Why does my country hate video games?

Why does my country hate video games?

>bans half of them
>blames them for everything bad that happens
>makes them super expensive to buy
>taxes the industry to hell and back so developers don't stand a chance

Bump

>bans half of them
a gross exaggeration
>blames them for everything bad that happens
maybe I'm just oblivious but I don't see this happening much if at all these days
>makes them super expensive to buy
>taxes the industry to hell and back so developers don't stand a chance
these two are right though

Out of touch people running the country and a smaller demographic for video games in general. zero industry here for it too.

Association with nerds and nerd culture, nobody likes nerds.

Yeah i mean just looking at the average aussie they'd just think you're some gay nerd for talking about video games, the footy's more important.

PM Trumble is all about jobs and growth but doesnt give this Avenue a chance

We need a gamers party, unironically. If there's a fucking shooters and fishers party and a motoring party in parliament, and a Sex Party in the Victorian legislature, and a "ban all nonwhites" meme party in the senate, we surely have a chance of getting a Gamers Party in.

They don't want you ducking out of your giant spider and drop bear defense training to play vidya.

Gta V got removed from all shelves in target cause some feminists + prostitute advocates complained

Video games aren't as important as you may think

>gamers party
cringiest thing I've heard of on this site in a while, jesus christ

Second post best post. The yanks and us went through the "video games are the devil" phase ages ago. You can still hear the echo in moronic soccer mums but I bet it's the same in the states. Most of the time the price is USD to AUD conversion and if you aren't buying games at places like cdkeys.com then you're doing it wrong. We also had a R* studio here as well, there isn't much point setting up studios here when most already have studios set up elsewhere. I agree the odds are against aussie devs starting up though.

but that's not a ban

It kinda is

His idea isn't wrong, but that title could sure as hell use a tweak.

Cause you live in a nanny state.

from a store no one buys games from anyway.

Agreed digital media over here is pants on head retarded. Not just gaming.

Take it back nigger. Target unironically is a good option to buy games from, they frequently undercut the fuck out of EB/JB for big games.

>Buying from stores in Kangarooland
Jesus I haven't bought something game related from EB or anywhere from that matter in ages. Just buy keys you absolute nigger it'll save you a fortune.
That's because it isn't, least of all in the way the OP implied.

I've got physical collector autism, gotta have those cases for console. Of course I buy keys for pc but ps4 is a different story.

go use ozgameshop if you want retail versions they still do free shipping as far as i know

>omfg gta is banned in the stores
>when steam has frequent 50% off sales on rockstar games

>bans half of them
No? I can't remember the last time we had one banned.

>blames them for everything bad that happens
On Q&A maybe.

>makes them super expensive to buy
This is true at least.

>taxes the industry to hell and back so developers don't stand a chance
Company tax is probably a bit high but it's not THAT bad. Not sure what other taxes you're talking about. Just GST?

>Why does my country hate video games?
because we are run by luddites whom have never play vidya?
They only want the old people vote, who don't want any young people to have fun

most recent bans were MeiQ and Valkyrie Drive Bikkuni last year

he isn't really about jobs and growth. He is just blowing a trumpet that he blew at his "election" campaign. What amazes me more is how he told the states to sell their power companies to private investors and now he is backpedaling on it when he finds out that you need a backup for power supplies

doesn't mean shorten would do any better. In fact he would be worse than Trumble

Why the fuck can't I post threads half the time?

It says the country's IP is banned for abuse or something, does Hiro hate Australians?

why would you go on the internet and tell lies

I agree man, I vote nats/lib every election but I feel like they're hopeless now, their only redeeming quality is that they're not labour.

I'd consider Xenophon maybe next election

>does Hiro hate Australians?
No, just loves money. BUY A PASS!

Good, vidya needs to be banned worldwide

Australia is beyond saving. There is no point.

You know what faggots? Australia may be a shit hole, and everything may be expensive, but at least I can be a full blown NEET getting $2000 AUD a month for free and be immune to most of the rest of the worlds problems.

