Don't ShrapnelGames *want* Dom3 to succeed?

[Innocence]

Ok, this is ridiculous:

Dom3 is available in the US for ~50 US$. However, if I buy stuff directly from the US I must pay additional customs on top of the much higher shipping cost, and it takes several weeks to get it.

So I look for European distributors only to find out that the few ones available charge ~50 *Euro* for the game - which at the current exchange rate is almost twice as much as in the US!

I know the game is very good, but having to pay twice the amount is plain robbery, and many people simply wont buy the game on those terms, meaning Dominions will continue to be a niche game - a real shame for a game with such a huge potiential.

I know it isn't ShrapnelGames' fault that EU distributors are over-charging, but I do think they have a responsibility to Illwinter as their main distributor to make the game available outside the US too.

Don't ShrapnelGames know about the invention of the Internet? Why don't they simply sell the game online (downloadable game+manual+mail the serial). If Valve and several others can make it work, so can they I'm sure.

I had this same problem years ago when I bought Dom2, but I honestly thought they'd done something about this in the meantime