Japaneses hate Europeans...

[fantasyjunkie]

Probably the only reason Europeans don't recieve some games is because Europeans use PAL and Japan uses NTSC which is the same thing that U.S. uses as well. So I guess it's easier for them to export games in the same format. That's why they don't bother making some games for PAL. Too much work? *shrug(we need a shrug smilie)*

What is "PAL" and "NTSC"? I've never heard these terms before.

[Mirage]

Video signal formats. Japan and America both use a version of NTSC, while Europe uses the newer and better (but still outdated) format PAL.

[DeathKnight]

Why? one simple fact, you're all in different countries, with different policies, with different languages, and different customs.


It's hard for them to make a game which won't offend or violate each of Europe's countries' customs and laws and views and LANGUAGES.

The U.S. is one country with one MAIN language so it's kinda easier.

[Dreddz]

PAL is not better, it uses 50fps while NTSC uses 60fps. Meaning we get fat black borders above and below our screen. Not cool :eep:
Theres options to get NTSC signals in games, but some dont. Which is lame.

[MecaKane]

That's 29fps, and 24. And the borders I think are from the difference in resolution.

[NM]

The fps of PAL has nothing to do with the big fat borders on the screen.

The borders come from the fact PAL has more output lines to make up the picture than NTSC. So to fill in the space you get those black borders, which is what causes the squashed image.

The fps' affect on the game is that an NTSC game will run faster than a PAL game by something like 17% I think.

[Mirage]

You can run PAL at 60 Hz too, it's just not the standard. That's what fighting games with a 60Hz mode do, as well as Wind Waker. I find it annoying when a game does not have a 60Hz option, or is not re-optimized for 50Hz. Just look at Tidus, it looks like he's walking on the moon.

So yeah, PAL is better, games are just not optimized for it, becuase the game companies don't care, because the games sell anyway.

[Peter_20]

The U.S. is one country with one MAIN language so it's kinda easier.

That's no excuse, because almost all of the European countries use the English versions, including Sweden.
I never played a single video game in Swedish; all of my games are in English, and this concerns practically all of the other European countries as well.

Nåja, det gör inget, för engelska äger ändå!
"Oh well, it's alright, cuz English rules anyway!"

å = 'a' in "war"
ä = 'ai' in "chair"
ö = 'i' in "bird"

[Shiny]

Why? one simple fact, you're all in different countries, with different policies, with different languages, and different customs.


It's hard for them to make a game which won't offend or violate each of Europe's countries' customs and laws and views and LANGUAGES.

The U.S. is one country with one MAIN language so it's kinda easier.

:tonberry:

U.S. has two main languages, English and Spanish. But I agree that it's somewhat a difference of cultures. Although I don't think Square seems to care about offending people based on some of the things they put in Final Fantasy (FF7 and FF X-2 especially).

[Dreddz]

So yeah, PAL is better, games are just not optimized for it, becuase the game companies don't care, because the games sell anyway.

How though, we dont get better picture quality or nothing. It just seems like more hassle.

[Shiny]

PAL is better because altough you may not realize it the quality is much better than NTSC. Which means less lines across the screen and clearer all together.

[Mikeneko Rocker -- Tim]

Game-wise, yes... beside the aforementioned evidences, need I remind everyone that DDR is called Dancing Stage in Europe! WTF?

Otherwise, I've been hearing about the Japanese being Europhiles...

[DeathKnight]

That's no excuse, because almost all of the European countries use the English versions, including Sweden.
I never played a single video game in Swedish; all of my games are in English, and this concerns practically all of the other European countries as well.

Nåja, det gör inget, för engelska äger ändå!
"Oh well, it's alright, cuz English rules anyway!"

å = 'a' in "war"
ä = 'ai' in "chair"
ö = 'i' in "bird"

NO you're wrong, more than half of the world speaks Spanish so no English doesn't rule.

Anyway if I"m right some games are translated in Italian, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

[Mirage]

I think FFX had subtitles in other languages than english in certain countries. Most European countries just settle with the English version though. In my opinion, they should just screw other languages and keep it to english-only.
And this is coming from someone whose first language isn't English.

[Dreddz]

That really isnt fair though, is it.