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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 9000 / German version?

Author: Mike S.

Date: 15:46:30 09/21/02

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On September 21, 2002 at 18:08:00, John Merlino wrote:

>At this time there are no plans for a German translation of Chessmaster 9000.
>The first (and possibly only) translation that will be released is in French. We
>(the development team) are trying to get our salespeople to understand that the
>largest computer chess market outside of the US is in Germany, but so far they
>remain uninterested. (...)

Does that mean that Ubi Soft isn't planning to distribute CM9K into german
speaking countries at all, currently?

This may put Santa into trouble, or I have to issue a second version of my wish
list. :o)) It's not available i.e. in Vienna, or from regional online shops,
yet.

Maybe you can make them understand that they can sell the *english* versions
too, in germany etc.

They are distributing a lot of other computer games here... I really don't
understand the problem. The shops will put it on the shelves like anything else
the truck drops, and Chessmaster is such an well known brand that I wouldn't
expect much less sales just because the box isn't translated. The program itself
wasn't translated anyway, most often in the past; CM customers are used to it.

(Missing german docs may be a minor problem though, at least for new CM users or
"non-freak" people. :o) Maybe that's why they hesitate at Ubi Soft.)

Regards,
Mike Scheidl



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