PAL regions shafted again...

[Richie]

Our good friends at Sony Europe have decided to delay Rogue Galaxy to September according to this:

www.gpstore.com.au/News/Archive/5324.html

Words can not describe how angry I am right now! :angry:

[Damo]

Lets also thrown in that there appears to be more RPG's coming out in the states than the UK has decent PS2 games altogther.
.Hack// (X3 games)
Valkyrie Profile 2 Slimeria (?)
Dawn of Mana
Shining force Axa
all of which still aren't listed for a UK release AFAIK .

No the UK is getting shatfed with coultless sports, driving, eyetoy and movie tie-in games for the PS2's final year. You'd think with the launch of FF:XII other RPG's would jump on the hype.
Ar Tonelico (spelling) appears to have dissapeared from the schedule too.

[Nork22]

Our good friends at Sony Europe have decided to delay Rogue Galaxy to September according to this:

www.gpstore.com.au/News/Archive/5324.html

Words can not describe how angry I am right now! :angry:
Why am I not surprised? Well, since I have 2 modded PS2 (one pink I might add), guess I'll import the game. Should be cheap around eBay by now.

[Johnny]

Lets also thrown in that there appears to be more RPG's coming out in the states than the UK has decent PS2 games altogther.
.Hack// (X3 games)
Valkyrie Profile 2 Slimeria (?)
Dawn of Mana
Shining force Axa
all of which still aren't listed for a UK release AFAIK .

No the UK is getting shatfed with coultless sports, driving, eyetoy and movie tie-in games for the PS2's final year. You'd think with the launch of FF:XII other RPG's would jump on the hype.
Ar Tonelico (spelling) appears to have dissapeared from the schedule too.


Yeah, the fact that some of the lesser known J-RPGs like Atelier Iris get releases here while some of the more popular (in the US/Japan) series get neglected is confusing.
Thing is, the first 2 AI games apparently sold pretty damn well and the 3rd one should do just as well so the market is there.

Then again, we get more Japanese shmups/3D action games/Simple 2000 stuff than the US, even if they are horribly rebranded.

Plus, to be fair, Japan is the only region which still has a healthy PS2 release list. While Europe and the US will be getting kiddie/budget games from next year or so, I'd still expect to be playing original/arcade ports from Japan well into next year and possibly beyond.