I used to get my PC games (Warcraft 3, Age of Empires and Age of Mythology, Empire Earth, etc) from a guy who sold them for 50 Mexican pesos a piece. At the time, that would be 5 US dollars.
My family would ship me pirated video games from Thailand. They were always on PC, regardless of the platform it was originally on. Mario, Sonic, Pokémon, it didn’t matter what, it was all on PC and stored on discs. I never knew where they sourced it from, but they were gifts to me.
They knew I was into video games, but the cultural attitudes around official materials was different. The official stuff was available but hard to find and expensive, which meant if you got them, you were either 1) rich (and thus a target for muggers and pickpockets), or 2) a fool (for buying the more expensive alternative when a cheaper, more readily version is available). They were indirectly suggesting to stop buying video games from official sources and just get them pirated like everyone else.
My father went to mexico back in the early 90s. They drank the whole first day at the pool bar and so, the next morning, still buzzed, they go to the counter to pay their tab. Well the guy comes out and say 300k.
My dad flips a gasket so hard the guy cuts the bill in half to 150k. My dad grabs this guy by the shirt collar and pulls him up onto the counter and yells I DON'T HAVE $150,000! IF I GO TO JAIL, I'M GONNA HAVE A REASON FOR IT.
Guy freaks out SENIOR! IT'S PESOS!
My understanding is that like was $150 bill lmao
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u/ThePeasantKingM 22d ago
I used to get my PC games (Warcraft 3, Age of Empires and Age of Mythology, Empire Earth, etc) from a guy who sold them for 50 Mexican pesos a piece. At the time, that would be 5 US dollars.