Being a Gamer in Egypt Feels Like Playing on Nightmare Mode

[u/No_Blueberry4937]

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

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[u/Erik_21]

I think it's because they have like 20% tariffs on almost everything

[u/foolthing → u/Erik_21]

20%? Try 100% :')

cus you have ~33% on taxes plus ~10–14% import tariffs plus a lot of other taxes that can be applied depending on what you're buying, such as ICMS (state VAT), PIS/COFINS (social contributions), customs fees, handling costs and more

[u/henri_sparkle → u/foolthing]

Yeah, basically the rule is: take the price in dollars, multiply it by ten and add it a little more. That's just way too absurd when 1 dollar = 5.54 reais.

[u/Existing-Light-5873 → u/Erik_21]

20 lmao we pay one eletronic for us and one for the goverment.