I suspect it has to do with the same reason why Japanese and European games are not sold in the US and need to be regionalized. Licensing issues differ by territory and what may be licensed for one area may not be for another. That is surely the issue here. The service has the right financial backing and the right attitude at a good, value-driven price, so I certainly HOPE it sticks around.
In any case, it would be up to a specific territory or even individual country to come up with their own equivalent service, or for GameTap to create regional services. Frankly, what they're doing in the US is a big enough task at the moment.
I suspect it has to do with the same reason why Japanese and European games are not sold in the US and need to be regionalized. Licensing issues differ by territory and what may be licensed for one area may not be for another. That is surely the issue here. The service has the right financial backing and the right attitude at a good, value-driven price, so I certainly HOPE it sticks around.
In any case, it would be up to a specific territory or even individual country to come up with their own equivalent service, or for GameTap to create regional services. Frankly, what they're doing in the US is a big enough task at the moment.
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