It is not unfortunate, it is a strategic win by Larian. BG3 was actually supposed to come very late, but Larian released it early after learning about Starfield's release date.
What you said about Turkey is mostly true. Your causality is wrong. The reason Turkey is absurdly expensive and full of taxes is extreme amount of corruption caused by radical islamist government going full nepotism. Our head of economy was literally the groom of Erdogan for so many years.
Disclaimer: I am a Turkish dude who haplens to be an economics PhD student.
Is the controversial part of this opinion the fact that it's not controversial at all so that it will create a discussion based on its controversy?
Why though? It's just another for profit company.
On average, yeah. Some of them are actually pretty bullshit. But I would say 2 expansions a year becoming a norm across all platforms; trading card games, paradox interactive games etc.
I really loved the idea. I'm glad I didn't preorder, but if the game had mixed reviews instead of crazy negative, I would have bought the game.
I am genuinely surprised by the fact that their expansion rate was crazy slow. ESO publishes like what, 2 Expansions a year?
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This happens sometimes in countries in development. Mostly for weird monetary deals based on genetics.
Venice: we filter it first via some cheal filters. It is very common to own a water mug with a filter embedded here.
Paris: directly from the tap water, though I don't like the taste.