Why are Japan and America always first?!?! | Forums

[Earthslayer]

Okay, this is beggining to get on my nerve heavily.
Kingdom Hearts II is a awesome game, id wait for how ever long i could to have it, allthough we Australians are having it released 6 months after America! Americans have allready played it, clocked it, etcetc.
And the PS3 comes out in November for Americans and Japan..... March of 07 for Aussies!
Then to top off my intense anger, the game Assassin's Creed wont come out in Australia for some time after that.... SMITE ME NOW! :'(

[silentassasin05]

Its all business. America and Japan is where the mass market is.

[xasspenx]

that and america is number 1. lol idk the reason. i was only messin. canada is number 1. o yeah. america is not where the "market" is at. if anyone reads blogs and stuff from msn u might have read the blog about how america doesnt get cool electronics like the UK and japan. BUT...the gaming market may be higher here(US) than in the UK...

[OH_DragonBoy]

Since when does the UK get all the cool electronics?

It has very little to do with the market, actually. It's because that's where the companies ARE.

[terminalShock09]

Yeah, seriously. Ubisoft has a building just down the street from where my dad works.

[HorTyS]

it probably also has alot to do with the localization of the game. i don't know if AC is going to be in japan and america before anywhere else, but if thats so, it would most likely be because of localizing the content for the appropriate reigons.

[knife_X]

Heh how will the people of Japan make it trough their day without games. I mean one died cause he didnt eat or sleep for 4 days cause he was playing WoW! And the classic a guy jumped out hes bedroom window cause he was sure hes gonna respawn...

[kew414]

Originally posted by Earthslayer:
allthough we Australians are having it released 6 months after America!

You're from Australia aswell? Cool so am I!

Then to top off my intense anger, the game Assassin's Creed wont come out in Australia for some time after that...

*jaw drop*

****!!!!!!!

BTW I agree with silentassassin (yet again! ARGH!), mass market gets the goodies first, then the rest. Business.

[simulacra]

Hardware doesn't need localization, and why should sony bother?.
IMO all hardware developers and software developers should pay hardball, they should REFUSE to localize ANYTHING.
If the whining countries doesn't acccept that they're out of the release and individual consumers would have to import the machines for themselves.

I see no reason to why a game company should have to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars for german/french/other dubbing-loving languages voice actors?
English is the world language, try learning it instead of ruining good movies/tv/games with dubbing.

[ameshockey3]

because america PWNS!!!!!!!!!!