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Singapore will play host to the first Asian edition of the Gamescom in 2020
- Thread starter Arthands
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Isn't Singapore one of the most expensive places on earth when it comes to accommodation, food, etc? A week-long trip is gonna cost, what, north of $2k? Nope.
Should have gone with Dubai or something.
Should have gone with Dubai or something.
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This paragraph suggest that this is an on-going annual thing rather than an one time off.
It's been a while since I attended gamestart. This make me interested to take a look at it again.
If you want to stay in a nice, international brand hotel, maybe. There are boutique hotels and cheaper shared options. Food prices are reasonable at most food centers (Not more than us$5 for a single meal) unless you want to hit the bars and restaurants. The most you're gonna pay for is the air tickets depending on where you fly from, and if you're already in the region there's a ton of budget flight options.
Not at all Singapore has plenty of budget options and food is incredibly cheap if you stick to local food, transportation is cheap and convenient also.
Really happy about this news will be fun to attent.
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No not true. More like USD$1100 for a week if you're using public transport and sleeps in a moderate hotel
It's considered expensive because most list assume you purchase private property and own a car, which most people don't. Cars for example cost about 5 times more than what it would cost in the US.
Public transport is cheap here. If you only take public transport and no cabs, it shouldn't be more than 10 USD per day.
I hope it's not just a rebranded Gamestart taking advantage of the Gamescom branding to make it feel more relevant. The important thing to look out for before getting excited is the event lineup. Fingers crossed.
Not at all. Singapore can be a really cheap place to visit or really expensive depending on your needs and preferences. The high cost of living here has more to do with limited housing and heavy taxes for car ownership. Not stuff that would affect tourists and short term visitors. You can get great food at low prices, and public transportation is efficient and reasonable. Easily comparable with Hong Kong and Tokyo.
"Gamescom Singapore" certainly sounds exciting but that press release really gives me the feeling that this will be very different from Gamescom proper or E3, with more mentions of eSports and cosplay etc. I can totally see this turns out to be more about these plus mobile F2P, MOBA, MMO and stuffs, which is honestly what most people think about "gaming" in Asia. I mean, I have nothing against those but they certainly aren't what that interests me most.
Still, I will probably go if I'm not overseas during that period of time because why not, but I will seriously tamper my expectations.
Still, I will probably go if I'm not overseas during that period of time because why not, but I will seriously tamper my expectations.
Singapore? The same Singapore where homosexuality is fucking ILLEGAL?
Way to go, gaming industry.
Way to go, gaming industry.
Lol if someone couldn't manage to keep a week long trip under $2000 if they needed to, then that's a problem with them not a problem with Singapore.
I was there for 2 weeks, did all the touristy shit every day and ate very well, and it barely hit 2K. Transport is so cheap it's almost free and food is like every city, priced fine if you don't hit up hotel restaurants.
They tried this a number of years ago when Gamescom was still based in Leipzig. Will be interesting to see whether it catches this time.
Exaggeration is a thing. Most people don't bat an eyelid at a gay couple here. Mostly old conservatives holding back actually changing the law. It's not being enforced at all.
On topic: this is a pretty cool event for Singapore. Can only imagine the scary queues.
Amazing news!
Time to plan my MCs....ahem, I mean my annual leave....
People thinking queues will be as bad as Germany have NO IDEA. It's gonna be insane here.
Completely seconded. This is a huge exaggeration. 2 of my best friends are a gay couple and they couldn't be happier living here. They only had some issues when buying a HDB (housing).
Time to plan my MCs....ahem, I mean my annual leave....
People thinking queues will be as bad as Germany have NO IDEA. It's gonna be insane here.
Completely seconded. This is a huge exaggeration. 2 of my best friends are a gay couple and they couldn't be happier living here. They only had some issues when buying a HDB (housing).
I wouldn't be surprise if that's the case. My experience though Thailand Game Show has been nothing but PC and mobile games. (Thankfully Sony and Bandai Namco has a booth there now which spice things up a bit since they represent console/VR side which is really lacking in the event.)
