Stevo writes: "A massive debate is going on between gamers and companies at the moment regarding region-locking of video games and video game consoles, more recently the Wii U. Let's look at both sides of the debate, and then you can make your verdict."
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Won't belong before Nintendo bangs on Apple's door to have the emu removed. Like I say you take down one six more take it's place. Problem is people are putting emu's on such stupid platforms. The good emus are the ones not on stupid platforms like a red target. The good emu's are word of mouth and keep a low profile.
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If general western audiences cared more about playing eastern games and general eastern audiences cared more about playing western games then I reckon Nintendo would drop the region locks. Personally I feel if you HAVE to lock regions, do so for your online shop, not for physical games. I'm curious to know how much piracy the process even eliminates.
I don't really care about region locking when it comes to games that are released in all regions, but when a game is only released in one region with no plans to release it elsewhere why region lock it?
Cuz they bitches ? But seriously it's crap, I hate this region locked bs it has no benefit for us the consumer.
I think this and many other anti-trust measures just give some the excuse and incentive to hack/mod their consoles or not even buy the console and play the games via an emulator.
Would Nintendo/devs prefer a legit import sale or have someone download a pirate version?
In the end region locking is bad for the gamers and the industry.
They are just making sure i ake forever to buy a nintendo console as i got three possibilities :
-Wait for the funds to import a console
- wait for a crack of said console , physical or software in Nature to play the games i actually want . And then like many other risk me simply pirating games (usually not happening but i can see many just making that easy leap).
- Wait for a working emu . Wich is what i did with the wii , resold mine and just play my purchased game on emu . At the risk again of just increasing piracy
Regional currency differences will only make the situation worse. Regional profits are important to the companies who region lock and with the weak dollar and strong yen it is even more so.
And what about those games that don't come over? If the system were region free than imports would further discourage that games localization(why localize a game that people can get from another region? SEE: Way of the samurai 4) and (crazy theory alert ) may even discourage further localizations from that company(SEE: ATLUS in europe).
I hate region locking. But I also dislike when people sling mud and curses without actually thinking about the situation. To understand all the facts and points and disagree, even vehemently is one thing. I can understand that. but to just look at a glance and say "huuurrr region locking Damn you blallajshsb" is another.
My point: this isn't a random trend. These companies, whether they are correct or not have reasons they feel are legitimate enough to warrant their imposition. And more and more companies are following in this trend.