Letter from the Producer, XIX (09/27/2011)

[Spectre316]

Oct 4? >.> <.< Dark Souls comes out that day D:! noooo now I will be torn between the two! Regarding the fight though... I can't wait to try it, it looks really fun

[Delsus]

Oct 4? >.> <.< Dark Souls comes out that day D:! noooo now I will be torn between the two! Regarding the fight though... I can't wait to try it, it looks really fun

Muahahaha, I knew there was a reason EU got games after US, and this is it, I can play 1.19 when its live, then on the 7th I can play dark souls.

[Konachibi]

Muahahaha, I knew there was a reason EU got games after US, and this is it, I can play 1.19 when its live, then on the 7th I can play dark souls.

EU gets games after US because it has to be converted from NTSC T.V format to PAL T.V format, NTSC comes out in black and white on european T.Vs.

PC games are the exception of course, since they're universal.

[Delsus]

EU gets games after US because it has to be converted from NTSC T.V format to PAL T.V format, NTSC comes out in black and white on european T.Vs.

PC games are the exception of course, since they're universal.

/sigh sarcasm fail. Also modern TVs support NTSC, the problem with that was that NTSC used 60Hz and PAL used 50Hz, however with HDMI this is no longer the case .

You do know for games the PS3 atleast is not region locked, I have a US version of demons souls (beware dodgy games shops) and it plays in full colour and no problems. The problems you are talking about havent been around in TVs made within the last 6ish yrs.

[Konachibi]

/sigh sarcasm fail. Also modern TVs support NTSC, the problem with that was that NTSC used 60Hz and PAL used 50Hz, however with HDMI this is no longer the case .

You do know for games the PS3 atleast is not region locked, I have a US version of demons souls (beware dodgy games shops) and it plays in full colour and no problems. The problems you are talking about havent been around in TVs made within the last 6ish yrs.

Whilst this is true many consoles are still locked in a US > EU format. You can't play US games on a EU Xbox360, I'm surprised PS3 lets you without installing a chip or modifying it in some way. Plus I can put NTSC games into my EU playstation and it'll still be black and white even though I'm using a widescreen 1080p T.V that can do over 100mhz, so I think there's still a little PAL modifying in it somewhere.

Also most games nowadays are released at the same time in both US and EU, doesn't make much sense that Dark souls isn't.

[Delsus]

Whilst this is true many consoles are still locked in a US > EU format. You can't play US games on a EU Xbox360, I'm surprised PS3 lets you without installing a chip or modifying it in some way.

Also most games nowadays are released at the same time in both US and EU, doesn't make much sense that Dark souls isn't.

White knight chronicles 2 was released in EU 3 months earlier than US which is a lil wierd to me, and there are a few games I have seen my US friends on which I have had to wait for because its not released in EU.

Also the Wii, PSP, PS3, and i think the DS/3DS have no region locks on games, as far as I know its only the 360 that does, because there is no point in region locking consoles except to prevent imports, and people would just chip consoles to get around that.

Also modern games consoles dont require a physical chip, you just install a custom firmware if you want to play copied games etc.

[Xmbei]

White knight chronicles 2 was released in EU 3 months earlier than US which is a lil wierd to me, and there are a few games I have seen my US friends on which I have had to wait for because its not released in EU.

Also the Wii, PSP, PS3, and i think the DS/3DS have no region locks on games, as far as I know its only the 360 that does, because there is no point in region locking consoles except to prevent imports, and people would just chip consoles to get around that.

Also modern games consoles dont require a physical chip, you just install a custom firmware if you want to play copied games etc.

sadly 3ds's are region locked >.<

[Konachibi]

White knight chronicles 2 was released in EU 3 months earlier than US which is a lil wierd to me, and there are a few games I have seen my US friends on which I have had to wait for because its not released in EU.

Also the Wii, PSP, PS3, and i think the DS/3DS have no region locks on games, as far as I know its only the 360 that does, because there is no point in region locking consoles except to prevent imports, and people would just chip consoles to get around that.

Also modern games consoles dont require a physical chip, you just install a custom firmware if you want to play copied games etc.

I think some of the differences with release dates has something to do with where the company that made it is based. Games from Japan tend to be released in Japan first now, and then EU and US both get it at the same time, ones from US are released there first, then see EU and JAP release afterwards. In other cases it may be a case of marketing, some companies want to see how good their game is before it's released worldwide so they release in one area first, see how it goes, then branch it outwards if it does well. I think that's what Zen United were doing with Blazblue, testing to see if US and EU still liked classic sprite-based fighting games, and because it sold well they sent out a sequal and Arcana Heart 3 as well. Can only hope Cave have the same idea and release Deathsmiles 2 here, I loved the first one...

In a sense that's also what FFXI did as well, released in japan first, where it had a few problems, so they fixed those problems before giving it a release for US and EU.

[Secret_Reeve]

PC games are the exception of course, since they're universal.

universal, easier to cater to and yet, console gaming is STILL killing pc gaming.

i went into a local game shop other day n the range of pc games was appauling.

shelfs from floor to cieling on all the walls, racks in the middle all full of console games and 1 TEENY LITTLE section for pc gaming. WHAT THE HELL?! stop buying consoles for god sakes, MAKE, FORCE, BEAT game makers into making pc games once again, and FOR GOD SAKES PUT THEM ON A FREAKING DISK!

[Delsus]

universal, easier to cater to and yet, console gaming is STILL killing pc gaming.

i went into a local game shop other day n the range of pc games was appauling.

shelfs from floor to cieling on all the walls, racks in the middle all full of console games and 1 TEENY LITTLE section for pc gaming. WHAT THE HELL?! stop buying consoles for god sakes, MAKE, FORCE, BEAT game makers into making pc games once again, and FOR GOD SAKES PUT THEM ON A FREAKING DISK!

Real PC gamers use steam, thats why theres not much selection in games shops, or you could go on a game store's website and buy from there, they have a larger selection there.

The general consensus is if you have a PC that will play modern games you have an internet connection and can download/buy online. whereas it is entirely possible to have a console and not have a PC or even an internet connection, and I for one would not type in my CC details on a public PC, but that could just be me being paranoid.