Comments on: I Hate You Dad: The Video Game… American Style! https://fort90.com/i-hate-you-dad-the-video-game-american-style/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-hate-you-dad-the-video-game-american-style The homebase of Matthew Hawkins Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: cvxfreak https://fort90.com/i-hate-you-dad-the-video-game-american-style/#comment-81118 cvxfreak Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:58:59 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=432#comment-81118 I can't stand what Sony's done either. I can understand that SCEE has a level of accountibility with the Japanese headquarters and that running subsidaries isn't exactly cheap. European localizations tend to be the most expensive and I'd bet good money European headquarters have a crapload of other fees to pay as well, so it helps to sell a ton of games there. ...but the net gain has to be almost zero. The DS proved that Europe isn't necessarily Sonyland and while people like to say that consoles =! handhelds, even that comes off a bit dubious. If you screw your customers, and the competition is adequate, you're simply going to lose. With all the threats of boycotts/buying used, Sony really isn't going to gain much in the end. I can’t stand what Sony’s done either. I can understand that SCEE has a level of accountibility with the Japanese headquarters and that running subsidaries isn’t exactly cheap. European localizations tend to be the most expensive and I’d bet good money European headquarters have a crapload of other fees to pay as well, so it helps to sell a ton of games there.

…but the net gain has to be almost zero. The DS proved that Europe isn’t necessarily Sonyland and while people like to say that consoles =! handhelds, even that comes off a bit dubious. If you screw your customers, and the competition is adequate, you’re simply going to lose. With all the threats of boycotts/buying used, Sony really isn’t going to gain much in the end.

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