Comments on: Ubisoft Still Hates Most Of The World http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:54:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John P (Katsumoto) http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-57303 John P (Katsumoto) Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:54:40 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-57303 Now they've got pissing IL-2 Sturmovik as well :( Argh! Now they’ve got pissing IL-2 Sturmovik as well :(

Argh!

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]]> By: Crispy http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-48527 Crispy Sat, 17 May 2008 09:07:27 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-48527 Join the Steam group people!!! U-N-I-T-E! http://steamcommunity.com/groups/restofworld Join the Steam group people!!! U-N-I-T-E!

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/restofworld

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]]> By: Kadayi http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-48054 Kadayi Thu, 15 May 2008 19:23:43 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-48054 <blockquote cite="">I have a retail copy of Beyond Good and Evil, but I’d love to add it to my Steam digital vault anyway.</blockquote> Likewise. I can't be doing with swapping discs etc these days. Plus BG&E is such a good game I'd be gifting it to quite a few people. I guess our lucks out because the dollars down the shitter and past experience will have shown publishers that region fixed pricing on Steam tends to be poorly received. I'd of bought CoD4 quite happily via Steam if it wasn't for the blatant markup, and Take 2 really need to get with the program if they think I'm ever going to buy Bioshock for $54 now.

I have a retail copy of Beyond Good and Evil, but I’d love to add it to my Steam digital vault anyway.

Likewise. I can’t be doing with swapping discs etc these days. Plus BG&E is such a good game I’d be gifting it to quite a few people. I guess our lucks out because the dollars down the shitter and past experience will have shown publishers that region fixed pricing on Steam tends to be poorly received. I’d of bought CoD4 quite happily via Steam if it wasn’t for the blatant markup, and Take 2 really need to get with the program if they think I’m ever going to buy Bioshock for $54 now.

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]]> By: Homunculus http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-48049 Homunculus Thu, 15 May 2008 18:57:02 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-48049 Beyond Good and Evil. Now notavailable on Steam in the EU, just in time for its <a href ="http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/beyond-good-evil-preproduction-actu-139816.html">sequel.</a> Beyond Good and Evil. Now notavailable on Steam in the EU, just in time for its sequel.

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]]> By: Nick http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-48011 Nick Thu, 15 May 2008 16:27:13 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-48011 eh.. HOMM has a much bigger european fanbase than US so that makes no sense either. eh.. HOMM has a much bigger european fanbase than US so that makes no sense either.

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]]> By: Rob http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-47931 Rob Thu, 15 May 2008 12:10:51 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-47931 <blockquote cite>I hate the whole gamer entitlement thing</blockquote> I really don't understand this suggestion that complaints are stemming from a sense of entitlement; I think generally it's sheer bewilderment, from the admittedly limited information I have on the situation, the money is just there to be made.

I hate the whole gamer entitlement thing

I really don’t understand this suggestion that complaints are stemming from a sense of entitlement; I think generally it’s sheer bewilderment, from the admittedly limited information I have on the situation, the money is just there to be made.

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]]> By: J http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-47888 J Thu, 15 May 2008 11:06:07 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-47888 I hate the whole gamer entitlement thing but to me at least it doesn't make financial sense for ubi / atari not to do this. Unless its like the whole activision price gouging thing where Australians get charge US$88.50 because the American govt doesn't know how to run an economy. at least from the state of their dollar anyhow. I hate the whole gamer entitlement thing but to me at least it doesn’t make financial sense for ubi / atari not to do this.

Unless its like the whole activision price gouging thing where Australians get charge US$88.50 because the American govt doesn’t know how to run an economy. at least from the state of their dollar anyhow.

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]]> By: Kismet http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-47861 Kismet Thu, 15 May 2008 10:20:37 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-47861 I have a retail copy of Beyond Good and Evil, but I'd love to add it to my Steam digital vault anyway. As for the rest of the Ubisoft catalogue, there's not much I'd be interested in, nor there are many titles I'm looking ahead among future Ubisoft PC releases to be honest, but the more (on Steam), the merrier. Regarding possible reasons for Ubisoft not to make their games accessible everywhere, if it was only Europe left out, my conspiracy theory sixth sense would consider a possible special agreement with Metaboli (could work for Atari too), but that wouldn't be a good reason for the exclusion of the rest of the world... I have a retail copy of Beyond Good and Evil, but I’d love to add it to my Steam digital vault anyway.

As for the rest of the Ubisoft catalogue, there’s not much I’d be interested in, nor there are many titles I’m looking ahead among future Ubisoft PC releases to be honest, but the more (on Steam), the merrier.

Regarding possible reasons for Ubisoft not to make their games accessible everywhere, if it was only Europe left out, my conspiracy theory sixth sense would consider a possible special agreement with Metaboli (could work for Atari too), but that wouldn’t be a good reason for the exclusion of the rest of the world…

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]]> By: Joe Martin http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-47822 Joe Martin Thu, 15 May 2008 08:21:44 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-47822 Beyond Good and Evil - sheer, tearjerking classic. Beyond Good and Evil – sheer, tearjerking classic.

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]]> By: Narvi http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-47805 Narvi Thu, 15 May 2008 05:47:20 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-47805 Damn it, give me my Beyond Good & Evil! I don't have my copy anymore! Damn it, give me my Beyond Good & Evil! I don’t have my copy anymore!

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]]> By: bildo http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-47794 bildo Thu, 15 May 2008 03:24:59 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-47794 and we care that Heroes of Might and magic is not coming to Europe? The game is sub par...but I can understand the principles of the whole thing. Maybe it is a supply and demand issue. Since, at the moment, they only have a fixed amount of capital with which to produce the game they choose not to release it in Europe as it may be too costly since they could make more money here based on a higher demand for the game, thus a higher price. This is how they choose to distribute goods with their scarce resources and the opportunity cost of diverting games to Europe may be very high....just a theory. and we care that Heroes of Might and magic is not coming to Europe? The game is sub par…but I can understand the principles of the whole thing.

Maybe it is a supply and demand issue. Since, at the moment, they only have a fixed amount of capital with which to produce the game they choose not to release it in Europe as it may be too costly since they could make more money here based on a higher demand for the game, thus a higher price. This is how they choose to distribute goods with their scarce resources and the opportunity cost of diverting games to Europe may be very high….just a theory.

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]]> By: bildo http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/14/ubisoft-still-hates-most-of-the-world/#comment-47792 bildo Thu, 15 May 2008 03:05:44 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1753#comment-47792 and we care that Heros of Might and magic is not coming to Europe? The game is subpar...but I can understand the principles of the whole thing. and we care that Heros of Might and magic is not coming to Europe? The game is subpar…but I can understand the principles of the whole thing.

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