Author: John Merlino
Date: 17:24:17 09/21/02
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On September 21, 2002 at 18:46:30, Mike S. wrote:
>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
Sorry I didn't make myself clearer on that point. Ubi Soft, as far as I know,
will make the English version available in Germany, probably with a translated
manual and packaging ("box and docs"), if it isn't available already. To the
best of my knowledge, www.amazon.co.uk already has it, and the will ship to any
country in the European Union.
jm
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