It's the same for the new Like a Dragon game. I assume they're trying to thwart people like me who use a VPN to buy games for cheaper.

yea that argument never made sense to me. lets say someone in the first world who is really frugal decided to use a vpn to buy region locked games, thats still extra money in the pockets of the corp since distribution costs of the game is low. they are unlikely to have purchased the game otherwise in which case the corp gets $0. the labor/capital required is already spent, the workers have to be paid regardless of whether the game sells or not.