Uh Oh - red ant could be stuffed

[Fetidchimp]

From kotaku - http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2009/01/rumour_red_ant_closing_up_shop.html

This could be very baaaaaad if it's true, they do Capcom, Bethesda and Konami releases here, nooooooooooooo..........
Apparently confirmed by http://www.search.asic.gov.au/cgi-bin/gns030c?acn=096_799_692&juris=9&hdtext=ACN&srchsrc=1 pointed out by Matt K on their comments.

Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit.
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[Itachi]

ohhhhhhhhhhh shit!
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[Infested Jibbs]

oh butternuts
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[Sin Ogaris]

Don't worry, maybe Atari will pick up the distribution slack.

*goes off to cry*

[Sinthesys]

Hopefully, as I'll be rather unhappy if I don't get to play RE5.
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[ANDYBALLINA]

Noooooooooooooooo......I want Resident Evil 5
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Oh no way!!!!!
Resi 5!!!!!!!!!

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[skyline_boy001]

I am confused, SCEA says that Red Ant are the distributors of Street Fighter IV and that Activision are the distributor's of Street Fighter IV.

http://au.playstation.com/games_media/games/ps3/s/streetfighter4.jhtml

http://au.playstation.com/games_media/games/ps3/r/residentevil5.jhtml
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[kaerlis]

bummer, i like red ant and it's sad to see the little local companies go bust.
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[Snixtor]

A couple of things spring to mind.

1 - People claiming that Australian game prices are a rip off. If they genuinely were a rip off, it doesn't sound like Red Ant were taking an unfair cut.

2 - More people importing games would have this effect, killing local companies.

3 - I certainly wouldn't be worried about those developers finding Australian distributors, though, possibly with a delay for upcoming releases.

[TheAnswer]

I thought Atari did Konami releases here in Australia?

Sad news though that they are closing, another casualty of the credit crunch
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[ugh the boot]

This sux hard but I was contemplating cutting back on the SFIV special edition cuz I really dont need a diorama of Ryu Vs Crimson Viper....I just need the dvd/blu-ray extras. If SFIV is delayed then i'll just import it cuz I was getting the Ps3 version anyways.

I wouldn't worry about Resident Evil 5, that's almost 2 months away and i'm sure Capcom will have something sorted out by then. If not then atleast we got a little bit of a heads up if we need to import.
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[Nietzsche]

this sucks, however it wont effect it to much

[Joseph]

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[Grandtheft88]

Bad, bad news

Really hope someone else picks these up because its gonna suck big time for us Aussies if no-one picks these up.

Bugger to the people who had jobs there too.
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[Snixtor]

I think for the most part, games sold in Australia are published by International / foreign publishers. Fallout 3 for example is published by Bethesda Softworks, a division of ZeniMax Europe. By the bar-code it says "Made in the EU". Red Ant are the Australian distributors. I'm pretty sure you can look at the chain of command as Developer > Publisher > Distributor > Retailer. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong at any part of this or about the specifics of Fallout 3 or Red Ant.

So yeah, I think if Red Ant went under, retailers could run out of stock of Fallout 3 (and others) since a distributor isn't in place.

I'm curious what you mean by "ridiculous price" though. Are you just comparing foreign prices using currency exchange? Because that's not a very good comparison.