European gamers have been venting their ire at Sony's bosses this week, bemoaning how long it takes some downloadable titles to make release compared to other parts of the world.

Responding to complaints over the big gaps European gamers sometimes have to ensure, Sony's Angela Madronero says that it is down to individual publishers to decide when games are released.

"We are committed to working very hard to ensure that our first-party content (the games created by our own Computer Entertainment teams) is published across all the PlayStation-Stores, simultaneously. The decision about whether and when to release a game for sale is in the hands of the individual publisher," the executive told the European PlayStation blog.

"There are many reasons why our third party partners may not be able to launch content in one region on a particular time/date; this may be due to technical glitches, digital rights issues, localization requirements etc. So the are a little more complex than may first appear.

"We know that there is a lot of frustration when content is released on one store but not another. I can confirm that from a PlayStation Store point of view, we are committed to supporting our third party partners in bringing as much content as possible to the European Store."

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By Luke Guttridge