Traditionally, yes. But not so much now.
It just depends if a euro release game has classification issues. But we have an R18+ rating now so the instances of classification issues aren't as frequent as they were.
And with console launches it's the same as Europe now afaik.
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Anyway, for those here that are really keen about a title you can get the euro release as soon as it's available (preorder or whatever) on the web.
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