Take that! The only trade off is shit internet and a Leftist government installation because the country is full of brain deads who won't vote labor.

Why is half the country winter while the other half is summer? Hobart is 18c, while Brisbane is 38c.

That shouldn't be happening.

Almost believed that post until he mentioned Leftist Government and Labor as two different things.

K E K

Liberals is the cancer ruining Australia. Labor is the superior party left or right.

>labor
>superior party
there is no "superior party", everyone's a globalist puppet or a moron

because your country is run by LEFTISTS and thus is a COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP. rise up and KILL THOSE UGLY FUCKING REDS.

holy shit why

this triggers me intensely

...The Liberal party is the right wing.
Labor is the left wing.

Jesus fucking Christ.

hong kong 97 reference?

Remember when Hotline Miami 2 banned? Me neither. I don't know why but Australia doesn't really have a good thing going for them when they try to make AAA games unless they are casual mobile games.

either way you guys need someone like THE ALMIGHTY AND SUPREME GOD EMPEROR DONALD TRUMP to MAKE AUSTRALIA GREAT FOR ONCE by BITCHING OUT THE LEFTISTS and the UGLY FUCKING REDS

Not so much that it blames everything that's bad but it glorifies it instead of not making a video game in general. Everything you see in games are based off real life events and sadly it's mostly in America. Why would you ever want your country to start looking as bad as America? You should be happy.

pretty much

>>makes them super expensive to buy

What did he mean by this?

>Everything you see in games are based off real life events and sadly it's mostly in America.
A plumber once saved a woman from a barrel throwing gorilla?

>Want to be a game developer
>Practically a non-existent line of work in Australia
>Want to do something music related
>Music scene in Australia is also practically non-existent if you want to make a living
>Would like to work in the TV and/or film industry
>Have generally awful films and our TV market is just renovation and cooking shows
>Literately everything I want to do is unfeasible in Australia

Post your game/bandcamp/youtube channel

You are actually working towards your goal right?

>game dev
Indie
>Music
indie
>TV/film
indie
I solved your problem

Literally the Brazil of your hemisphere

>Everything you see in games are based off real life events and sadly it's mostly in America.
>Gensokyo was actually America all along
Well shit

Honestly, I more or less gave up music a while back because of the music industry here. As for gaming, I'm going to learn how to develop games solo and try the Kickstarter route. I started a YouTube channel, but only have one video posted and currently working on more now. I'm hoping I can make something with that.

I hope to go indie with gaming at least.

>Honestly, I more or less gave up music a while back because of the music industry here.

Nice attitude. Never gonna make it brah.

New Zealand banned Gal*Gun Double Peace because you romance girls instead of sheep.

Australia didn't.

I'm more interested in game development these days anyway. In Australia, when it comes to music it looked like unless you wanted to make shitty metalcore or run-of-the-mill indie music, you'd never have a chance. If I could sing or produce electronic music, that'd be a different story all together.

>If I could sing or produce electronic music, that'd be a different story all together.

Oh you mean like Chet Faker or Flume?

Even niche shit can do well. Look at Ne Obliviscaris.

Mick Gordon who did the music for DOOM 2016 is Australian.

If you give up before you even try, you will literally never be successful.

>>makes them super expensive to buy
isnt it just because the USD is worth a lot more

Black Majesty is pretty good.

>Mick Gordon who did the music for DOOM 2016 is Australian.
And it was pure fucking garbage

This is hardly an Australian specific trait. Look at Ameriburgers and how they won't shut up about their Super Bowl. (Naming a big sporting event after something you eat out of, good job yanks)

Point is sports poofters are everywhere.

Video games make you fat and lazy.

Australians need to be fit and vigilante lest they get killed by giant lizards or spiders.

Stay safe, Strayacunt.

Australia banned Hotline Miami 2 and NZ didn't

fuck this bullshit
i should have just got a scorpio instead of a switch

Let's not forget about the quality of our internet and the failure that is NBN

Because the Australian pubic are luddites who only care about muh footy and muh alcoholism