why can't all CF versions be the same

I prefer a variety than all same... because if you hate the Barretts in CFCN you'll hate it everywhere... this is why I love CFNA.. no Barretts (that's just an example)

If you don't like the NA version, you can simply go to other version of CF.

The main reason the versions are so different in terms of content and the specifics of the content is because the amount of time between each. They have all been developed at a different time than the other and therefore can have many differences.

When you have one version of the game, you learn that you could have done differently to appeal more to the player than what you had originally done or just to better suite the game itself. That's where some minor changes come into play.

Not only that, but different teams within SmileGate work on specific versions, when it comes down to the specifics of an item, they might change it a bit to what they think will better suite the specific version. The publishers as well have that same effect. If they don't like how something exists, or how it is, they'll tell the development team and if it comes to agreement, it will be changed.

One of the main reasons the prices and ways to achieve certain items and weapons are different however are due to the versions being for specific areas. Each area of the world has a different marketplace when it comes to the video game industry and that is where some big changes come into play. Some things that are done in a specific version of the game just will not work in another area of the world where their target demographic is the people who live there. The way they are willing to buy things are different and therefore there have to be changes in the way that certain items and weapons are sold.

The easiest example I can give you is an out of game one. For example, Japan currently has a large community that buys the 3DS, this in result causes many Japanese game developers to actually develop some games for 3Ds strictly, or first, while many people in North America actually don't prefer the 3DS, they want the game for Xbox, PS3, or PC.

It's the same essentially when it comes to CrossFire, each version needs to be catered to it's specific area if it is to survive.

DDump wrote: »

I'm dead serious on that BR's have a BR server and being allowed to play here because every damn game makes the N.A. versions "Global" because it's cheaper that way and they'd need make little to no money hosting a U.S. server versus having a version with North and South America to fill in the gaps...

This version of the game, N.A & UK, is not an open global server. With IP restrictions not to long ago put in place, people who were previously on this server were allowed to stay, however new accounts had to be made on the proper version for their specific region. This being said, certain areas were kept open due to not having an official region to play on. In specific to South America, G4Box holds that license as well, so while they host both servers, they at this time are not blocked because they do not see a current necessity to. North America can play on the South American client, and South America can play on the North American client.

It's not a question of being more cheap, they pay for the specific service for both areas, if they were being cheap, then it would definitely be blocked off because then they would get more worth out of paying for the South American service because then South Americans would be only on that server if they wanted to play.