I feel insulted

[Indra Echo]

dont want to burst you bubble americans but you get a hell alot better dlc items etc than us eu guys and girls

For example and be specific regarding this game.

Oh, and you aren't bursting any bubbles. Companies make business decisions. It's unfortunate. Sometimes it works against me, sometimes for me.

DLC is another of those things that isn't always controlled by the dev of a game, but can be related to individual country's laws and rules and involve extra fees not just for the dev but for the distributor and the provider.

Here's an example of a potential problem. DLC gets released globally and bricks some consoles in some countries. In some places, the dev could rightly or wrongly be held liable for all those consoles. So what does a dev decide to do? Do they just pick and choose and say some countries will get the DLC? Well in doing that they'd create a lot more ill will. So what they may decide to do is to risk it with some of their best DLC and then for other content, they'll just decide to not release it globally.

[Scooter__Johnson]

then publishers should take the extras out from every country lol

[MacDeath]

BTW, I don't live in any of the 50 US states (or the D of C). I live in Denmark, so I'm not eligable to win. HOWEVER, It did allow me to register and, should I win, I DO have a US Passport and an Arizona drivers license...

[Reverend Blood]

I have been a loyal and devoted player/watcher of Defiance since the game/show launched. I play, on average four to six hours a day, everyday. But, regardless of my loyalty, because I am not a US resident I am exempt from taking part in the most significant crossover event to date. This I find very insulting.

There is no doubt in my mind that I would never even come close to winning but to not even be given the chance to try is a major slap in the face.

You can come crash on my couch until the contest is over.

[Fancypants]

I'm a double threat.. I'm English and a XBox player lol

I agree yet I am still insulted. For one they still advertise the contest on my launcher, they know what region I am in so there is no need to post the advert.

Since you're English, I found a pic with a crown on it to make you feel at home.

[bigbear2face]

Other companies like Coca Cola, Nike and such manage to have contests that is worldwide.

If the people behind Defiance have an issue with US laws, then make it 3 contests at the same time. US, EU and Asia? Heck, make it 9, 3 continents, 3 platforms. How hard can it be to write in 9 persons in a group to appear rather than the one? Make it 9 persons over 9 episodes, OR make it a a gang of 9 raiders, I don’t know? A little imagination and they could to so much more...

It’s just the easy way and easy money that says it’s US only…

If they continue to think small = making 4th of July armor, contest that is US only they will lose the EU and Asia gamers. And I personally don’t think "US only" is a market they can survive on...

Horrible, illogical and just plain stupid comparison.

Nike and Coca-Cola are two of the biggest, most profitable and most powerful companies in the history of the world. They have spent decades building up international presences (believe me...when they first started they did not do international contests...and yes, Coca-Cola has been doing regional and national promotions for close to a century).

Trion and the SyFy channel (and anyone else involved with the game and show) are like ants to a company like Nike or Coca-Cola.

There is a lot of financial and legal stuff entailed with doing promotions. Making a promotion global geometrically increases the cost of the promotion.

You can sit there and complain about how the US population is being favored but all it does is show your ignorance of the economic facts of a globalized world.

[abakai]

Since you're English, I found a pic with a crown on it to make you feel at home.

But that is a Kings crown. We don't have a king at the moment...

[Finish the Fight]

In this day and age someone somewhere is always going to be ‘offended’ that they don’t get their way…/yawn

[Vash Arrok]

Why devolve into this sort of idiocy? If I play a Japanese made game I am likely to miss out on certain things that Japanese players can get. I played Demon's Souls which was never meant to be released globally. NA players made it happen. However, I never could get the really great dynamic themes and even some avatar outfits for PSHome that Japanese players could get. I understood that was just how it was.

I'm in the US and I want to know what part of the game can I play that you cannot? So I have the unrealistic possibility of winning a contest? Big deal. A flying pig will win it before I will.

To make all this a war of nationalities is the most ridiculous thing ever. The reality is that all companies must conform to the laws in the countries they do business in. And it's not all that easy. The fact that game devs actually do try and offer their games globally at all means they are not so pro-American. Demon's Souls was released in NA before going global because of the demand by NA players. When it also got released globally on other servers, it had some success in other countries, but not as much as in Japan and NA. And people that had bought the EU version of the game often went back to the NA version because the servers were busier.

My point was made with sarcasm not idiocy. It is aimed at not being informed of this crap prior to purchase. I am one of the many that is finding this out the hard way. Had we been informed of US content only, whether thats a competition or an extra hellbug, we would have at least been able to make an informed choice. Maybe your happy to go along with whatever they throw at you but I like to know upfront what it is my money is going towards. So far nothing for us in the Eu to get excited about. Why the hell did we get the liberty Heavy Trooper outfit to celebrate a holiday the has nothing to do with the game? In game its armistice day that should be celebrated not the 4th of july. The answer is of course the same as the competition. So see past your "I done it this way attitude cause I think I know better" and have a little soul for those of us that do feel slightly ripped off by all this USA content. If all this had be in print on the box and upfront, there would be a lot less miffed folks going about these forums.

[Fancypants]

But that is a Kings crown. We don't have a king at the moment...

Doh, I forgot he's retired now.

(the one without the medal) :P