The issue with the entire distribution thing and why nintendo lacks in it compared to sony and MS: xbox and PS is piggybacking on a distribution, support, and marketing network that is pre established via MS and sony's other ventures, so it doesn't take them much to support a new reigion- for MS its almost as simple as just shipping the consoles, sony its only barely harder then that.
For nintendo, establishing a new presence in, say, cuba, requires them to build everything from the ground up. Granted, nintendo is famous enough that it doesn't start from 0 as they have great and widespreading reputation, but still.