SH5 GERMAN RECALL ! ! ! Just Seen This Posted On Blue'snews

walsh2509 · 03-10-10, 07:38 PM

Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010

Silent Hunter 5 CE German Recall

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German website ComputerBase has word that Ubisoft has recalled the Collector's Edition of Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic in Germany. It turns out the Collector's Edition does not have World War II symbols properly removed or edited in accordance with German law. Apparently this problem does not impact the standard edition, which is still for sale in Germany. Thanks Oliver.

Syxx_Killer · 03-10-10, 07:40 PM

Didn't they do that for SH3, too?

Ducimus · 03-10-10, 07:41 PM

Awwww, you had me going for a minute there. I was hoping for something better then "Oops we left zee swavstika's in".

Dowly · 03-10-10, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

Awwww, you had me going for a minute there. I was hoping for something better then "Oops we left zee swavstika's in".

Aye..

Navarre · 03-10-10, 08:06 PM

Yes, the CE edition was recalled from the market yesterday because of the not removed swastikas in the printed material supplement. Ubisoft would therefore punishable in Germany and other European countries, distribution of swastikas. It is only permitted in these countries to distribute swastikas in historical documents, movies, films and art works, computer games are not declared as art works in these countries.

But this now also make it possible for dissatisfied customers in Germany to give their CE Edition back to the store, the store must accept this and refund the paid money to the customer.

Rip · 03-10-10, 08:12 PM

Will those darn pirates stop at nothing?

JScones · 03-11-10, 03:30 AM

Exactly right, bloody pirates/haxxors have obviously hacked into the metal tins (thinking they were servers) and reapplied the swastikas in what can only be considered the latest form of DOS attack - denial-of-selling.

It's like, if I bought a car...

03-10-10, 07:38 PM	#1
walsh2509 XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 410 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	SH5 GERMAN RECALL ! ! ! Just Seen This Posted On Blue'snews Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 Silent Hunter 5 CE German Recall [5:50 pm ET] - Share - 7 Comments German website ComputerBase has word that Ubisoft has recalled the Collector's Edition of Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic in Germany. It turns out the Collector's Edition does not have World War II symbols properly removed or edited in accordance with German law. Apparently this problem does not impact the standard edition, which is still for sale in Germany. Thanks Oliver. Last edited by Onkel Neal; 03-10-10 at 08:19 PM.

03-10-10, 07:40 PM	#2
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Didn't they do that for SH3, too?

03-10-10, 07:41 PM	#3
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Awwww, you had me going for a minute there. I was hoping for something better then "Oops we left zee swavstika's in".

03-10-10, 08:06 PM	#5
Navarre Helmsman Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Europe Posts: 101 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes, the CE edition was recalled from the market yesterday because of the not removed swastikas in the printed material supplement. Ubisoft would therefore punishable in Germany and other European countries, distribution of swastikas. It is only permitted in these countries to distribute swastikas in historical documents, movies, films and art works, computer games are not declared as art works in these countries. But this now also make it possible for dissatisfied customers in Germany to give their CE Edition back to the store, the store must accept this and refund the paid money to the customer.

03-10-10, 08:12 PM	#6
Rip Commodore Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Right behind you! Posts: 643 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Will those darn pirates stop at nothing?

03-11-10, 03:30 AM	#7
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Exactly right, bloody pirates/haxxors have obviously hacked into the metal tins (thinking they were servers) and reapplied the swastikas in what can only be considered the latest form of DOS attack - denial-of-selling. It's like, if I bought a car...