I don't though of it as competition, after all somewhere i read that most of the 60$ goes back to illusion.
But then again i read that the jp version is actually more expensive. Maybe it's that jp people don't buy a cheaper version here?
Meh .. I hope that some day in the future illusion will just release international versions of their games to begin with (where you can switch language in the options menu or during installation like most other games do it nowerdays).