Playstation Store in Argentina

Dear Sony Playstation Team,

We, the Argentina Gaming community, respectfully demand that you include our country, in the Playstation Store service. Weve been waiting for a long time now and we are still unable to obtain a lot of content, such as full games, demos, and even add-on content for games that are available in retail stores and Sony Style stores here in Argentina. This is not only a business opportunity you are missing, but also a shameful discriminatory attitude that we are not willing to take.

Playstation 3 was officially launched in Argentina last year (2009), and we have a nice variety of games to pick from, yet most of this games have a lot of add-on features that can only be acquired through the on-line Store, such as Little Big Planet, Killzone 2, Heavy Rain and many, many others. We like to play games just as much as any other country in the world, and the idea of having a game that we won't be able to enjoy completely because a large portion of it is not available in our country is not really encouraging us to buy.

The PSP Go! is being sold at some retail stores too, but its virtually useless without the on-line Store, since all of the content is digital, and cannot be bought anywhere else.

Oh, did we mention the demos? A very useful way to decide which game you are going to buy, or if you are going to buy any game at all, is to try it out first, so that you get a glimpse of what you are going to spend your money on, yet we are completely cut off of this since they, again, are only accessible from the on-line Store. Also, 3D gaming is coming, but we can't decide if we are going to buy a 3D TV or not, because we can't download the demos!

And finally, full games, such as Fat Princess, Flower and the upcoming echochrome ii and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, not to mention the minis and the remastered PSOne classics, all of these are only available through the Playstation Store.

We are not even asking for translations (Please dont give us the Spanish store), all we need is access to this content, exactly how gamers in North America get it, but in our accounts, with our credit cards, its not too much that we are asking for.

Oh, did you know there are video game companies in Argentina too? The video game industry and market are growing here, and they are filled with opportunities. But being left out by most companies, people are starting to believe that there is nothing to gain from buying original products, and thus, piracy grows. Its the insufficiency of a service that drives the consumer into considering other options.