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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:46PM logicplay said

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well good for them, geez the ps2 is still alive and kicking, i still like my ps2 *hugs ps2*
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:51PM Pesterenan said

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This is great!
Killzone is a great game, and having it on my native language (brazilian portuguese) will be very cool. :)
They could go further and add a PSN BR, we are missing all the good games.
We pay almost $105 dollars for a $60 dollar game here =/
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:53PM The angry pro consumer gaming ga said

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@Pesterenan Don't push your luck :)
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:14PM Diodax said

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@Pesterenan
Brazil doesn't have a PSN Store? Then there is absolutely no hope for Dominican Republic T_T
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 9:35PM Athesto said

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@Diodax
dude i know what you feel, that's why i use the us psn store
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Posted: Jul 30th 2010 7:41PM Athesto said

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@Bcta30

dude if you have a job and don't have a family you can aford anything even in dominican republic.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:51PM Special Agent Bob said

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well at least the other countries will be able to share the hate of rico with us
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:55PM Theguyoverthere said

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@Special Agent Bob we alredy do hate Rico, theres no need to understand what hes saying if the only thing that came out of his mouth is s**t and f**k
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 8:58PM Victoryismine52 said

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@Special Agent Bob
Make sure sony knows it and vote cause as of now we're losing -7
http://share.blog.us.playstation.com/ideas/2010/07/29/make-rico-die-in-killzone-3/
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 11:01PM packy17 said

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@Victoryismine52

That's not up to Sony, it's up to Guerilla. And they said they made Rico less annoying/more helpful, so I'll wait and see just how badly I want to punch him in the face.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 11:59PM kentuckyfried said

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@Special Agent Bob

Rico: unintentional comedy value, ftw!
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:52PM The angry pro consumer gaming ga said

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I know Latin America isn't a huge market, but it about time someone finally started paying attention to the region. Congratulations to Sony for being the first to do this seriously and another reason why I give them my business the great majority of the time over MS, even if I prefer the ease of Live over PSN.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:54PM logicplay said

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@The angry pro consumer gaming ga

what makes you think its not a huge market? just asking.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:58PM The angry pro consumer gaming ga said

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@logicplay I just don't hear very many players with South American accents, when I hear Spanish its typically Mexican or Puertorican and to a lesser degree Spaniards.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:01PM UnnXandros said

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@The angry pro consumer gaming ga
Its 150k copies market iirc, as u said its a small market, and believe me, to almost ever americans i've encounter online, if u speak in spanish you are automatically a mexican, and believe me, we do not sound like mexicans.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:06PM The angry pro consumer gaming ga said

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@UnnXandros I don't blame you most people online are f***ing idiots and as you said think anyone that speaks Spanish are Mexican.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 8:13PM Dashx747 said

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@The angry pro consumer gaming ga

I can't speak for the rest of Latin America, but Brazil is a somewhat big market, specially in PC games. Most MMOs have a large brazilian community, as do FPS games. if you hear a brazilian speaking English it most likely will sound like an european person.

I like this move by Sony, but to be honest both Microsoft and Nintendo have decent support here for a while, specially Microsoft with a official brazilian version of X-Box 360 and even Live in Portuguese. Lucas Art, Eletronic Arts and Blizzard also make games in portuguese (The Curse of Monkey Island is a great example, fantastic translation). Sony is a little late, but at least is trying (I just wish they would liberate full PSN in Brazil)

The market would be a lot bigger if games didn't cost about 110 dollars here because of import taxes. Of course, digital downloads don't have this problem (gotta love Steam and its sales), so hence the popularity of PC games in Brazil (really, it got to the point that playing a given MMO I could find more brazilians then americans).

