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.

Posted: Sep 24, 2012 9:28 am

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

Comments

AlbericiPosted: Mon. Sep 24, 2012

The N64 on this sounds cool same with the GameCube :)
I hope it has all the old games they where fun.

oohPosted: Mon. Sep 24, 2012

This doesn't even really seem like a good idea, I don't really see how this can benefit them?

SwiftPosted: Mon. Sep 24, 2012

I really do not think this is a good idea at all.

-LFCPosted: Mon. Sep 24, 2012

Agree with you Frog must be pretty bad for smaller countries :/

FrogPosted: Mon. Sep 24, 2012

I hate it so much when companies do this! Everything is locked in Romania :x

iCustomPosted: Mon. Sep 24, 2012

Aced
3OH3
8th The Wii is never going to be a big product because of xbox and ps3. They can keep coming out with Wii u, Wii t, Wii 7, nothing is going to be as big as Xbox or Ps3 in my opinion

Nintendo has sold the most video game consoles in gaming history... The Wii has out sold both the Xbox360 and the PS3. The Wii has sold over 100 million units, the Xbox at 66 million, and the PS3 at 64 million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(seventh_generation)

So you can't really assume that the Wii U won't be as big as the Xbox 360 or PS3. It may sell more units than both of them

no the wii you wont be better then xbox just saying

Its not better but its bigger than Xbox and PS. '8th' was talking about a "big product" not a better product. If you were trying to correct '3OH3' you are wrong 'Aced'.

AcedPosted: Mon. Sep 24, 2012

3OH3
8th The Wii is never going to be a big product because of xbox and ps3. They can keep coming out with Wii u, Wii t, Wii 7, nothing is going to be as big as Xbox or Ps3 in my opinion

Nintendo has sold the most video game consoles in gaming history... The Wii has out sold both the Xbox360 and the PS3. The Wii has sold over 100 million units, the Xbox at 66 million, and the PS3 at 64 million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(seventh_generation)

So you can't really assume that the Wii U won't be as big as the Xbox 360 or PS3. It may sell more units than both of them

no the wii you wont be better then xbox just saying

3OH3Posted: Mon. Sep 24, 2012

8th The Wii is never going to be a big product because of xbox and ps3. They can keep coming out with Wii u, Wii t, Wii 7, nothing is going to be as big as Xbox or Ps3 in my opinion

Nintendo has sold the most video game consoles in gaming history... The Wii has out sold both the Xbox360 and the PS3. The Wii has sold over 100 million units, the Xbox at 66 million, and the PS3 at 64 million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(seventh_generation)

So you can't really assume that the Wii U won't be as big as the Xbox 360 or PS3. It may sell more units than both of them

IIIIPosted: Mon. Sep 24, 2012

The Wii is never going to be a big product because of xbox and ps3. They can keep coming out with Wii u, Wii t, Wii 7, nothing is going to be as big as Xbox or Ps3 in my opinion