>>715496616Also, in a way, regional pricing worked because the only way to legally change store fronts is to buy or top up your account using a credit/debit card using that region's currency while also being physically in that region, at least what the IP detects you being in i.e. to access cheap Philippine pricing, you have to be in the Philippines using mastercard/visa that was issued in any of the banks in the Philippines.
This method actually helped more people buy games. But now it doesn't, which is why everyone company is now bitching why people aren't buying new games anymore and just sticking to live service f2p or games that bought many years ago.