Difference between revisions of "Aral"

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Aral

Founded: 1983

Headquarters:

Istanbul, Turkey

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ARAL A.Ş., or Aral İthalat is a Turkish video game distributor. Since 1995 it has been the exclusive video-game distributor of Sega for the Turkish market. Aral İthalat distributed the Sega Mega Drive II, Game Gear, Sega Pico, Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast in Turkey.

Promotional material

SEGA Product officially licensed for sale in Republic of Turkey

Print advert in Blue Jean (TR) #12/96: "Aralik 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

Blue Jean (TR) #01/97: "Ocak 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[1]

Print advert in Blue Jean (TR) #02/97: "Subat 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
also published in:

Level (TR) #1: "xxxx xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)^[2]

Print advert in Blue Jean (TR) #03/97: "Mart 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #27: "Haziran 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #28: "Temmuz 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
also published in:

Level (TR) #6: "6/97" (1997-xx-xx)
Gameshow (TR) #29: "Ağustos 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #30: "Eylül 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
also published in:

Gameshow (TR) #31: "Ekim 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Softography

Saturn

Batman Forever (1996)
Road & Track Presents The Need for Speed (1996)
Torico (1996)
Actua Golf (1996)

External Link

Website

References

↑ Blue Jean, "Ocak 1997" (TR; 1997-xx-xx)
↑ Level, "1/97" (TR; 1997-xx-xx)

[1] Blue Jean, "Ocak 1997" (TR; 1997-xx-xx)

[2] Level, "1/97" (TR; 1997-xx-xx)

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-{{sub-stub}}'''ARAL A.Ş.''', or '''Aral İthalat''' is a Turkish video game distributor. Since 1995 it has been the exclusive video-game distributor of [[Sega]] for the Turkish market. '''Aral İthalat''' distributed the [[Sega Mega Drive]] II (Asian region) in Turkey.
+{{sub-stub}}'''ARAL A.Ş.''', or '''Aral İthalat''' is a Turkish video game distributor. Since 1995 it has been the exclusive video-game distributor of [[Sega]] for the Turkish market. '''Aral İthalat''' distributed the [[Sega Mega Drive]] II, [[Game Gear]], [[Sega Pico]], [[Sega Saturn]] and [[Sega Dreamcast]] in Turkey.
-The company has an immensely negative reputation among the Turkish gamers due to the Aral's predatory business practices such as monopoly, severely inflated purchase prices of the games in the market, and company's tendency of interfering with platforms such as Steam or publishers like Ubisoft and Capcom due to the disagreements over the pricing.
+== Promotional material ==
+{{gitem|Asian Aral mdII box sticker.jpg|''SEGA Product officially licensed for sale in Republic of Turkey''}}
+{{galleryPrintAd
+|bluetr|12/96|
+|bluetr|01/97|
+}}
+{{galleryPrintAd
+|bluetr|02/97|
+|leveltr|1|
+}}
+{{gitem|Sega TR advert 1997.03.jpg|Print advert in Blue Jean (TR) #03/97: "Mart 1997" (1997-xx-xx)}}
+{{gitem
+|Gameshow 27 TR Sega advert.png|Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #27: "Haziran 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
+}}
+{{gitem
+|Gameshow 28 TR Sega advert.png|Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #28: "Temmuz 1997" (1997-xx-xx)<br/>also published in:
+*Level (TR) #6: "6/97" (1997-xx-xx)
+*Gameshow (TR) #29: "Ağustos 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
+}}
+{{gitem
+|Gameshow 30 TR Sega advert.png|Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #30: "Eylül 1997" (1997-xx-xx)<br/>also published in:
+*Gameshow (TR) #31: "Ekim 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
+}}
-Because of the majority of the games in the Turkish market is being distributed by Aral, company has an almost total monopoly over the prices. Many experts and gamers agree that Aral's policies (and by that extension, high prices of the games) are the reason why the Turkey is rife with video game piracy and console modding.
+==Softography==
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|Aral}}
 ==External Link==