Even before taking disposable-income disparities into account, this is an exceedingly high price for products that typically start at $60 USD - and get discounted quickly - in what manufacturers consider their major markets. In Nairobi, as in other cities not serviced directly by manufacturers, video games are expensive, often priced at around 7,000 shillings ($80 USD) or more. This is but one of the oddities offered up by Nairobi’s black-market video game industry. But Grand Theft Auto: Saw, a mashup of the thugs-with-guns video game franchise and the blockbuster torture-porn series may be among the strangest yet.
Photo credit: Joe KeiserĮmerging markets have a way of giving birth to unexpected amalgamations – Beijing’s Obama Fried Chicken, for instance, is a particularly unsettling example. The front desk at the entertainment room, manned by an employee. Nairobi | 6:42am Joe Keiser | Informal City Dialogues
The Delightfully Weird World of Pirated Video Games
