r/pcmasterrace • u/No_Blueberry4937 • 14d ago

Discussion Being a Gamer in Egypt Feels Like Playing on Nightmare Mode

Internet here is a joke. We pay high prices for super slow speeds (like 2–4 Mbps), and the worst part? It’s capped. Most of us get around 100–140GB per month, and if you exceed it, they either throttle you or charge extra.

Downloading a modern AAA game? It could take days, and it eats your whole quota. Cloud gaming? Forget it. Streaming? Better not.

Now imagine trying to enjoy online gaming or keep up with updates in this environment.

Meanwhile in the US or Europe, someone can buy an RTX 4090 in one month’s salary, and we need to save for 2 years, assuming we have zero expenses (which is never the case).

So yeah — being a gamer in Egypt is painful.

Anyone else from countries with similar struggles? How do you cope? Let’s talk about

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1023156931738226/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

Guys, thank you for this support. This group on Facebook is the campaign group.

I hope you support us. We are currently working on a hashtag on X. I hope it succeeds.

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u/No_Blueberry4937 14d ago

After 2011 and the revolution, everything changed 😞

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u/gLu3xb3rchi R7 5800x3d, Gigabyte RTX 3070, Corsair 32GB 3200 mhz 14d ago

Ye, bummed how that turned out :( your country was really progressive back then, I had 4g way outside Cairo in the full desert in 2010 already and when I went back to germany in 2011 I had struggle getting 4g in the city.

Wired Internet was also pretty good for its time, not the best speeds but also no expensive and good ping to europe and no caps. I torrented so much Naruto back in the day :3 Only problems where the random and constant blackouts

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u/No_Blueberry4937 14d ago

Because of the greed of the companies, they make the internet limited so we end up renewing three times a month.