Marketing is more complicated than these things. There's other issues involved... it's not just "how many can we sell" it's "at what price can we sell them" and get the most bang for our buck, how can we soften the market for future items, what kind of deals can we make with hardware manufacturers, what kind of legal situations will we be in if we operate in other markets, do we have a big enough catalog to serve these markets, etc.
It's all much more complicated than we talk about it here. And given Amazon's reputation, they probably know what they're doing better than we do.
I think it'd be the best thing for everyone if Amazon opened up, at least, other English speaking markets - Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, etc. but there may be issues we're not aware of, etc.
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