Release Country TLD Master List

[leonefamily]

Just stumbled upon a copy of MX vs. ATV Unleashed for the PS2. It's PAL release with French and German text, so usually I would have considered that to be a Switzerland release. However it has a USK rating on the box. The game itself was sent from Austria, literally between Germany and Switzerland. What TLD should I give this item?

[tripredacus]

Can you post some information such as the barcode and/or a picture of the back?

[leonefamily]

Can you post some information such as the barcode and/or a picture of the back?

I'll send you a pm later tonight

[nathan776]

[HU] Hungary seems to be missing from the list.

[tripredacus]

Added [HU] and all of the other missing TLDs based on the INTL Classifieds list
https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,11439.0.html

[dhaabi]

I know why it's been omitted from the list thus far, but [US] is used in non-game categories such as with accessories and hardware.

[tripredacus]

It is added.

[leonefamily]

Not sure under which TLD to put this. Has PEGI rating and text in English, French, Portuguese and Arabic. I found that in the Philippines but that's clearly not a Philippines release (games here are usually "english asia" versions).

https://i.imgur.com/sWGPqm1.jpg

[dhaabi]

Not sure under which TLD to put this. Has PEGI rating and text in English, French, Portuguese and Arabic. I found that in the Philippines but that's clearly not a Philippines release (games here are usually "english asia" versions).

https://i.imgur.com/sWGPqm1.jpg

Many of the other yellow dot releases already with database entries are simply given a (yellow dot) descriptor. I've typically seen them on African and Middle Eastern online storefronts, but I wouldn't say there is a clear way of determining which countries exactly they were sold in. I've even seen some games have two yellow dot versions.

[leonefamily]

Alright thanks! I'll list it as "Driveclub (yellow dot)" under "PS4 [EU]"

[theodw]

How would you classify this copy of Horizon: Forbidden West?

Front: https://i.imgur.com/eX6wMmx.jpeg
Back: https://i.imgur.com/2YF4VTP.jpeg

ESRB rating (so, not MX or BR), box texts in Spanish (so, not USA), and legal only indicating Latin American countries (yes, I just bought this in Latin America). Should it go with a (Spanish cover) descriptor or something?

[tripredacus]

Should it go with a (Spanish cover) descriptor or something?

No.

What country did you buy it in? You would search the used market in that country to verify other copies have the same qualities as yours.

I found an Argentina version that has a back number of 3006527-AC and UPC of 711719547624 as well as a "Sony Argentina" import label. At least it seems that the back number may be unique between versions, as it does not match your pictures.

I can't find the one in your pictures but I only searched in Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and Costa Rica.

[nathan776]

There are multiple listings from Chile
https://www.yapo.cl/marketplace/horizon-forbidden-west-ps4_88682360/galeria
https://www.yapo.cl/marketplace/horizon-ii-forbidden-west-ps4-y-ps5_89080230/galeria
https://www.yapo.cl/marketplace/horizon-forbidden-west-ps4ps5_85501062/galeria

[theodw]

What country did you buy it in? You would search the used market in that country to verify other copies have the same qualities as yours.

Bought in CL, brand new (proof of purchase, with PII removed). Question comes from the point that it didn't came with the rating sticker "required by law" (The law requiring it has been essentially dead weight for years, very few retailers put them on)

EDIT: This is recurring theme with Latin America. I really don't know how to classify them anymore, since the distributors treat it as a single region, but you treat it as basically "Mexico or Brazil".

EDIT 2: Listing from retailers (matching UPC) in
CL: https://www.weplay.cl/horizon-forbidden-west-ps4.html
CO: https://www.alkosto.com/juego-ps4-horizon-forbidden-west/p/711719547631
HN: https://gamestation.hn/producto/ps4-horizon-2-forbidden-west/
UY: https://www.macrotec.com.uy/horizon-forbidden-west-nuevo-ps4

Even found it on the master list of a wholesale retailer in Miami that covers all of Latin America: https://www.rolagames.com/TitleListing.php


EDIT 3: "Bull by the horns". Created in https://vgcollect.com/item/264558 as "Horizon Forbidden West (3006528-AC)". Edit or delete as you see fit.

[tripredacus]

That is fine. I just changed the MX one to use the same reference for descriptor so for now it is easier than to figure out the country.
https://vgcollect.com/item/217221