OriGin said:
I'm from Australia...
Either 1) Cop it. or 2) Be Smart and Import if you don't like it. |
Fine! I'll import! OH WAIT! SONY HAD LIK-SANG SHUT DOWN AND SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF PLAY-ASIA. I don't know if you can still get the other consoles, but I do know that it basically became impossible to import a PS3 in the UK. If it were region locked we'd really be screwed.
"I easilly can understand why UK have to wait for the european localisation, it's because UK is in EU, and therefore every game released in UK, means that the game is released everywhere in the EU. But for Australia, i think it doesn't have any other basis than that it's PAL. Which sucks."
This makes no sense at all. Why the hell do I need the French and German languages on my disk? Why not role it out country by country? OH WAIT, THEY DO! We don't get ALL the translations the smaller European nations eventually recieve. Publishers have progressive rollouts, starting with the Western EU nations, moving to the less spoken ones. Here in the UK we typically get German, French and Itallian bundeled. Why not then release for the UK alone?
The UK/US exchange rate is particularly strong. About 2:1 currently. A $60 game costs 50 pounds here. That's a $40 extra (tax is included, but hey, some states don't have to worry). A $50 game costs 40 pounds here: $30 extra. A Wii costs 180 pounds, or about $110 extra. A 360 Premium Costs 250 pounds, or about $150 extra. A PS3 is 425 pounds, or about $350 extra (the extras have a US worth of $140 or something, for a $200 extra cost). That's pretty steep I'd say
