PlayStation Plus Monthly Cost Soars by 600% in Turkey, Sparking Outrage

3 years ago by nanoUFO to c/games

woelkchen 33 points 3 years ago

Turks: *keep electing someone who's responsible for high devaluation of the Lira and stay calm*

Also Turks: "Not my gaming!!!"

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Astroturfed 9 points 3 years ago

I mostly just read economics news articles, so I've read way too many stories on Turkey lately. It's insane they reelected him. That man has pushed some economic policies that a middle schooler would be able to point out the holes in. The savings accounts that guaranteed the lira pegged to USD value? How in the fuck did he think that would be a solution. You're literally agreeing to cause massive inflation by printing/handing out free money if inflation happens. So you created more inflation, to stop inflation... Some of the most horrific logic I've ever seen.

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Klystron -1 points 3 years ago

That's a legitimate point for physical goods and services, like food or dry cleaning. Not when Sony magically created this "service" and is free to dictate the price at will, regardless of how much real value there actually is. I guarantee 90% of people who pay for online pay just so they can do that, get online. Not for the bs free game releases they do or anything else. Sony could've dropped the price and their operating costs wouldn't have changed a dime because it doesn't cost them anything to have online services. Paying twice for internet is so bullshit.

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woelkchen 6 points 3 years ago

Not when Sony magically created this “service” and is free to dictate the price at will, regardless of how much real value there actually is.

I agree that Sony is able to arbitrarily set the price to whatever they want. Online play and cloud saves are free on Steam and such, for example, so obviously Sony could just as well set the price to zero for at least the tier without free games. However, it's not like the price increase comes out of nowhere. Sony probably makes internal calculations based on the US Dollar or the Yen and then converts to local currencies in certain intervals and since the last conversion the value of the Lira decreased massively because of Erdogan's economic policies.

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Bassman1805 15 points 3 years ago

The price rose in one of the fastest-inflating currencies in the world right now? Shocking!

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Astroturfed 6 points 3 years ago

They get what they deserve for somehow electing him again...

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Lojcs -2 points 3 years ago

47.5% of the country didn't vote for him. These comments are incredibly ignorant

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echodot 4 points 3 years ago

That's still way too many people for someone who crashes their country's economy.

Anyway what's the alternative not raise the prices? How's that reasonable, the situation would just continue and they would continue to fall further and further behind on prices, behind the rest of the world, until eventually they decided isn't worth offering the service in Turkey anymore.

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Lojcs 1 point 3 years ago

Dolar/Lira inflation was less than 85% since ps plus (edit: *essential etc) was announced. Hiking the price by 485% is just greed.

For clarification: ps+ increased from 100% to 585% while dollar increased from 100% to 185%

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Nythos 1 point 3 years ago

48.1% of people voting voted to remain in the EU during brexit yet people like to act like it was something the entire country backed.

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Lojcs 11 points 3 years ago

It increased from $15 to $86. That's $68 before tax

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Artard 6 points 3 years ago

That's what they get for reelecting that clown tanking their currency.

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LEDZeppelin 1 point 3 years ago

Here comes the jailbreak…

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BakedGoods -3 points 3 years ago

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PM_ME_FEET_PICS -12 points 3 years ago

Found the nazi.

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BakedGoods 4 points 3 years ago

What part of my post makes you think I'd be a nazi?

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smeg -3 points 3 years ago

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BakedGoods 0 points 3 years ago

Never did I once mention ethnicity.

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echodot -1 points 3 years ago

I don't think a Turkish is a race. It's more comment on international relations.

Also given the reason fact that Turkey tried to block NATO Sweden's membership, I'm not particularly fond of them either right now.

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randomperson 3 points 3 years ago

Most likely an Armenian or other nation oppressed or genocides by Turks.

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