The Romanian game store fiasco...

aandreei2002 · 03-02-10, 10:50 AM

I don't agree with this. I think that in Romania there is lack of interest in original game since piracy it's so high, not to the subs genre expecially. And related to stores, well, they bring in the few titles that may sell well here...so usually that's reserved for multimillion selling games.

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Originally Posted by elanaiba

Well, if its any comfort, we haven't received our copies either. Yet!

Kapitan, please double check that information

. Your enigma machine is broken i think.

elanaiba · 03-02-10, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by aandreei2002

Kapitan, please double check that information

. Your enigma machine is broken i think.

Oh bugger, one day away from the office and we got them?

Schultz · 03-02-10, 12:36 PM

Karamazov if I hadn't told you about xpc because I have a subscription , I preffer my reward a soup

dcb · 03-02-10, 01:50 PM

I can confirm this. Nowhere to buy SH5 in Bucharest. Even the online stores seem to totally ignore the game. No possibility to preorder, nothing at all. It's like it never existed, in its home country.

To the Ubi marketing guys: Where can Romanians buy your products? Did you ever try to approach the (very few) game stores existing here to sell your game? Supermarkets have shelves of console games on display, there's plenty of the latest EA games, even Mass Effect 2 was on sale the week it launched abroad, only Ubi Romania seems give a s**t about customers at home. Inept marketing (I think it's the third time I'm complaining on this forum about this specific issue, but to no avail).

alexradu89 · 03-02-10, 01:53 PM

what about steam ? don't they service in romania ? :S

dcb · 03-02-10, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by alexradu89

what about steam ? don't they service in romania ? :S

They may have, but some of us don't have cards in foreign currency. They are rather expensive, at the rates charged by banks here. And not everybody's willing to open a card in euros or dollars only to buy games, once or twice a year.

elanaiba · 03-02-10, 02:06 PM

Actually, you don't need cards in foreign currency to buy stuff on steam or online. Your regular debit card should work, provided its a Visa or Mastercard.

martes86 · 03-02-10, 02:15 PM

Arg... why do we always get delays?? One store says it gets here in Spain the 11th.

Can any of you guys tell me if it comes with a Spanish version (texts, installer)? I'll be damned if the game comes the same in all places, but there's a useless delay in Spain that nobody can explain.

FIREWALL · 03-02-10, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by martes86

Arg... why do we always get delays?? One store says it gets here in Spain the 11th.

Can any of you guys tell me if it comes with a Spanish version (texts, installer)? I'll be damned if the game comes the same in all places, but there's a useless delay in Spain that nobody can explain.

While I installed in default english, in the Credits it showed US , German, French, Polish and..... SPANISH.

ps. When installing it gave me language choices.

martes86 · 03-02-10, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

While I installed in default english, in the Credits it showed US , German, French, Polish and..... SPANISH.

ps. When installing it gave me language choices.

Thanks for the info.

That says 2 things. The game comes out in Spanish without the need for us to translate the whole thing (which is good), but at the same time it also gives out that no matter where you get it, it will be multilingual, which means that the delay is basically useless, and they've fooled us again, which I don't like a bit.

Cheers

03-02-10, 12:36 PM	#3
Schultz Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bucharest - Romania Posts: 237 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Karamazov if I hadn't told you about xpc because I have a subscription , I preffer my reward a soup __________________ Old nickname: Infernos http://www.overheat.ro/

03-02-10, 02:06 PM	#7
elanaiba Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,058 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 3	Actually, you don't need cards in foreign currency to buy stuff on steam or online. Your regular debit card should work, provided its a Visa or Mastercard. __________________ With strength I burn...

03-02-10, 01:50 PM	#4
dcb Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 845 Downloads: 544 Uploads: 0	I can confirm this. Nowhere to buy SH5 in Bucharest. Even the online stores seem to totally ignore the game. No possibility to preorder, nothing at all. It's like it never existed, in its home country. To the Ubi marketing guys: Where can Romanians buy your products? Did you ever try to approach the (very few) game stores existing here to sell your game? Supermarkets have shelves of console games on display, there's plenty of the latest EA games, even Mass Effect 2 was on sale the week it launched abroad, only Ubi Romania seems give a s**t about customers at home. Inept marketing (I think it's the third time I'm complaining on this forum about this specific issue, but to no avail).

03-02-10, 01:53 PM	#5
alexradu89 Lieutenant Join Date: May 2009 Location: Romania Posts: 259 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	what about steam ? don't they service in romania ? :S

03-02-10, 02:15 PM	#8
martes86 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Colourful Seville - Spain Posts: 971 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Arg... why do we always get delays?? One store says it gets here in Spain the 11th. Can any of you guys tell me if it comes with a Spanish version (texts, installer)? I'll be damned if the game comes the same in all places, but there's a useless delay in Spain that nobody can explain.