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    Default Why Is Europe Bottem Of The Food Chain ?

    Why does it recieve all the games last, I mean, What has America done thats so special. We are always getting games last, or never at all in alot of cases..
    Ticks me off
    The only game I know that was released here first was Judge dredd
    And that sucked bad....

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    It's business. Europe hasn't proven to be a worthwhile enough investment to warrant sending every game that Japan and America get, especially since it takes extra effort to provide Spanish/French/Italian/German translations, convert to PAL, etc.

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    I blame the French.

    Language, that is. Translations of the manual, packaging, various press releases, not to mention the game itself, with stuff like menu screens, etc. into all the different languages of Europe takes a long time.

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    I thought we were going to get AC first?

    Which kind of makes me laugh.

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    I blame New Labour.


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    I guess Psy makes the most sense, we have so many languages in Europe, it is very difficult.....But still, cant UK and America get them at the same time ? I dont think any changes go between those two...Except for Region code. I think that UK should join NTSC...that would kick ass..
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    If we got the game at the same time as America, then people the other nations of Europe would start ordering the game from Britain too, and games companies don't like that. Don't ask me why, they just don't. I think maybe it has something to do with piracy, or perhaps it's because when they get released in those countries, the sales take a dive and it makes them look bad.

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    We should have the NTSC region code, then they cannot Order it ( unless they got a chipped PS2 )

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    Why is there a PAL format, anyways? Why can't there be one global standard?

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    9/10 We'll get the best games (The best being the ones that sell well). Its often enough RPG's that wont be released here because they take the most translation but again, If it sells particularly well chances are high we'll get it eventually and every now and again with added features. Its not that bad a deal.

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    why wasnt Chrono Cross released over here, that was good...wasnt it ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gibbi8
    why wasnt Chrono Cross released over here, that was good...wasnt it ?
    Because it was the sequel to Chrono Trigger, Which was a Snes game and most gaming companies (Well japanese ones anyway-aka.Square )didnt bother porting any games to Europe until the Playstation came out (and the reason they started then was because of the huge demand for FFVII) Thats why.

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    having ntsc is a bad idea cos it sucks.

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    At least you guys will be getting console versions of 2D fighting games. I feel that more thyan makes up for it.

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