Lets talk about South East Asia, SE

[Dalmacus]

I think it all boils down to simple profits. Does SEA have enough playerbase to host a server in that region and in the same time make profits. I think after 4 years the answer is no.

[Slirith]

I think it all boils down to simple profits. Does SEA have enough playerbase to host a server in that region and in the same time make profits. I think after 4 years the answer is no.

Pretty much /thread right here.

[duvvvv]

Pretty much /thread right here.

yep.
sometime back in 2015 I had an issue with my recurring payment, and I learned through CS that it had something to do with my IP. then eventually I learned SEA is technically NOT serviced by SE. this is also apparent with FFXIV not showing up in our local version of the steam store, and why upon account registration SEA countries are not listed (except SG, I think.)
on one hand this may look like SEA is low-key IP banned by SE, on the other, it seems fortunate that the issue was resolved and that I'm "allowed" to continue to play in spite of all this.
what I'm saying is that it seems SE from the beginning has expected SEA population would be low, that they've even put up "safeguards" on transactions coming from certain SEA countries. I do wish someday there will be an SEA data center, but I can't blame them if they think it's bad business. I mean games like Black Desert Online outright IP banned us :/