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[gumby_trucker]

famousringo said:

gumby_trucker said:

famousringo said:

I have very little patience for companies who aren't even willing to try to sell me a product.

*Adjusts his eyepatch.*

I'm just correcting a market inefficiency.

I'm a (North) American, I am Xenoblade, and so can you!

Your beef is with NoA, not with Monolith! Which is why you should be buying the PAL version. Support the developer for making such an awesome game, don't punish them because of the publisher's fault!

Your piracy hurts your cause much more than it benefits it in the end of the day. Your $50 are meaningless to a giant like NoA, but definitely not to a small company like Monolith. Don't pretend this is about morals and values if you intend to rob the developer of their well-earned purchase.

Last I heard, Nintendo owns Monolith, so I don't see a big distinction between who gets my money here.

And I'm not really trying to make a grand moral stand. Just a simple practical point. Make your product available to me readily and conveniently in a local retail store or digital download service. Don't force me to worry about things like currency conversion and overseas shipping, on top of finding way to run a PAL release. I will not chase after your product like a dog, you have to meet me halfway at least, or there is no deal.

Monolith, Nintendo, whoever can have my money, they just have to come up to me and ask for it. I don't think I'm being unreasonable.

Two wrongs don't make a right, especially when one of them is illegal and piracy is still theft. I bet if you enjoyed the game you'd still consider a direct donation to the developer via paypal or a similar method if it was offered on their website, no? How is buying a copy (even if you never unwrap it) any different?

Regarding ownership of Monolith, they are certainly not related to NoA in any way - which is a completely separate entity from NCL/NoE. Even if they were, your message probably wouldn't get through to them because they are more likely to interpret low sales of XB as low demand for such products and nothing more, which would just strengthen their argument not to localize in the first place. The only way to send a clear message to NoA is for the game to sell well IMO.