>>17658942Logistics.
Tarrifs
Censorship.
Assorted other bullshit.
European censors are much harsher on vidya than american ones, so there is a delay there.
Shipping a package ground freight through Europe requires multiple border crossings and customs inspections. delay.
European countries vary greatly in terms of logistic capabilities... what takes a day to zip across england might take three days driving through Italy. And if Spanish kid hears that Portugal has X/Y a day before Spain... they might just go to another country and get the thing. Depriving the home country of sales tax. We really can't have that. Delay.
