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I don't believe that. Periscope Films would only benefit from the royalties from non-American sales and their increased exposure thereof. As it is they'll lose now because it will be pirated outside the US/Canada. It's not like it's hard to distribute a documentary internationally.
I'm prepared to believe it's an Ubisoft stuff-up. It's not like it would be the first time. There's actually no reason to have both European and US editions of SH4 in the first place. It was necessary to have different skins for SH3 because of the German laws against displaying the swastika in games but that doesn't apply to the Rising Sun. And since most TV/DVD etc systems outside the US are multi-system (PAL + NTSC + SECAM) there's no technical obstacle just because the documentary will undoubtedly be in NTSC format.[/quote]
We can all go on speculating. In the end, it is what it is. For whatever reason, the US/Canadian version has the documentary and the European/Austrailian version doesn't.
I don't know the reason for the decision, but I can't see anything changing in the weeks leading up to the game's release.
There has to be a reason for the different versions, because no company wants to give itself more merchandising work to do in releasing a game. Only Ubisoft know the real reason for the decision.
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