SCEE boss promises more 'day and date' releases with SCEA

by Andrew Yoon { Jul 17th 2008 at 12:00PM }

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Many European gamers have been frustrated by the inexplicable delays of games in Europe. Yes, there are localization issues, but when a title like echochrome, which features very little text, releases weeks after its American counterpart, people seemingly have the right to complain.

Grilled at a recent E3 cocktail, SCEE boss David Reeves told Eurogamer that "every relevant title that SCEA announced for America will also be introduced to the PAL territories - most of them day and date." Even newly revealed titles like Ratchet & Clank: The Quest for Booty (pictured, above) will arrive in Europe ... although a Blu-ray version of that game will be available in PAL regions as well.

MotorStorm Pacific Rift, LittleBigPlanet, Siren: Blood Curse, Resistance 2 are all promised to show up on European PS3 systems before the end of March 2009.

Gallery: Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty

Tags: david-reeves, e308, europe, quest-for-booty, ratchet, ratchet-and-clank, scee

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Brodie-san @ Jul 17th 2008 12:09PM

There's a blu-ray version of Booty as well?

That seems ... odd.

How many hours of gameplay are we getting for $14.99 anyway?

Dehshizknight @ Jul 17th 2008 7:43PM

I would say maybe at least 5 hours since it's a bit short of the actual game.

seb @ Jul 17th 2008 12:11PM

isn't LBP supposed to be realesed in the fall?

The_Punisher @ Jul 17th 2008 12:28PM

uh....the fall IS before march 2009......

Averna @ Jul 17th 2008 1:17PM

wasnt lbp slated for October... and the devs said that they could probably get it out in September? If I have to wait until March... imma be pissed.

adolson @ Jul 17th 2008 12:15PM

If there's a Blu-ray of R&C for $15, I'll import it.

The_Punisher @ Jul 17th 2008 12:28PM

get me 1!

bronz @ Jul 17th 2008 12:45PM

they need to do something for u guys...a week later??? ok ,maybe even 2 weeks....but 6 months for some games??????

i swear scee gets off on shafting u guys

Phizzy @ Jul 17th 2008 12:50PM

We're still missing some early releases, I think we still haven't had that Cash Guns Chaos or whatever it was.

Averna @ Jul 17th 2008 1:18PM

*coughcoughrockbandcough* although i dont think that has much to do with sony

Phizzy @ Jul 17th 2008 12:48PM

If the blu-ray version is £10 or less, I'll definitely buy it over a download copy.

soya @ Jul 17th 2008 1:23PM

"MotorStorm Pacific Rift, LittleBigPlanet, Siren: Blood Curse, Resistance 2 are all promised to show up on European PS3 systems before the end of March 2009."

- whoa! That statement scares me a little! I know Oct is before March'09 but this sounds like they are covering themselves for big delays for Europe!
LBP is being developed by a British studio so surely we would get it first...yeah right!