Quebec Cracks Down On Translated Videogames

Thanks to VE3D for their story revealing that the Quebec government is cracking down on videogames without complete French-language packaging, meaning that game stores in Quebec are having to return or amend significant portions of their stock. The article says that "...the likes of Electronic Arts, Sony and Microsoft have been following this law for sometime, but everyone else has ignored it", and a game store worker on the Gaming-Age forums indicates stores "...can't sell anything that doesn't have a French cover", so this new enforcement means that "...the cover that says 'Only on Xbox' must read 'Seulement sur Xbox'."

Comments

Arrogance

[JohnFluxx]

And the french wonder why they are called arrogant.

It makes me wonder what the reasons behind this are.

Lost cause

[endrek]

I think somethinggs wrong when france has way fewer language laws than quebec, where its only one of two official languages. Hell, a few years ago france made the language its airspace english. Meanwhile now you can't even sell video games in quebec that aren't in french boxes. When their motherland is less restrictive and more open than they are, and they're merely an offshoot, one wonders why bother. This all seems so silly and facsist