Hey everyone. I'm here just to relieve some anger of mine by talking to you guys. I live in a country named Iran, which about 40 years ago was one of the best countries you could live in. After a stupid revolution, through recent decades on top of so many other issues, our money has become less and less valuable but it wasn't that bad at first. For example in our good years 1 USD was about 10000 IR Rials. 10000 Rials might have lots of zeros but it exactly has a value and feel of a dollar so this state of the currency was the best one. When I bought a PS4 in 2014, 1 USD was about 28000 IR Rials. I Couldn't buy games except for some digital sales so I used to rent out physical copies for about 3 dollars a week. This was when I wasn't into playing online multiplayer games. When I got into Destiny it was around the time of Crimson Days in Destiny 1 and it changed everything about my gaming life. I became addicted and no longer could I just rent a copy for a week or two. Fortunately I had a friend in the US who had the game and game shared it with me on the ps4. So far so good. When Destiny 2 was coming out I wanted to pre-order it myself. By this time 1 USD was about 35000 IR Rials. An average monthly salary here is about 15000000 Rials so I put aside some money and bought the game. I bought the deluxe for 100$ but for me in ratio to my money it was like spending 350$. Still wasn't complaining cause I could afford it. But through out the last year our country has gone into the most -blam!-ed up state possible. Our salaries are the same but 1 USD went up to 100000 IR Rials. Although when you search the internet there's no proof of this cause the government is denying it and not releasing any official rates, just claiming 1 USD is about 42000 IR Rials in some vague statements to save the face. But when you go to banks here and ask for that rate it doesn't even exist. Now if you google the least valuable currency in the world, Iran comes first. Such an honor to have just because of our stupid and -blam!-ed up government. Not to mention other issues like not having power for 5 hours a day, arresting a 15year old girl for uploading her dancing videos on instagram, government-verified credit institues stealing peoples' money and so on. But for me I don't have any other hobbies than playing Destiny with my friends. At first I just wanted to leave gaming behind but then decided cause I'm exclusively playing Destiny it worths the trouble. Cause when I play Destiny, when I raid, when I absentmindedly farm for faction tokens, when I try to get a 9man team for EP, it makes me forget about all my problems even just for a short amount of time. Not to mention all the good memories and all the good friends I've made through these years since D1. So I had to pay 8000000 Rials for pre-ordering Forsaken which is like spending 800$. In conclusion I gotta say there's no specific point to this post if you were looking for one. I was just so angry that I wanted to talk. I know there are way more serious problems like world hunger and I'm not blind to those. Just want you to know that games might seem expensive to you but you won't believe what some people go through just to play their favorite game in other places in the world. Maybe this makes you feel less shitty the next time you're paying for a dlc or something. Sorry for all the rambling. Have a great day. Edit: First of all I want to thank everyone who made me feel better with their kind words. You would not believe how much of a difference a positive response can make. And also thank you to all people who offered to buy me the game but as I mentioned I've already bought it and I'm not here to make people feel bad for me and hand me money, your concerns are more than enough of a contribute to my cause. Secondly I really wanna appologize for all the hateful conversations that my post has triggered. I would've never posted this if I knew it would spread so much hate and arguments in the forum. And some people called my post a bait. It felt really bad. I'm appologizing again if my post came across as baiting but this was never my intention. You have every right to believe what you want to believe but we don't need to turn everything we see into a conspiracy. I'm just a 27 year old guy supporting his mother and brother since I was 19. People say why don't you leave the country? It's not that easy but we're trying, currently I'm studying to get my masters and we're waiting on some other stuff to get sorted out. And then some other people say why do you play games when you live in a shitty country? Stand up and fight. Trust me we're fighting for our rights but killing Calus and Argos time to time is what keeps me sane. Maybe one day I could never play Destiny or any other games any more so I'm gonna enjoy what I have right now. Cheers to everyone. Thanks for keeping an open mind.