I've been wanting to get a EU PSN Card so I can get Vagrant Story.

It's pretty good, Bratz inspired art style aside.

Bratz? Dools?

So I should buy it in the future.

Thanks.

International content licensing is a pain in the arse. It is ridiculously hard for a content producer to sell their content globally due to different licensing, censorship and other costly rules. It provides no real function other than to generate the Governments more money (or, in a case like China's, maintain total control on all the content).

It sucks arse for me because it means I cannot watch the Colbert Report in the UK. I can still watch the Daily Show... but that's like fries without mayo. You'll take 'em, but you'll cry at night about it.

The thing that really pisses me off is that Vagrant Story was released in both the States and Europe at around the same time way back in 2000, and Square was the publisher in both regions. It should be easy as pie to put it on the US PSN store, but Squenix is absolutely retarded when it comes to that kind of stuff.

It's probably for the best....for me, anyway.  I did eventually beat Vagrant Story and Sidney and Ashley ended up being two of the coolest characters in all of gaming, in my book, but just thinking about the tough time I had with that game makes me feel anxiety.  I'd toss that game on the list with Bayou Billy, Battletoads, TMNT (Nes), and Castlevania 1 & 3 as one of the toughest but still good games I've ever played.

Of course, you could argue that I don't HAVE to play it again but the farther that game is from me, the better!