Newsgroup: it.comp.console.playstation
Titolo: PAL/SECAM gaming petition ! important !

hi,
i came across this site, 
http://www.palconsolecampaign.com
as you probably know, games and consoles are first developped for Japanese
and American market so they use NTSC.
then they are ported to PAL/SECAM
but the fact is that hardware vendors and software publisher put
insufficient effort in these ports so we too often get::
EU versions that are 16.6 % slower than US/JP versions
PAL/SECAM versions that do not use the increased resolution on PAL/SECAM so
we have black bars instad of full-screen.
consoles that can't output the very superior RGB signal, so we end with the
mediocre composite.
what we should have (and dreamcast gave to us):
games that can run at 50 Hz or 60 Hz (using PAL-60 or RGB 60 Hz), selectable
by the user
get the same game speed whatever the framerate is.
RGB support, for increased sharpness and colors
(the old SNES did that ! but recent one like PS2 and N64 consoles don't
:(( )
although the PAL/SECAM market is very big (*), and the profit gathered in
our countries very high,  and despite the fact that the overcost would be
very low compared to the total cost of game and hardware development, there
is little if not at all effort made to support our video standards and our
specificities.
(* the european market alone is bigger than the japanese, and equals the
american one.. Australia, ex-USSR, most parts of Africa, Middle-East are
also PAL/SECAM)
so if you want this situation to change, just have a look at this site:
http://www.palconsolecampaign.com
 and please sign its petition, that you can
directly access there: 
http://www.palconsolecampaign.com
if the signatures number doesn't get massive, there is no chance to change
things, so make your friend know this problem.
also feel free to contact medias to they relay this information.
contact the local subsidiaries of console vendors, the software publishers.
this has lasted too much, and this must cease now. we should have the same
level of support than NTSC users !

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, Jean Guy at
jean-...@caramail.NOSPAM.com
 wrote on 3/12/01 10:30 pm:
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   Problem is, after being repeatedly fucked over by Nintendo and their
attitude to one of their biggest markets, I no longer entertain buying PAL
Nintendo products.  I have a modded import Cube, which Iove (and almost any
TV made in the last few years can display any picture yoo care to throw at
it) . I paid £370 including postage for a cube, extra controller, two games
and  two memory cards. . that little lot won't come to much less when the
PAL cube is released anyhow, so I got an equal or better deal on my Cube
many months before a PAL one is even available. I also paid $58, including
postage, for RL direct from the states, which works out at around £40. I
 believe the price in the UK will be £45 for an official one. Based on this
there is really no time, compatibility *OR* financial advantage to waiting
for a PAL release, knowing you're going to be shafted on quality into the
bargain.
   Go buy an import, and holler a healthy "FUCK YOU!" to Nintendo's pathetic
money grabbing efforts in the European markets. I know it's a business and
they are here to make money, but you think they'd at least *try* a little.
   And this is why I love my Dreamcast. SEGA (gawd bless 'em!) made the
effort, and it shows.  That fucking console should've been massive. And a
year after release of PS2, I've yet to see a convincing reason to buy one
(and I've had every other console on or around the day of release for 12
years now, including, god help me, the Commodore CD32!). PS2 has resolutely
failed to impress. Maybe when it hits £150 I'll pick one up just in case
anything worthy is released (MGS2?).
   Rant'n'diatribe mode OFF!
   Regards
   Drewe