109611-country-restrictions-suggestion

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Hi, this is a suggestion for the Devs!!
 
I'm from Puerto Rico, United Staes .. which tends to be mistaken and left out of the US for some reason in the sites/portals/vendors lists.  
 
Most common mistake i've seen is i enter a website like Origin and their IP software is telling them I'm from PR so in the software understanding PR is no US (wrong) so if it's not US it's either international or European, so the site keeps redirecting me to an International or European website (not the case here, just an example).
 
Puerto Rico and other countries that are US Protectorates and or affiliated to US have this issue (i can't speak for EU but i'm pretty sure there must be some problems like this one)
 
Where am i going with all of this??
 
Ok, it happens a lot that sites like GameFly, Curse, Origin (as stated above), Green Man Gaming, Etc. don't have this kind of knowledge or their automated softwares don't do a good job with associating correspondent countries with one another, and this results in a lot of frustrations, etc.
 
I am poor so if i see that GMG (green man gaming) or GameFly has an offer/voucher/coupon/discount of any type, that can help me save a little money on the games i love (Guild Wars, GW2, WildStar, World of Warcraft, FinalFantasy XIV ARR, Etc.) i tend to go for it.  But this automated system or lack of specification from the supplier/publisher/etc is frustrating.  Example: I try to buy in GameFly because they are offering a 20% discount on wildstar digital games (true story) and get "Country Restricted" and when i contact support they say, it's the supplier's fault because they say that we are only allowed to sell it to the United States and no one can convince them that PR is part of the US because apparently (or that's what they say) you are LEGALLY restricting them to sell the game on my country which makes no sense since you are allowing the sale on US but not on PR wich is part of the US - or so they say.
 
SUGGESTION HERE:
 
When you distribute the keys/digital games/codes/key codes/serial codes/etc you give the company/ies make sure you specify that United States country restrictions do not restrict countries that use US REGION software/currency/citizenship/laws/etc.  My country uses the same DVD/BD Region, Currency and i'm even a LEGAL US Citizen.
 
I would say just add a note that says Puerto Rico IS part of the US so don't restrict them the sales, but that would be narrow minded, i know there must be a lot of other countries with this problem, if not in the US in EU or ROTW!
 
Thanks for understanding my frustration!!
 
 
PS: I was redirected here from CS (customer support), they said this was the right place to make the suggestion because ... you know.... "the Devs are listening" :P 
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also i did bought the game with one of your retailers (DLgamer.US) they had no problem with the sale and got a good deal of the digital deluxe NA/US Version  :)	
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			PR wasn't officially voted in as the "51st State" I think Congress is still thinking about it.	
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We are still Legal US Citizens every piece of Software, movie, whatever you can think of comes from and it's allowed to be used by the US.
 
Also we might not be a "State" but we're US Protectorates and Affiliated.  in some way part of. 	
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PR wasn't officially voted in as the "51st State" I think Congress is still thinking about it.
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I didn't think he said that (he said they were, correctly, a "protectorate")  On that note, I can't imagine why they're not a state yet.  Puerto Rico wants to be a state, and they're part of the United States, and I can only think of one possible hold up that isn't seemly to mention.
 
But yes, put a new star on the flag, Puerto Rico wants to be a state, and they should be treated that way.
 
Oddly, with the servers in NC IIRC, they wouldn't be the furthest state from the servers even if you didn't count Alaska or Hawaii.
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