why cant game stores in the us sell europe games?

[tenkai]

well i was looking foward to getting breath of fire 3 for the psp and turns out theres no relase date for the us but there is for Europe so i wouldent mine getting that but i have to order online to get it,and i have bad experinces with online stores.im just hoping for the games not released in the us but have a Europe release should be put in game stores for the us.

 

[tk_saturn]

Because Nintendo wouldn't like it, and Nintendo are the ones who supply these stores. Then you have the different governing bodies who rate the games: ESRB in the US and PEGI in the EU. So they can't sell them.

 

[wyndcrosser]

That's why piracy plays into gaming. The niche for PAL, or NTSC-J isn't high enough. You'll see in other countries, they'll sell NTSC-U Games, if they are region-free.

try amazon man, you'll feel safer.

Wynd

 

[67birdman]

Arent they PAL in europe and NTSC over here??

 

[alukadoo]

That's why piracy plays into gaming. The niche for PAL, or NTSC-J isn't high enough. You'll see in other countries, they'll sell NTSC-U Games, if they are region-free.

try amazon man, you'll feel safer.

Wynd

+1

 

[tenkai]

thanks wynd ill try amazon

 

[CrimzonEyed]

region-locks really sucks :/