Europe Not Getting God of War Collection Until 2010

Earlier this week the God of War Collection was announced for PS3 and is expected to hit stores in the US later this year. The compilation consists of the first two God of War games originally released for the PS2 and adds some updates to the games’ original graphics. However, Europeans have been told not to expect a release until next year.

The statement given from Sony Europe offers little in the way of explanation as to why the game is going to be delayed outside of the US. Once again, Europe is being regarded as a secondary market by the gaming industry. The statement from SCEE is as follows:

We are currently looking into options to bring God of War I and II to SCEE consumers on PS3; however it will not be possible to release the games this calendar year. We will provide further information in due course.

Not possible to release the games this calendar year? It’s ridiculous! God of War is a first-party Sony franchise so it’s not like they have different publishers or licensees to deal with. Not only that but the release is essentially just porting two PS2 games so they can’t even use the usual excuse of translation to legitimize a later European release.

Can it really be that difficult for companies such as Sony to organize a simultaneous international release? I for one am beginning to get seriously fed-up with waiting around for delayed releases outside of the US. These giant corporations need to stop treating Europe as a supplementary market and start unifying their global release dates.

Via: Destructoid