Quebec and English games.

Tupin · April 03, 2009, 03:57:25 PM

Quebec has a new law which makes it illegal to sell English-only video games if there is a French version available.

http://kotaku.com/5196643/french-quebec-cracks-down-on-english-games

I can see why they would do this, but shouldn't everyone in Canada be bilingual anyway?

Titus Andronicus · April 03, 2009, 04:06:40 PM

Quebec is so funny sometimes.

Beatnik · April 03, 2009, 04:14:05 PM

French Canadians are idiots. They have a law that the name of KFC restaurants has to be in French, making it "PFK." Even in FRANCE they just call it KFC. It doesn't make any sense.

Jono2 · April 03, 2009, 04:17:24 PM

Quebec is the whining spoiled baby of North America. They can get whatever the hell they want.

Tupin · April 03, 2009, 04:29:08 PM

Quote from: A Zombie on April 03, 2009, 04:17:24 PM
Quebec is the whining spoiled baby of North America. They can get whatever the hell they want.

Except for their independence.

Yes, I went there.

Friendly Hostile · April 03, 2009, 04:34:32 PM

Quote from: A Zombie on April 03, 2009, 04:17:24 PM
Quebec is the whining spoiled baby of North America. They can get whatever the hell they want.

Sounds almost like Texas.

Macawmoses · April 03, 2009, 04:58:50 PM

Uh, not that many people in Canada are actually bilingual. That's just as much the fault of the Francophones as it is the Anglophones, though. The only bases that try are the Indians and the Indians - as in First Nations and that of Punjabi descent.

Law doesn't surprise me, nor does it bother me. Maybe it's because I have a Francophone base of friends and family though. I do, however, see it as fickle. Nonetheless, French can't just buy French games in Alberta...they need to order them. It's basically the same thing in QC. Protectionism is a ninny, but Quebec has earned the right, if you ask me. They have English on signs, yet English Canada refrains from putting up French.

Jono2 · April 03, 2009, 05:38:42 PM

Quote from: Lord Layton on April 03, 2009, 04:58:50 PM
Uh, not that many people in Canada are actually bilingual. That's just as much the fault of the Francophones as it is the Anglophones, though. The only bases that try are the Indians and the Indians - as in First Nations and that of Punjabi descent.

Law doesn't surprise me, nor does it bother me. Maybe it's because I have a Francophone base of friends and family though. I do, however, see it as fickle. Nonetheless, French can't just buy French games in Alberta...they need to order them. It's basically the same thing in QC. Protectionism is a ninny, but Quebec has earned the right, if you ask me. They have English on signs, yet English Canada refrains from putting up French.

uhh, there's french everywhere here in Manitoba, and we're the ones who had to deal with the schools crisis. There are tons of french communities around here.

No. Quebec doesn't have to put English on their signs. You can see that in almost any picture of Montreal.

Even when they get caught and are "forced" to put it on their signs, they put french in huge lettering, then make English tiny. In Manitoba, we're forced to make them equal sizes.

Quebec can do whatever the intercourse they want and get away with it.

Doodle · April 03, 2009, 05:54:19 PM

I guess there's nothing wrong with that.
They speak a lot of French there, so let them have French versions of games.

Tupin · April 03, 2009, 06:12:56 PM

There's actually a major loophole in this law. It makes English-only games illegal in Quebec ONLY if there is a French version. If there's no French version of the game available, then English-only games can be sold. But if the game is available in French, just not at the store, they can't sell the English-only versions.

Oh, and get this: If you live in Quebec and try to order an English-only game like Rockband 2 online, it won't let you checkout.

Doodle · April 03, 2009, 06:27:51 PM

Quote from: Tupin on April 03, 2009, 06:12:56 PM
Oh, and get this: If you live in Quebec and try to order an English-only game like Rockband 2 online, it won't let you checkout.

That's kind of stupid.
It's fine if they want French versions of games to be sold. But you still deserve a choice. :-\

phatyo · April 04, 2009, 10:04:21 PM

You know when I used to live in Quebec this poop would piss me off so bad! Like lets say mario kart is about to come out in 1 week and your very exited for it its big release. On the day it comes out you rush to EB Games to get there before everyone else but "OH NOOOOOSSS" Mario Kart was not send to this EB games because Quebec didn't get any. Why didn't Quebec get any? Its elementary my dear friends, you know the intercourse ing booklet you only look at for the pictures? Well they havn't produced and manufactred the french version into the Quebec games. So your intercourse ed for an extra week.
And I know it dodn't sound big an extra week? Stop whinning! But when your waiting for games that were announced for 3 years! Its a big deal!

And yeah last time I was in Montreal almost every sign was in French exept if it was a like big commercial like about cars and stuff. But for almost everything if they did have english on the billboards it would be in tiny letters and the french ones would be HUGGE! But what I did notice is alot more Englishism going around when I was there and I was sooo happy to hear people speak english. French is a good language and all but to much grammar rules and to much to worry about.
Quebec does gets everything it wants. But I hope they never get there indepenceds!
You do know Ontario has the power to make quebec stfu about this entire we want our own Country by just cutting down a little of there taxes?
My 180.00$ shoe bill came up to be like 210$!!!!!!!!!! But I love Quebec:D The girls there are very Hot ;p

Pachuri · April 05, 2009, 07:59:22 AM

My step dad is French Canadian and whenever we have to go to see his family for thanksgiving or whatever everyone speaks in french and I have no idea what the intercourse is going on. They think it's weird that I don't know french.

Lotos · April 06, 2009, 12:23:59 PM

Quote from: Pachuri on April 05, 2009, 07:59:22 AM
My step dad is French Canadian and whenever we have to go to see his family for thanksgiving or whatever everyone speaks in french and I have no idea what the intercourse is going on. They think it's weird that I don't know french.

They must be worse than the stereotypical American :O

Tupin · April 06, 2009, 01:13:41 PM

Quote from: Lotos on April 06, 2009, 12:23:59 PM
Quote from: Pachuri on April 05, 2009, 07:59:22 AM
My step dad is French Canadian and whenever we have to go to see his family for thanksgiving or whatever everyone speaks in french and I have no idea what the intercourse is going on. They think it's weird that I don't know french.

They must be worse than the stereotypical American :O

"This is Canada, speak French!"