I wonder about the wisdom of sharing your thoughts with people who are virtual (excuse the pun) strangers. Though I confess to have been more open to it lately. I have found that the harder you try to sound interesting and amusing the less you are. So I won't try. I'll just be me and share a little of what I've been thinking about.

One of the topics at my house has been the amount of time it takes for the US to get Japanese titles, a good example of that would be Final Fantasy XII. Personally the wait for games doesn't bother me nearly as much as the way they play with us. Will a title be available in the US or not? Sometimes we wait forever just to be told it won't be made available here. Okay that's their prerogative. I would suggest that games not be reviewed in US gaming magazines until it has been announced that it will actually be shipping here. I hate seeing what great new game the Japanese are enjoying that we will never get. Which leads me to my next question. Why are developers here not coming up with great new RPGs? You can't tell me no one in the USA knows anime.

Sounds a bit like a rant doesn't it? Not so. We invest a lot of our hard earned cash in these consoles. New titles should be released internationally at the same time or at the least a few days after initial release. It can be done. The Sims: Pets will ship in the US Oct. 17 and overseas on the 20th. I think it's a power play and I wouldn't be surprised if politics doesn't come into it in some fashion.

On second thought...you may consider this a rant. :lol