Change US to North America in the region settings for releases.

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#1  Edited By korsair_13

Hello everyone,
I just wanted to put forth an idea here: Let's change the region names in release dates from United States to North America and United Kingdom to Europe. I think it is a tad unfair to leave out Mexicans and Canadians (I know North America goes down to Panama, but for the sake of argument let's stick within the realm of believability) and the entirety of Europe (who can all download at the same time as the UK for Games on Demand and Steam). Post comments and responses here and if we get enough people to agree, we should take it to the men up top. If someone could make a vote for me, since I can't seem to figure out how, that would also be awesome.
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#2  Edited By DevWil

if nothing else, it's weird that there are only UK and Japan release dates available outside of the US.

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#3  Edited By Video_Game_King

Yea, it is weird that Europe isn't an option, even if Dave has a list of Russian games.

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#4  Edited By korsair_13

It's almost as if they chose the regions based on who joined the Iraq war. Excluding Japan of course, the other three are represented.  I am joking here.
Also, considering that South Korea has the largest number of people on the internet per capita, it should be a region too.

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#5  Edited By PeasantAbuse

Is it really that big of a deal?
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#6  Edited By korsair_13

If it's wrong, yes. I strive for truth. These games are not only being released in the United States and the United Kingdom and Australia and Japan.

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#7  Edited By peepeepoopoo696
I believe the three regions have something to do with the US, UK, and Japan being some the largest economies in the world. So I say release dates are fine, and I don't think most Canadians and Mexicans care about some stupid line of text.
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#8  Edited By MooseyMcMan

Yeah, Canada definitely should be represented. 

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#9  Edited By Ninjaduck88
@Atomasist:  Isn't Germany a bigger economy than the UK
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#10  Edited By Animasta

 
@Ninjaduck88 said:

" @Atomasist:  Isn't Germany a bigger economy than the UK "

 Europe's largest national economy is that of Germany, which ranks fourth globally in nominal GDP, and fifth in purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP; followed by France, which ranks fifth globally in nominal GDP and sixth in PPP GDP; the United Kingdom, ranking sixth globally in nominal GDP, followed by Italy.  
 
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#11  Edited By Synchronatic

Canada represent!

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#12  Edited By peepeepoopoo696
@Ninjaduck88:  If you take a look at my original post, I never said the UK was the largest economy in Europe.
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#13  Edited By korsair_13

The point is, the United States isn't a region, it's a country. Same goes for the UK and Japan. Australia is the exception (unless you are an Oceania proponent). All that I am saying is, if someone who didn't know anything about releases looked at the release dates of the games, they might be confused by the fact that their country isn't represented. If you make the terms more blanket, which is what Steam and D2D do, then there wouldn't be any confusion. Nobody loses anything by accepting these changes, others only gain. This is not a zero-sum solution, it is plus-plus.