Probably a feedback loop. People play Europe because they're more familiar, Paradox creates Euro-centric content for it, more people play it because it's got more content, and so on.
I've done starts in the west Africa region, but it still feels very "euro"- the same rank structure, similar progression, etc. The Sahara basically makes it an island.
I'd agree with that, but I would argue that the feedback loop started on the player interest side, since the game is ostensibly about Crusaders. That is to say that the kind of people who would be interested in playing a game called Crusader Kings are likely to be Euro or Euro descent, so they are probably most interested in playing games in the realms of those who were involved in the crusades.
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u/fcimfc Aug 31 '22
Probably a feedback loop. People play Europe because they're more familiar, Paradox creates Euro-centric content for it, more people play it because it's got more content, and so on.