daroamer said:
huaxiong90 said:
Thought I'd intervene here. First of all, you're comparing a free service, which can easily be bypassed by making an account with a fake, but supported country, to a peripheral that costs money. Second of all, for a person who lives in the Middle East, I can say that this isn't a huge issue considering they sell US PSN/XBL voucher cards here. So that's a bit of a stretch on your part, if you ask me. Not saying that nullifies your entire point in this thread, but it was a weak example. 
The lack of non-English support wouldn't hurt me personally, as I can speak English very fluently as if it were my first language. 
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You're actually making my point! Of course it was a weak example, but it was his example, not mine. He said not including voice support for all languages at launch would be like the PS3 offering PSN in one country and not in another, which is actually the case. Of course it's a patently ridiculous argument and I've tried to point that out from the beginning. There are PLENTY of example of services and features offered in one country and not in another, it's just business. He's saying that Sony and Microsoft are giving the finger to those countries when it's nothing malicious at all, it's just the way it goes sometimes. Circumstances, such as local laws, lack of local workforce, time etc all mean that not everyone gets the same features, it doesn't mean that they shouldn't launch at all. Using his argument the PS3 wouldn't even be released yet!
Although to clarify something you said, PSN = free service which you can use if you bypass the rules a bit, voice control = free service you can use on Kinect if you know some english. PS3 = the hardware, kinect = the hardware. I was comparing the same things.
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