Quebec Cracks Down On Translated Videogames

Posted by simoniker on Friday November 7, 2003 @06:28AM from the mais-oui dept.

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'."

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Re:Quit whining... by Violet+Null · 2003-11-07 07:13 · Score: 1, Troll

HOWEVER, I will defend the right of the Quebecois government to uphold their laws and the laws of Canada. Those laws were put in place for a reason, a legitimate reason, and, being an American who lives in Detroit and travels to Canada (including Montreal) quite frequently, I think it is an imperfect, but workable, solution to the social and cultural issues Canada faces.

Remember, kids: The Government is always right, and complaining about laws is unpatriotic and shows that you may be a terrorist! Obviously, if a law were stupid, the Government wouldn't have made it into a law, because the Government never does anything wrong. QED.