>IMO it's both counterproductive and futile to keep national markets separated. One thing that many comments here aren't mentioning is that some regions have d

>IMO it's both counterproductive and futile to keep national markets separated. One thing that many comments here aren't mentioning is that some regions have differing requirements to be able to sell in that zone. A common issue is the rating (MA, PG, R, etc). Once, when about to release in Germany (mid 90's) we had to change red blood to green in order to not get rated as R. So it's not as though the developers can publish without strict regional forethought, so they may as well use a pricing model that satisfies the cost of living.