Videogaming in South Africa?

Question

I just wanted to know if people of South Africa play videogames like here in the US. because I sometimes play Mario Kart on my Wii and I never see anybody from South Africa or any other places in South Africa.

Answer 1

We do play games yes, but internet is not in every house like the USA. We pay $50 for 1gig of bandwidth. So for now we play each other in the hopes that we one day can also have high speed internet in all our homes!

Please do make the plans to visit Cape Town, you will enjoy it and it is safe, don't listen to rumors!

Answer 2

I play Xbox 360 mainly for the sake of my son, his favourite games are The Simpsons, TMNT, Cars, Burnout, Spiderman and X-Men. I enjoy games like the Quake series, Call of Duty (especially "Modern Warfare") and Grand Theft Auto.

There is a market in South Africa large enough for Playstation, Xbox and Wii and games are readily available in many shops.

Answer 3

Well what do you mean "i never see". Did you ever visit South Africa? If so, then maybe you just don't know the people who do own a gaming system. Maybe that part of the world doesn't have time for video gaming. But Cape Town South Africa is a pretty prestigiously expensive town so i'm pretty sure they have video games there.

Answer 4

Down here we don't get as good games as you get in America, I mean the variety you have. I'm more of a PC gamer than console (which is worst because the console is king here) but I'm seriously considering the 360. Also compared to other countries the latest games for the consoles are quite expensive by South African terms. For example, the latest GTA installment was going for over R750. I have yet to meet someone in SA that I know owns a Wii or PS3. Its simply too expensive as of now.

But yes, video gaming is still popular here. When I worked in a videoshop last year we had a huge games selection that were hired out as often as the movies!

Answer 5

ya there is a very strong gaming community here in south Africa.  We are around and in allot of different games especially online rpgs and stuff. we also have huge clans for shooters like battlefield and so forth. So we are there just keep looking :-) and you'll find some of us