You've all no doubt seen the bad news about a possible delay of the PSP in Europe territories. As disappointed as I am, I really cannot say that I am surprised. Sony sight it as not being able to produce enough of certain components, which I can see happening, especially as demand in Japan, the US and Europe grow.
It doesn't really annoy me, besides not being able to buy games locally it's not a concern. I can even buy games from the US for $39, so it's not even that. I just can't really see why Europe gets the ruff end of the stick again. Sure the US is a large market, but then again so it the Europe/PAL regions, and they could be larger if games companies stopped this current trend of treating us as second rate gamers. Why games still don't get released here is a total goddamn mystery to me, it sure as hell isn't for lack of a profitable market, and yes I am aware of any localisation costs, issues and the rest involved.
Though the PSP doesn't require anything to be changed for different regions, except maybe just firmware to alter the region coding on movie and music UMD's and any extra language's to be added for the menus.
Who knows, maybe the extra factory that Sony has opened with be able to produce enough parts to stem any shortage before they start.
Next post I might bitch about next gen consoles and any region coding that they might be burdened with. Oh, and I haven't heard back from Nintendo, yeah they really care about their consumers.
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