Nintendo to region-lock the Wii U

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Nintendo will implement a region lock process for its Wii U hardware, the company has confirmed to CVG.

This means that games bought in the US, Europe or Japan will only be accessible for machines built for those regions.
Region-locking devices is a longstanding Nintendo policy that has been in place across numerous games consoles including the 3DS, Wii, GameCube, N64, SNES and NES.

Platform holders Sony and Microsoft take a different stance to region-locking. Both allow publishers to decide whether they want to lock games to continents, of which in most cases they do not.

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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/369779/nintendo-to-region-lock-the-wii-u/

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FNGPosted:

It looks stupid in my opinion..

XMEPosted:

I wouldn't recommend it. But hey there product

TreyarchedPosted:

Devastator4455
-Khalifaa- They are just making sales harder and harder for themselves.


Truly a bad marketing idea. There only customers these days are Family games and younger players..
Its not like there going to be cracking the system and playing Japanese games... They don't tend to care for that stuff....


I don't know about that, the wii outsold the PS3 and 360 for ages so there is a market for it.

Devastator4455Posted:

-Khalifaa- They are just making sales harder and harder for themselves.


Truly a bad marketing idea. There only customers these days are Family games and younger players..
Its not like there going to be cracking the system and playing Japanese games... They don't tend to care for that stuff....

goyPosted:

Every console at the moment is this way except digital media such as Xbox Marketplace.

BackHandLegendPosted:

AR15 This should help against pirating games an such.


It really really limits the market though, not what nintendo wants at the moment.

TywinPosted:

They are just making sales harder and harder for themselves.

FNGPosted:

JZN I don't think that they should lock it, anywhere.


Agreed, it will be stupid if they did and it's a disadvantage for them. Less buys for them

oohPosted:

AR15 This should help against pirating games an such.


Oh.. I didn't really think about it like that.. Now it makes much more sense.. :)

AR15Posted:

This should help against pirating games an such.


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