $100 are $121 after taxes. So, in total:
||Minimum Wage|Average Low Wage|
|:-|:-|:-|
|Before Taxes|40.28%|21%|
|After Taxes|48.73%|25.81%|
(with today’s exchange rate)
Minimun wage: $275/month (working 44h/week)
New Game: around $64* (on Steam)
23% of minimum wage
*Probably it’s the same $70 from US, but Steam’s exchange rate seens to be lower than the official one
Minimum wage, £12.20 an hour, or £1952 a month.
New game: £60
3.07% of minimum wage
when i was in bangladesh, I’d earn 400$/month, and game cost 60$ on release.
i lived with my parents so I didn’t have any other costs.
otherwise with rent and food I’d have minus balance lol
Think you mean $80 for games that’s the new standard sadly.
And that’s why torrents are still alive and well.
A funny girl with a spoon
https://preview.redd.it/th73v1zmqwef1.png?width=736&format=png&auto=webp&s=b80686d24c6f787fd0de95ad9ae462c6ca2b285c
in the UK that game would probably be 60, and the minimum wage for 18-20 year olds is £10/hour, so about 6 hours work, or 15% of minimum wage for the same work week
Brazil
minimum wage: 280 dollar/ month
New game: 35 dollars at average
Brazil:
Minimum wage: 274.95/month.
A new game on PlayStation Store: 72.27
26.28%
Minimum wage in Australia is $25 an hour so about $4,000 a month
LoL buying games? I don’t need to buy games in my country.
How many people actually get paid minimum wage? In Utah, they pay $12 for starting at taco bell. Managers at our local panda express make 86k.
I mean you’re also not taking taxes into account
Meanwhile here in algeria gets paid 5$ a day on average …
Mexico: 1/8 of minimum wage in some games, new AAA like 2/8 of minimum wage.
Minimum wage is a poor way of doing this because almost nobody (at least in the US) makes minimum wages .
Do it by the mean wage.
here in tunisia it’s triple the price or a bit more
3.5% in the North of Ireland
I make double the USD min wage and new games still aren’t worth it
The minimum wage in Argentina as of July 2025 is $317,800 ARS. A new AAA game priced at $70 USD plus taxes costs $108,823.95 ARS, which represents about 34% of the minimum wage.
South Korea.
Pretty much the same as the US.
Min wage is 10030 KRW. (7.31 USD)
Games are about the same cost.
In Peru minimum wage is 1100 soles (legally, illegally can go down to 900) or almost 400 dollars so a new game would be 1/4 of salary
0$ pirate bcuz that’s what I did