14 DAY TRIAL // Fallout 3 is going to be a very popular title – with the massive community of Fallout fans eagerly anticipating it – bound to have some big sales. The upcoming action RPG (Role Playing Game) will have its action set about 200 years after the one from the second title in the series, in and around a bombed out Washington D.C.
The game world is still in ruins after a massive nuclear war and the only safe places to live are the Vaults. Your character must leave the safety of Washington's Vault and embark on a search for his father, who ventured out in the barren wasteland of America.
Needless to say, a lot of gamers are anxiously waiting the launch, set to take place on October 28 in the United States, while other territories will get it two days later, on October 30.
Sadly, India won't be among them, because Microsoft has just announced that it will not be bringing the Xbox 360 version of the game in the Asian country, citing cultural sensitivities. This decision, together with the fact that the PC and PlayStation 3 versions of the game are not planned for a launch in India, means that the country will not be taking its share of post apocalyptic action.
"Microsoft constantly endeavors to bring the best games to Indian consumers in sync with their international release. However, in light of cultural sensitivities in India, we have made the business decision to not bring Fallout 3 into the country," reads the official press release from the India branch of the Microsoft corporation.
This decision doesn't make a lot of sense though, as other, more violent games are on sale in India and neither the media nor any society member complained about them. Let's not forget that the country is on a high wave of development, as observed by Sony, with the gaming industry becoming more and more productive. Stereotypes are beginning to be erased from people’s mentality, and considering the huge market in the country, Microsoft might have had some very big sales.