In a Gangnam study room filled with five ordinary Korean high school students, a spirited conversation on the Korean game industry is taking place. One of the more passionate gamers, Baek Dong-gil, starts the discussion with a crucial question: “Is the Wii U ever going to be released in Korea?”
To that, Shin Yong-joon answers: “The last time I played a console game was when I was in my elementary years, so I don’t really know current trends.”
Shin’s viewpoint seems to be the norm for many Koreans nowadays: not many seem to be aware of the latest game systems.
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korea is the land of mmorpg
Koreans lived without major gaming consoles for a long time that they just don't care that much.
majority of the Koreans never even touched a ps3/360 and probably wont even care.
but this probably applies to other places like Taiwan or Singapore.
the marketable clientale isn't big, and there just isn't much support either. blizzard moving to consoles is only the first step in the right direction. but it probably ends there for now.
80-90% of them just play MMO's really. Or some form of online competitive games that they stick to forever. It;s really no surprise.
I hope that things change over there.
It has the same feel of a huge untapped market, oddly, that would greatly benefit the gaming industry as a whole if their leaders would lighten up on the restrictions and let people just PLAY a bit...
SOUTH KOREA people play a lot of video games at PC cafes . And they have the best internet infrastructure in the world . Just watched a documentary on HBO about the video game culture in SOUTH KOREA called "LOVE CHILD" .