John ‘Gestalt’ Bye of EuroGamer sent word regarding their article this week, “Please Release Me”, a look at why there is often a long delay between a game being released in America and it finally reaching Europe, and in particular the UK. The article features comments from publishers Virgin Interactive and Infogrames. Here’s a few clips:
“Last year saw the release of Unreal. Here in the UK we waited. And waited. And then waited some more. About a month later, Unreal was finally released in Europe.”
“In fact, most computer games are released at least a week or two later in the UK than in the USA, and sometimes the delay stretches into months.”