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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 8:52PM UnnXandros said

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@Dashx747

as far as im concerned Microsoft is real strong in Brazil and Chile. Sony decided to chose us (Argentina) to be the first step in their Lat Am market, we have an official Sony Console, Argentinian PSN (Empty but its there :P) and all. X360 and Nintendo Wii are unofficial (Nintendo had an official distributor till Gamecube) :P
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Posted: Jul 30th 2010 7:36AM SewerShark said

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@Dashx747 Ermmm, there is no Brazilian Live service. I had to create an US account.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:53PM Mazrael said

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I think I'm too use to "US and Canada" being followed by "excluding Quebec".. I'm all for multiple languages on my games.. It's fun on second playthroughs, though I wouldn't mind eastern languages like Urdu.. shows if I was paying attention..
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:54PM The angry pro consumer gaming ga said

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@Mazrael Spanish is spoken through out South America excluding Brazi, all of Central and Mexico. Urdu from my understanding is just in Pakistan so I doubt they would use up resources for that.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:14PM The angry pro consumer gaming ga said

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@The angry pro consumer gaming ga Sorry and I can't forget to add "La madre patria" Spain.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 8:48PM Ballistic H said

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@Mazrael

Should add Mandarin Chinese.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 10:50PM Mazrael said

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@The angry pro consumer gaming ga It's native in Pakistan & India, though I mean it as an example..

@Ballistic H Like it
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Posted: Jul 30th 2010 5:07PM Earandir said

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@The angry pro consumer gaming ga

that's the exactly the whole point about "latin american" localization...

A lot of latin americans, does not like the spaniard accent. That's why many people ask for a latin american spanish and not spaniard spanish, wich is very different.

Good for Sony i hope they do a great job. An excellent example of latin american localization in games: Gears of War.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:53PM UnnXandros said

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Well have simoultaneous releases with the USA for First Party games, the issue is that Sony Style charges 450 bucks (Argentinian pesos, close to 120 dollars) for a PS3 game. I buy my games (Again, in Argentina) for 50 US dollars on the "black" market.

Localization? Pfft, no ty Sony, we will get a watered down version with crappy mexican or neutral accent. Killzone 2 had spanish subtitles (tho i prefer my games with the original language and english subs)

I do have an idea for you Sony. I want a LatAm PSN or be able to buy PSN Cards for the retail price and not at 125% of its original price.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:56PM UnnXandros said

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@UnnXandros

oh and i forgot to add that, ih the "black" market we get games before the US release date and sub 60 dollars prices.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:01PM The angry pro consumer gaming ga said

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@UnnXandros Imports are always expensive, when I lived in the Dominican Rep. a few years back games would cost $70. Needless to say I wouldn't buy any until I would return home to Miami I would stock up before heading out again.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:03PM UnnXandros said

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@The angry pro consumer gaming ga
Im not complaining, i buy from the black market (and i say "black" market cause they import legally and they just dont pay import taxes)

For Example, i bought inFAMOUS and platinumed it before the american release date for 55 dollars.

I just laugh at SonyStyle, man, 120 dollars for GoW 3. I paid 57 dollars for it on american release date.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:08PM Diodax said

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@The angry pro consumer gaming ga

And they cost around $80 now. That's why I either import or wait until a family member comes back from US to buy games.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:14PM Lagunamov said

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@UnnXandros You know you can get even cheaper through ebay, right? I got Infamous and MGS4 for 70 dollars, Correo Argentino brought them straight home.

But yeah, Sony needs to find a way to not charge so fricking much. It'd be hard though, since the importing taxes are around 50% of the value for the item (anything above 300 dollars gets taxed from what I know, so en-mass shipments get that but private packages under 100 don't)
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 8:10PM Nikkinik said

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@Lagunamov
I once bought stuff for 100 dollars and got charged 50% taxes (after around 3 hours of waiting in line to be called)

I was always afraid of buying through eBay, as i thought it would get stuck at customs and had to pay taxes anyway.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 8:12PM Nikkinik said

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@UnnXandros
What's "Black" market for you? I'm assuming not Mercado Libre, but through a forum of some sort? Care to share a link? :)
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 8:50PM UnnXandros said

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@Nikkinik

Importers, which for a fact I know that dont pay import taxes so as to make em cheap. Taxes are 50 percent of the total retail price.

