I have a very simple, lazy method of price checking games online. First I go to play, then I add game at the front of it, then I switch in .net. Three sites in pathetically few key presses. Sadly, this cunning system lead only to disappointment this time round.

Shadow of the Colossus is not due out in Europe until February 2006. FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND SIX. This game is out tomorrow in the US. Given that it ain’t a text-heavy RPG the PAL territory translation process should take all of one week. Not four months.

For crying out loud. First we wait an eternity for the delicious God of War, now we have to do the same for this inevitable masterpiece. Waiting a couple of months for Resident Evil 4 and Metroid Prime 2 was bad enough, four is beyond a joke. Microsoft is launching a console worldwide within a month yet we can’t get a highly anticipated game the same year as the States? Either the publishing side of Sony hates us or they just don’t care. Pick one.