Marketing. Americans are willing to toss their money into tech toys and frivolous things whereas people in most other countries need to enticed to fork over that much money. I'm not generalizing in a nationalistic kind of way, I'm just speaking as a business owner who does a lot of international sales of high-end electronics.
Again, I really hope I'm wrong! However, for them to send out expensive sets after the fact would be surprising as it's a terrible strategy for the position they are in. A company that is facing disaster doesn't usually offer free stuff AFTER the sale. They do it before in order to entice buyers. Let's hope they make the unwise move of sending us those hi-rez sets though!