Check in 3Dgames or such, ull find the "importers" there.

I bought Lego Indy Jones 2, Saboteur and Blazblue (The first one) for 90 dollars today for example.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 9:07PM UnnXandros said

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@UnnXandros

Just to make myself clear, im not worried about the price, im worried bout the content. Yesterday Starcraft II was released with a LATAM edition at 30 dollars. The Lat am edition is not the full game, but a 6 month game period for both the Single and MPlayer options. If u wanna keep playing after the first 6 months ull have to pay a monthly fee.

With this, im not saying that we will get a crappy version of the game, like Blizzard just did, im worried bout being able to switch to English subs and audio. Also, DLC is region locked, are we getting DLC? That's my concern.
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Posted: Jul 30th 2010 4:12PM Lagunamov said

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@Nikkinik Was what you bought marked as a gift? Cause if so, then Correo should have no right to charge you anything, since it could have easily been bought by someone else in a completely different country from where it is sent.

I talk from experience. I imported three games so far, two at the same time, and they were both marked as gifts and brought directly home. If the seller doesn't specify that they do that always, you can always request it. It just takes marking a box on the back of the envelope anyway.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:55PM iBubbles said

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This is great. My cousin plays Arkham Asylum in Spanish and it sounds pretty good. I hope more companies start doing this.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 6:58PM ednomine said

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@GamerX really? beans?
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:02PM Theguyoverthere said

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so is the spanish going to be dubbed in latinamerica with real latinamerican voices? and if they do are they going to sell the game for 60$, because if they dont i prefer to import the game and safe some money and stay with the spanish spanish voices
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:08PM The angry pro consumer gaming ga said

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@Theguyoverthere You make an excellent point since I doubt South American would want to listen someone with a Mexican accent. I have to honest when it come to Fifa I pay for Spanish commentators since I can't stand the Mexican ones.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:02PM NoirR said

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action and effects changes according to Sony's spokesman... instead of KABOOM! it'll be CABUM! XD (i know bad joke) well, videogame companies had made some nice work localizing their games (Gears of War and Halo come to mind) lookig forward for this
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:06PM Wiizer said

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@GamerX

Reported. Goodbye, you poor excuse for a human being. :D
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:09PM ednomine said

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I saw last week, in a department store in Mexico, a psp bundle I had never seen before, a yellow psp 3000 including Gran turismo and little big planet, for the same price as the MGS peacewalker bundle.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:10PM CrabBattle said

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ahueahueahue br br?
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:11PM Diodax said

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I'm already way too used to play videogames in English, but I appreciate the effort regardless.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:14PM PR0F3TA said

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QUE BUENA NOTICIAS! pero dudo k tengan muchos un PS3 en mi pueblo, la pirateria esta bien grande por ay tambien
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 9:10PM Asakura H said

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@PR0F3TA

¿Que? Tortillas? Frijoles? Burritos?

Haha no te creas, que bueno, y espero nada mas que PSN tenga servicio en Latin America.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 12:20AM NoirR said

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@PR0F3TA

Bueno, esa es la mayor razon para mayores ventas de Xbox360 que de PS3 en Mexico XD tengo amigos con ambas consolas y cientos de juegos para xbox (piratas) y 3 para PS3, es ridiculo
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:46PM trickybuz93 said

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How do you translate "action" and "effects"? :/

I'm pretty sure that comment from Sony can be considered racist and discriminating towards latinos
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Posted: Jul 29th 2010 7:56PM Smivel said

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Come on Sony Infamous 2 only in spanish.....we want that in brazilian portuguese too because it is totally diferent from spanish and even statcraft 2 was released in brazilian portuguese or we will have to buy it from black market again.
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