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[Do The Mario]

Well titles like OOT and Halo 2 have had world wide launches which have caused mass hype; do you think there would be any benefit in a company like Nintendo launching the revolution on a world wide scale?

There could be some massive hype if they did it!

 

[sonycowboy]

I don't think there is any great advantage.

I think there are a number of disadvantages.

1) Shortage of systems for trying to have enough units in all 3 regions
2) Most Japanese titles need time for localization, so why delay their releases so that all can be done at the same time?
3) You have different software preferences in different regions, so you force developers to work on games at the exact same time, where there will some that will only come out in a single region. 1/2 of US games won't be released in Japan and 1/2 of Japanese games won't be released in the US. Basically, a resource issue.