Motivations behind region restrictions in games

by Claude Errera @, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 17:58 (4019 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Agreed; the barriers already exist... why make them stronger? Give users better tools to handle barriers, don't just brick them up.


What tools do you imagine would mitigate signal latency and the language barrier? Superluminal switching and real-time machine translation would be wonderful, but are not, er, supported by the current state of the art.

-- Steve thinks it's far easier to demand these tools than it is to supply them.


How do you know I don't speak Mandarin and Cantonese? Maybe the language isn't a barrier for some people. Not everybody only knows one language you know.

This is really simple. If you find yourself with a language and latency problem, SELECT A SERVER NEAR YOU THAT SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE. It's your problem, not the developer's.

Wouldn't it be really awesome if all users took responsibility for their own actions, and didn't blame others for mistakes they made?


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