The thing is they easily can and likely will. Depending on the way you look at it, there are 5 or 6 FE games that have yet to be released in North America and this is likely just the first of many to be released in this way. The later success of the franchise in the West allows them to print...
How likely do you guys think it is to go up online at either midnight EST or PST?
Amazon (excluding the canadian version) hasn't had it yet is my understanding so I'm optimistic.