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And yes we established a nice pipeline of imported versions. The austrians make lots of money because of this, they usually have uncut versions of the games with german language. So many people order their stuff from there and the austrian export shops know of their monopol and rip us off with insane prices.
Anyway this newsarticle is old, it has been known for quite some time that an release in germany is highly unlikely because rebellion refuses to cut anything about the game. I hope more developers/publishers will follow that example.
Because than at some point we germans will end up with no new games at all and at that point mabye some change might happen.. #aliensvspredator
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It makes me wonder how the Australian censorship board will treat the game though. #aliensvspredator
01:33 AM
The rating is not AvP's biggest problem in Germany, the lack of an audience is. Sega is doing the right thing by not wasting money on releasing it in Germany and instead seeking attention by blaming the German rating boards.
It would just be an 18 rated game of a franchise that is unlikely to attract more than 15.000 sales. #aliensvspredator
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I could be wrong but it just seems strange to make such a statement. #aliensvspredator
01:56 AM
and despite continued government efforts, the PC FPS crowd is huge there. the first AvP was a massive hit among said crowd in germany, so it would be fair to assume that the sequel will sell.
but nobody wants USK censored games anyway, so they just import. as i'm sure they will for the new AvP #aliensvspredator
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AvP had 1.000.000 sold movie tickets in Germany, AvP2 sold 750.000 tickets. That is in the nowhereland between hit and flop, it'll make its money back, but it will require DVD sales to do that.
So far that is ok, but you have to calculate an attachment rate of roughly 10% when the game sales start. Actually less, because uncensored imports play much more of a role in this niche and piracy will occur.
It's commercially not viable to fully localize a game, if your sales are going to be that low. While there are Germans who love their AvP, there aren't enough of them to valid a local version. Which is not a bad thing, because those who do like AvP will know how to get it anyway and are likely to have a taste for the original language version as it stands. #aliensvspredator
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Uwe Boll is one of the usual suspects for that kind of sales strategy, btw. (no matter if you like or dislike his work).
Also, there is virtually no cost saved in terms of localization.
Don't forget that there are still other countries that speak German, namely Swiss and Austria.
The only "overhead" that is saved is the time spent in the cutting room.
As of now, there are 2 main reasons for us to buy movies, games and comics in another country. The price tag and wanting to have the uncut version. A minority (I am part of it) also loathes bad localization and wants to get the English version, but that is actually almost always included nowadays anyway.
Fact for me is, I do usually save 10-20% if I order stuff from the UK, do get the uncut version (and don't mind if there is no German localization). Still, most people order in Austria. Not everybody around here is proficient enough to watch/play movies/games in English. By coincidence, those people are the major demographic who also buy the DVD, instead of going to the movies. #aliensvspredator
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I got the game in the end, but I think that point still holds slightly true today. The problem that arises is that the more humanoid the aliens become, the less likely it is to brush it off as fanciful instead typical gore.
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Though, thinking about the trailer... maybe not so... #aliensvspredator
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One of the new Special Infected for L4D2: the Spitter. She has acidic spit that drains your health really quick if you stand in that drool.
Aside from being deadly, it's also really nasty! #left4dead2
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It's a Spitter. Probably spits at people. #left4dead2
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But there are two levels you can play in the demo, not one. The first one is just really short (in the demo anyways) so people tend to either forget about it or it blends in their mind with the 2nd level. #left4dead2
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To whomever is responsible: my plight on travesty that you bring upon video games, please stop what your doing!
My words may not convince you but I hope that your heart (or what's left of it) will be filled with regret by seeing this picture. #bandhero
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[tvtropes.org] #left4dead2
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@andrewwyatt: Here we go. #left4dead2
11/06/09
I didn't really need to read beyond there, but thanks for the heads-up regardless. #bandhero
11/06/09
To do a 180, I'm hoping someone finds a way to multiply the gore somehow, and see how well it runs on a PC that does Crysis on very high. Murder sim FTW! #left4dead2
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This article is silly. It's like saying "When they cut out some of the more advanced effects in the game, it runs better!!"
REALLLLLLYYYYY I couldn't have ever guessed that! #left4dead2
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Its easy to call someone out, but backing up your claim is another thing. #left4dead2
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Also in your example, I would press them for details. Just saying "in some areas" is hardly specific. #left4dead2
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What.
If someone goes 'Those guys who did a study are full of fail, they don't know shit about anything', you'd damn well be able to back up what you just said.
Eg
Scientist: This disease will be cured by this, because of this, and because we did this, with these results
Random Guy: You don't know what the fuck you're talking about Scientist
Its perfectly reasonable to ask the random guy why he would say such things. And no, I'm not comparing some gaming guys running some tests to a scientist, I'm saying they've got reports and results from their own work. If you're going to rebuke them, nut up or shut up.
You don't have to type out an article, but you could at the very least explain why.
Or not get so fucking offended when someone asks you to do so. #left4dead2
11/06/09
Or get some common PC-gaming specs sense.
etc etc #left4dead2
11/06/09
I'm not seeing anything below besides 'Less graphix = more speed' which I thought was obvious.
I didn't say these guys were brilliant or made an incredible discovery, I just said theres nothing wrong with someone saying if you're going to discredit them, say why. #left4dead2
11/06/09
Plus, when I was writing full articles here to explain my stance, they were easily ignored. So, I stick to teaching and discussing tech stuff on (game)dev forums and other places where info matters; and writing "blergh" posts like everyone else on Kotaku.
Plus, no-one ever got a star here for being informative, so there's no external incentive. #left4dead2