OK, I understand what a group of our users outside the USA customers want in a new product. Really I do.
I do not agree however with any of the comments on pricing or that they are paying more than they did with just the classic system for what they get. We also do not set prices. However, in the USA, something called MAP does exist - it means Minimum Advertised Price and it is legal here. Elsewhere markets are free to price the product how they see fit. And some charge even more than our suggested prices.
One last time I will try and explain this another way - with an analogy in another industry. I don't believe I am going to make many of you ultimately happy with this because it doesn't change the facts, but maybe it will at least proved a clearer picture of what I am trying to explain.
Nissan motors makes cars for many markets.
As a fictitious example (so no one focuses on the accuracy of details here), in the USA they make the Maxima model car. It comes in a number of trim packages, DX, LX, etc. They have also recently released, for the US market, a "sport" model, the SSE. Now the SSE has more horsepower, better brakes, and many other features that make it have more performance. It also costs 10% more in the USA. Now Nissan performance enthusiasts in the UK, and elsewhere, are gut-punched that Nissan has not made this model available to them outside the USA. Furthermore, the cost of the Maxima SSE is nearly the same as the cost of the DX model in the UK, for instance. When questioned why they are not bringing the SSE to markets outside the USA, Nissan execs explain that the requirements for certification, safety considerations, etc. make adapting the SSE for these markets extremely difficult and would not only be a costly endeavor, but they would be taking resources away from products with a wider market worldwide. Products such as the Nissan Sentra and Nissan Armada SUV whose latest model updates are currently in pre-production. Furthermore, they say, this does not mean that the Maxima DX and LX are dead products or obsolete. Quite the contrary, they expect those models to continue to be sold for years to come in markets all across the world. Meanwhile Nissan performance enthusiasts still are not happy with Nissans explanation. Also, the Mitsubishi EVO-362 has almost the same 0-100 times as the SSE and is available in the UK at a reasonable price but it doesn't have the creature comforts of the SSE, its new braking technology, the latest in IoT integration to personal electronics and mobile phones or a wide variety of factory-available options.
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