Well, I admit that I'm getting angry sometimes.
I once wrote a kind of article to explain this.
It goes like this :
I often have the feeling as if companies of the U.S. (not Canada, not Mexico) tend to believe that they should prefer the rule "bigger, better, first", regarding their own country. Thus leaving other countries out, or treating so that the citizens in the other countries get the impressions to be treatedas "second class" or even "third class".
It's like selling world-wide, but accepting support requests only from U.S. citizens.
Here in Germany I often get angry when I notice things like
- special edition of "Pool of Radiance 2" contains soundtrack and some other things in english version, european version map, mouse mat and figure
- european version of Baldur's gate lacks the description of the (A)D&D rules almost completely
- Hasbro and LucasArts decide to make "sweepstakes" for U.S. citizens only, as if no-one outside the U.S. would buy or collect Star Wars things.
- Icewind Dale soundtrack is only sold inside the U.S. (recently was issued in package containing all Black Isle RPGs)
- Sierra completes the english Patch for Homeworld 2 failry fast, butr needs months for the european patch - as if they weren't interested to complete it at all
- that european patch even contains a bug resulting in a revision of that patch (which makes gamers believe that they
indeed weren't interested in completing it at all ...)
- publisher take 5 releases Age of Wonders : Shadow Magic first in the U.S. , although developer Triumpf studios is a company from the Netherlands ...
I guess the list would endlessy go on and on.
The sad thing is, that the
companies decide to do such things, there are the
customers or Forumspeople from the U.S. who get all the harted thrown towards them.
I mean that the people cannot do anything against it, it's not their fault that companies decide that way, but still they get all of the harted slammed into their faces.
It's sad.
And it won't end as long as the companies don't stop this policy.
That's my very on opinion.
I hope I made it clear enough to understand. Sometimes I have slight problems being
exact with my english vocabulary. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Alrik.
