| Cloudman said: I wondered about this for awhile, since I live in the US. But from the sounds of it, it sounds like a mixture of preference and history. I've read and hear Nintendo didn't treat EU very well during their strong years, ignoring that base, only providing a few major areas in EU, and having a few language options available. But then Sony came over and had a full simultaneous release in the EU, having almost all languages covered, having some fine enough games, and getting their 1st main title Final Fantasy game, 7 (Mystic Quest does not count ; ) ) I'm not sure if this is accurate as I'm overly simplifying what I have heard and read, but that's what I got. Since then, there has been no need for anything else. Sounds like EU is fine with Sony alone. |
EU was a difficult place to be a gamer and even more difficult for developers before the PS1 because the market in general was in an erratic state, no company treated it well because the diversity in taste made it hard to crack, localisation was still an issue when it was just English so the multiple languages were an issue. Even when the PS1 came along many gems skipped Europe for the same reason, Sony are more successful in Europe because they made their hardware a strong presence in most of Europe which is the best thing about them as you don't have a hard time buying a PS platform in most of the region but they also benefitted from changing times as companies began trying to crack Europe.
Eu is a place where the can never really only be one platform due to the tastes, the main thing in EU is making your presence known and Sony do that well, if you can market well and get the hardware out on shelves you always have a fighting chance, even if you're not market leader.
