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The main reason is cos they decide to stick other languages in our games and sell them as European versions.
The US and Canada have all their games in just English even though there are a lot of Mexicans in the south who speak Spanish and in Canada they mostly speak French!
So why don't we in the UK have just Enlgish version games?
The reason is cos companies decide to kill 2 birds with one stone....they make the games cheaply in Europe and stick loads of languages in the game making us have to wait another few months til launch.
I hate when they do that!
The US and Canada have all their games in just English even though there are a lot of Mexicans in the south who speak Spanish and in Canada they mostly speak French!
So why don't we in the UK have just Enlgish version games?
The reason is cos companies decide to kill 2 birds with one stone....they make the games cheaply in Europe and stick loads of languages in the game making us have to wait another few months til launch.
I hate when they do that!
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The main reason is cos they decide to stick other languages in our games and sell them as European versions.
The US and Canada have all their games in just English even though there are a lot of Mexicans in the south who speak Spanish and in Canada they mostly speak French!
So why don't we in the UK have just Enlgish version games?
The reason is cos companies decide to kill 2 birds with one stone....they make the games cheaply in Europe and stick loads of languages in the game making us have to wait another few months til launch.
I hate when they do that!
The US and Canada have all their games in just English even though there are a lot of Mexicans in the south who speak Spanish and in Canada they mostly speak French!
So why don't we in the UK have just Enlgish version games?
The reason is cos companies decide to kill 2 birds with one stone....they make the games cheaply in Europe and stick loads of languages in the game making us have to wait another few months til launch.
I hate when they do that!
well the population of north america is huge. i aint quite sure but it is over 300 million right? then look at the UK we only gots like 50 million. and most of us could be classed as different languages anyway, scousers geordies etc. infacts thats a problem they had with Hey you pikachu! not being able to understand all the different accents. well anyway, UK small market, USA big market.
ortega wrote:
> well the population of north america is huge. i aint quite sure but
> it is over 300 million right? then look at the UK we only gots
> like 50 million. and most of us could be classed as different
> languages anyway, scousers geordies etc. infacts thats a problem
> they had with Hey you pikachu! not being able to understand all the
> different accents. well anyway, UK small market, USA big market.
Games aren't ever matched to the accents and the way people talk! The games we get have all the Eurpopean languages on them and that's what causes the major delays.
Of course there are other reasons as well but the translation from the already English version (which is usually released in USA a long time before UK) into French, German, Italian and Spanish (and sometimes others too) takes a long time and I expect can cost a bit more than the American disks/carts
> well the population of north america is huge. i aint quite sure but
> it is over 300 million right? then look at the UK we only gots
> like 50 million. and most of us could be classed as different
> languages anyway, scousers geordies etc. infacts thats a problem
> they had with Hey you pikachu! not being able to understand all the
> different accents. well anyway, UK small market, USA big market.
Games aren't ever matched to the accents and the way people talk! The games we get have all the Eurpopean languages on them and that's what causes the major delays.
Of course there are other reasons as well but the translation from the already English version (which is usually released in USA a long time before UK) into French, German, Italian and Spanish (and sometimes others too) takes a long time and I expect can cost a bit more than the American disks/carts
I suppose the long wait for games in this country make the anticipation more higher and so when the game finnaly arrives we are more disapointed!
But I suppose the long wait also keeps us into games as we look forward to what is coming up!
But I suppose the long wait also keeps us into games as we look forward to what is coming up!
and of course we use PAL TV systems.... better quality pictures but slower refresh rates and more lines on the screen... which means they have to convert games....
Mind u, I'd rather have PAL to NTSC (aka Never the same colour!)
SonicRav
Mind u, I'd rather have PAL to NTSC (aka Never the same colour!)
SonicRav
Is there any reason, apart from the fact that every American would have to buy a new tv, that we can't have a worldwide PAL thing... so all tv's were PAL?
good point Grix :)
Grix Thraves wrote:
> Is there any reason, apart from the fact that every American would
> have to buy a new tv, that we can't have a worldwide PAL thing... so
> all tv's were PAL?
You'd've thought that the Japanese and Americans would have switched to Pal by now!
Pal TV's are much better than NTSC!
> Is there any reason, apart from the fact that every American would
> have to buy a new tv, that we can't have a worldwide PAL thing... so
> all tv's were PAL?
You'd've thought that the Japanese and Americans would have switched to Pal by now!
Pal TV's are much better than NTSC!
What I really hate is how a game made in the UK by British programmers and a British company gets it's games published by an American company meaning the US get a game WE made before WE get it.
A prime example: Rareware.
Games made in England but the US get them first.
It's really not fair!
A prime example: Rareware.
Games made in England but the US get them first.
It's really not fair!
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