Simply put - Guns, guts, gore, and glory just don't sell as well across the pond as they do here in America. It is a difference in culture, and it is clearly reflected in the European market.

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Across the pond, consumers prefer racing and soccer games to blockbuster action, adventure and first-person shooter games that are the staple of the U.S. diet. Indeed, Europeans view such games as "evil," says Cevat Yerli, chief executive of Crytek, a German game developer that specializes in first-person shooters.
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    X_MANBEARPIG_X Jun 19, 08
    I think I was supposed to be American..:S
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    Twisted Jun 19, 08
    I like those games as well. But not all of them.
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    DusktoDawn Jun 19, 08
    Carbon is better than prostreet.

    I rather have free run.

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