Originally Posted by ThGlump
Thanks. Most of the answers are great.
But i dont like that forced region locking. Everything is connected, and anyone can play anywhere. Thats great. But i dont understand why forcing people with SOE account to migrate to Pro7 account. They can play on all servers anyway. Why not let those who want play with SOE account, youll get enough new players to Pro7 account with your advertising.
Q: Whats the reason for this forced region lock?
(Support dont count. You dont provide support in my language anyway so i would have to use english, and play late at night so i can fit to US support time)
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I'm afraid support does count as a reason. By allocating all euro players to PSS1 support, it lightens the load for SOE's US customer support, which will no doubt reduce their operating costs.
The other reason is that euro players will have to use PSS1's "version" of the Cash Shop, which gives PSS1 exclusivity over CS sales to euro players. That would most probably have been an important clause of the deal between SOE and PSS1.