I seem to remember the same arguements about Pure's specialized packs for the EU release, W03's SE release for EU etc. Face it, WipeOut franchise is popular in the states, but not as much as in EU, not to mention Studio Liverpool, Psygnosis, DR, and everyone associated with the product are EU-based. It's somwhat to be expected that US and the rest of the world will get second-class treatment. The only reason we got Pure first was because the system was out in the US from what I remember, half a year earlier.

The same happens with most Japanese games that are already quite ready for international release; either content ends up missing in the EU and U/C releases, a heavily-delayed release, or worse.

Another item to take note of is that because we haven't seen the US release of the packs, who is to say how they'll be delivered in the store-as a single pack, modified pricing, etc...