It's not surprising, it's ridiculous.. As a professional company, favoritism goes out the door. I don't mind they get a few exclusives, but in this case this is not fair in any means to the rest of their fans.

Tell me about it.. Until when will they finally realize it's a terrible market strategy and it damages my stance with that brand. If I'm a loyal consumer, probably more than some Japanese gamers; why can't I have some recognition and be rewarded a product Japan has. I could care less if they got it, but country/region loyalty is very stupid.

Japan needs exclusives if console gaming is to stay alive there.

Yes that could be very well true, but has their been any major titles or limited edition consoles unlocalized to the west?

First world problems. =D

HAHA well I don't mind importing, but if you enjoy it and don't mind the language barrier more power to you my friend! =)

Probably. 

Also the Club Nintendo seems to have better rewards and the VC has better support.

I feel you man I'm a huge Playstation and Nintendo fan, but I don't know what Sony is thinking... Us westerners want the goodies, too.

I don't care about their exclusive bundles and things like that but yeah it really sucks when they  don't want to localize games, for example  Sega most  probably don't think those games aren't going to sell, they should try at least.

To makey you feel better, those limited editions doesn't go to any store in Japan, you need to get them online. Wich is a hassle.
For MGS, you need to go through Konami, for the frozen one, I guess through Sony.

So, they won't sell that good, because you need to register on their site and give them you're credit card information, and some people aren't buying it for that one thing ~