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Time Mage

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"The European videogame industry is maturing!!" , posted Wed 18 Feb 04:26

First ToS in announced for Europe, soon after is Baten Kaitos (which I thought it would never be released out of Japan), and now Disgaea????

The world is changing, or companies have (at last!) realized that in Europe people also like RPG's. WOWOOOWOOOOOWOOOOOOW!!

Of course, I'm happy.

Sources:
ToS and BK: RPGfan (old news, I supose).
Disgaea: meristation (in Spanish).

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IkariDC
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Regular Customer

"Re(1):The European videogame industry is matu" , posted Wed 18 Feb 06:24

quote:
First ToS in announced for Europe, soon after is Baten Kaitos (which I thought it would never be released out of Japan), and now Disgaea????

The world is changing, or companies have (at last!) realized that in Europe people also like RPG's. WOWOOOWOOOOOWOOOOOOW!!

Of course, I'm happy.

Sources:
ToS and BK: RPGfan (old news, I supose).
Disgaea: meristation (in Spanish).

Yes, I knew about it. It's really a great thing! But the European industry won't mature until they release all the games with 60 Hz selector. It really pisses me off when they make up cheap excuses like "we don't have room in the DVD for 50 Hz and 60 Hz videos". Really? Release the game in DVD 9. Then, the people would buy the game or play a hacked version with poor video quality. If I ever buy FFX or FFX-2, it won't be the PAL version...

Time Mage

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Silver Carpet V.I.P- Platinum Executive

"Re(2):The European videogame industry is matu" , posted Wed 18 Feb 08:33

quote:
First ToS in announced for Europe, soon after is Baten Kaitos (which I thought it would never be released out of Japan), and now Disgaea????

The world is changing, or companies have (at last!) realized that in Europe people also like RPG's. WOWOOOWOOOOOWOOOOOOW!!

Of course, I'm happy.

Sources:
ToS and BK: RPGfan (old news, I supose).
Disgaea: meristation (in Spanish).

Yes, I knew about it. It's really a great thing! But the European industry won't mature until they release all the games with 60 Hz selector. It really pisses me off when they make up cheap excuses like "we don't have room in the DVD for 50 Hz and 60 Hz videos". Really? Release the game in DVD 9. Then, the people would buy the game or play a hacked version with poor video quality. If I ever buy FFX or FFX-2, it won't be the PAL version...

In fact, the "We need to put the videos in 50 and 60 Hz" is a FALSE argument it is not needed to change the format. Look, for example, the GC REmake and RE0: Both have 60 Hz selector, and are full of videos, but the number of discs is the same in NTSC and PAL territories.

So, basically, Square Europe LIES. They just don't want to take the little effort that takes to make a decent conversion.

Saurian
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New Customer

"Re(3):The European videogame industry is matu" , posted Wed 18 Feb 09:22

The 50-60hz selection on a PS2 is a hardware switch not software, the machine can output PAL or NTSC on any software if they allow the option. That stuff about having to have 2 versions of the videos is complete nonsense and typical of the garbage the UK companies spout about the quality of releases.

A modded PAL machine will display all NTSC titles in NTSC without a hitch, there is no reason the option is left out on PAL releases other than pure lazyness.

At present there is still no reason to stop importing and buy PAL products - I aint paying more for less and am perfectly happy with my USA Disgaea which I've had for ages, why should we wait so long?

Myyyy a-soh-shee-utssss buh-leeeevve

that I amm waay-stinng mmyy timmme withhh yooouuu...

Time Mage

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Silver Carpet V.I.P- Platinum Executive

"Re(4):The European videogame industry is matu" , posted Wed 18 Feb 10:48

quote:
why should we wait so long?

In your case, there isn't any reason, since (I assume), you're English and can get the games in English from EEUU.

However, the other gamers in Europe like to play their games in their own languages (even if I can understand it in English, I do prefer a good Spanish translation). So, the rest of us are more or less screwed by companies like Squenix.