Sorry, to confirm I'm talking about buying games that are only available in the US on Steam, i.e. as mentioned before the Ubisoft series of games.
I'm basically a big Steam fan [80 games and counting] and the idea of getting some of the Tom Clancy games on Steam [with all the benefits of no-cd and no-faff] is a strong urge for me [yes sad and probably ineffective i know ...]
Cheers for the replies so far