But to blindly defend everything from 50Hz VC games to region locking...I just can't wrap my head around it.
Who defends it blindly?
But to blindly defend everything from 50Hz VC games to region locking...I just can't wrap my head around it.
I hope Nintendo can get more failed porn actors to support region-locking.
It's disturbing when people get so protective of a company. It's like a religion to them. At least there haven't been any game dev assassinations over "betrayaltons" so far.
I've been debating the whole region lock issue a lot with people on Twitter and I'm not even kidding it's like there's a cult that think Nintendo do no wrong.
Ok, i see. Thanks.I don't think so.
Iwata said:From some peoples perspective, it might seem like a kind of restriction. However, we hope people can appreciate the fact that were selling our products worldwide. There are many different regions around the world, and each region has its own cultural acceptance and legal restrictions, as well as different age ratings. There are always things that were required to do in each different region, which may go counter to the idea that players around the world want the freedom to play whatever they want.
...I hope that game fans can understand that the industry isnt doing this solely out of business ego. There are some reasons behind it.
The few people being able to read Japanese wouldn't really cut into any localization efforts anyway.
I like how that video argues that region locking is such a small problem and is an issue for so few people that... Apparently it can't be ever removed because it would have a huge effect on Nintendo and publishers.
What?
Just makes me restate my commitment to not buying a Wii U.
to be fair to nintendo, Xbox One might only be as region free as the Xbox 360 (we dont know all the details), which some publishers blocked their games.
I hope Nintendo can get more failed porn actors to support region-locking.
I hope Nintendo can get more failed porn actors to support region-locking.
Wait what?
Please dish.
If people import Japanese games because they are not localized, that will reduce sales of a game in a region in the event the game really does get localized. This hurts me because it reduces the potential of games to actually get localized.
- This is actually the first time I've heard this one. I'm probably using the wrong term, but this sounds like a false dichotomy. You are giving us the ultimatum between region-free and more localizations when it hasn't even been proven that there is any correlation between the two. This is all hypothetical which, to my knowledge, has no precedent. On the other hand, we have very real situations where consumers are negatively affected by the presence of region-locking. Furthermore, this argument again focuses on merely importing titles that are not localized when region-locking affects more than niche importers.
Both Sony and MS have confirmed region free. There won't be any exceptions this time.Well, to be fair, I've often wondered exactly what the ruling was for PS3, too. We thought it was fully unlocked with no locking possible, and then P4A comes around. Suddenly it appears that a publisher *can* choose to release titles as locked on the PS3.
If it *was* entirely up to the publisher whether or not to release a region-locked title on PS3, how come so many publishers made different decisions between whether to release the PS3 version as region-free and whether to release the Xbox version as such; why were many titles locked on 360 but not on PS3?
Netflix is IP restricted so it wouldn't work in any case.
The only good effect of Nintendo so adamantly refusing to address region locking is that the hackers will be that much more motivated to crack it and implement region locking themselves.
The only good effect of Nintendo so adamantly refusing to address region locking is that the hackers will be that much more motivated to crack it and implement region locking themselves.
For Sony, just like last time! Ohwait.Both Sony and MS have confirmed region free. There won't be any exceptions this time.
still no reaction from nintendo?
kind of odd since the 60hz virtual console issue was adressed by them...
Was F-Zero the only 60Hz game they addressed properly?
You're right, that's a much better example!
If people import Japanese games because they are not localized, that will reduce sales of a game in a region in the event the game really does get localized. This hurts me because it reduces the potential of games to actually get localized.
This is actually the first time I've heard this one. I'm probably using the wrong term, but this sounds like a false dichotomy. You are giving us the ultimatum between region-free and more localizations when it hasn't even been proven that there is any correlation between the two. This is all hypothetical which, to my knowledge, has no precedent. On the other hand, we have very real situations where consumers are negatively affected by the presence of region-locking. Furthermore, this argument again focuses on merely importing titles that are not localized when region-locking affects more than niche importers.
I wish a lot of people supporting this would think outside the "I want to play japanese games" argument. At my store we have a lot of customers that either just come to our country for work, or live here while their extended family is on the other side of the planet. I have several cases every week where people tell me they are buying a 3DS as a gift for children on another continent, and I have to explain to them that only european games will work on the system. While most of them still do buy it, it would make everything a lot easier for everyone if it was region free.
What an ignorant article. Totally missing the point.
After just visiting the OT MJ thread I'm not sure I wanted to hear this from anyone with a Michael Jackson avatar.
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I imagine the child porn oneWait what MJ thread?