Yeah, as someone said, the ultimate trilogy edition is exclusive to HMV in the UK even though the Game/Gamestation group must have two thirds retail market share, so it's probably just exclusive to one particular shop in France.
Great news that the Collection is coming to PAL, if true. I'd been holding out on it because £30 for a second hand ebay game that's $30 new in the US didn't sit well with me.
But SCEE have messed up by releasing it so late, it means I for one won't be picking GOW3 up until well after release (=less profit for Sony) as I want to play 1 and 2 beforehand.