Sony Screws Europe....

[BlueScope]

@All the guys blaming me for the marketing thing: The lack of commercials was the reason why the DC wasn't sold in Europe... and I think that's what the thread is about ^_^ The PS2 was released a little later in Europe than the DC, so it'd be a cheap DVD player until then... the problem was that only pro-gamers *slash* insiders knew about it, while every other kind of person or new customers in console business wondered what the hell a DC was... and the DC was far to expensive to 'try it out'.

PS: Sion, I didn't laughed at you ^_^

 

[Prexus]

At any rate, once europe gets with the times and becomes one country and learns one language and has one currency, people will stop ignoring them as a world superpower =)

 

[Sasame Kiryu]

I know. It sucks =/ Regional coding, I believe, would tie into what we were just talking about. It's just a form of software protection. I don't think getting rid of that will do anything =| And KH2, though better than KH1, is nothing to anticipate so badly. Though it did boom when it finally released here. I could just imagine how it'll be there @_@

But yeah >_> Nothing you, the consumer, can really do but wait.

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LMAO @ Prexus. So true ;P

And for the record, I've blamed nothing on you, BlueScope >_>

 

[arcthemonkey]

I'm actually surprised this affected only Europe, since Blue Diodes are in VERY short supply. It's not just a problem with Blu-ray either, it affects HD-DVD as well. Sony actually cut shipments of their Blue Diode stock that they had been hording and diverted them to PS3 development. This is another unforseen manufacturing delay. The production of the diodes can keep up with manufacturing in the long term, but you have to ask yourself - are there even 4 million spare blue diodes in existance?

Fact is though that Europe is a tiny market when it comes to video games. It's not surprising in the least they got shafted.

 

[BlueScope]

@Prexus: This is never going to happen... I can't imagine any German, French or Hispanian (English neither, but they don't need to change their language if it comes to English ^_^ ) agreeing to screw their own languages and learn one language instead. I also can't imagine any country to build a united government. Why? Well, these are political reasons that should be discussed elsewhere ^_^

@arc: Europe could be a grand market, but most Europeans are sick that everything that comes to them/us has a freaking delay (up to a whole year, if it comes to the max) and worse settings (17% speed slowdown for FFX...). The prices are also higher, due to the higher sales tax (17% in Germany ^_^ and no company adjusts their prices...).
Ah, I could just punch everyone for not being born in Japan... :P

 

[arcthemonkey]

As I recall, the video standard in europe uses a smaller resolution and a slower frame rate, so everything ever released there is necesarily slower...

 

[Alexx]

...and has one currency

They do. Well, almost.

 

[Minkoff]

As I recall, the video standard in europe uses a smaller resolution and a slower frame rate, so everything ever released there is necesarily slower...

Resolution doesn't really matter but yeah, PAL goes at 50 FPS instead of 60, so it might be a good idea to make things run slower visually and let the extra CPU cycles go to other things.

EDIT: Well except that the PS2 has a GPU, so I'm talking out of my ass pretty badly. PAL is 50 FPS though..

 

[Nickster]

what exactally IS a BlueRay diode? cant they jsut make more? D: its not like gold or something... XD >_<

 

[Strayko]

Yeah, I admit anything but the 'gay' part , but you know what? There are no such things as 'SONY fanboys' or 'Microsoft fanboys'... think about the reason

@Topic: I don't care what chances they have on the market or anything, as long as they don't mess it up like SEGA did (making too few commercials to get enough popularity for their console). Maybe I get myself a Wii for playing SSBB, maybe a PS3 for MGS4, never any kind of any X-Box (or 'Drecks-Box' in German, translates to 'Junk-Box', but sadly doesn't rhyme ^_^ ), and maybe a DS for playing SNES mobile ^_^ I'm surely not care about which company has an advantage at christmas, because the're always noobs which'll buy X-Boxes for playing sh00tahs and call theirselves 'Biatch' at XBox Live, being 4 years old... -.- I guess I went kinda off-topic ^_^

There ARE a lot of sony fanboys.
And there are a few microsoft fanboys too.

 

[Anonymous]

And there are a few microsoft fanboys too.

Yes. We used to have one for an admin when we were .net. He and I clashed a few times on the topics of Halo and Macs vs. Windows. Never mention Halo around a Microsoft fanboy. Ever.

Fanboys exist for every console and major game line. Fanatic fanboys doubly so. I should repost my fanboy geni. ^_^

Back on topic, though, no, they can't just "make more." The problem seems to be that their production of them has fallen behind their demand. It's a new technology and they're the first to make it, they can only make as many as they can make. If they could just "make more," they wouldn't be in this boat.

 

[Despain v.1]

I for one think it will be worth it. I mean, come on Europe. Isn't waiting another year worth being able to count a character's pores!

 

[ryanwh]

Dont forget eyelash rendering, essential! Totally more important than funfactor.

 

[Strayko]

Hey my totally cool picture got removed...
You can visit thisiswaiting.com for loller pictures about this topic. :p

 

[Minkoff]

Dont forget eyelash rendering, essential! Totally more important than funfactor.

Wha? Eyelash rendering IS the fun factor.

 

[Rain]

Never mention Halo around a Microsoft fanboy. Ever.

I don't understand why they go that way anyway.... Halo isn't even that good.

Just another generic FPS... just with differnt textures for everything.

 

[Despain v.1]

I don't understand why they go that way anyway.... Halo isn't even that good.

Just another generic FPS... just with differnt textures for everything.

A year ago you'd have been banned for that.

 

[Prexus]

Nah I said it all the time and didn't get banned. Its "zomg lawl m$ sux halo sux" that would get you banned.

 

[Dopples]

Come on, Halo isn't THAT bad. I mean, sure, it's a bit generic in single player mode, but it's pretty fun with 3 or more people. Especially if you have a modded XBOX. Then it's just fun to watch period.

 

[ryanwh]

Its not good enough to be sold in 7-11, dammit.