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wrowa · Feb 10, 2014

Nintendo announced their plans to expand their business into new markets a while ago. But what will be the first new region Nintendo's goint to tackle, you might wonder. China? India? Brazil? Or something different?

Well, here's your answer: Austria.

Nintendo announced today that they will no longer continue their partnership with Austrian distributor Stadlbauer, who distributed and marketed Nintendo products in the small country since 1979. They plan to open a new office in Vienna in order to directly control the Austrian market.
However, if they are going to establish a proper "Nintendo Austria" is not known. The move was announced by Bernd Fakesch, General Manager of Nintendo Germany, so it's possible that their Austrian business will be a subordinate to Nintendo Germany.

Via:
http://derstandard.at/1389859840000/Nintendo-laesst-sich-in-Wien-nieder

Katsuragi · Feb 10, 2014

They did the same thing in my country last year. Now we have finally access to the European Club Nintendo!

BocoDragon · Feb 10, 2014

How will they deal with all the kangaroos?

chadskin · Feb 10, 2014

BocoDragon said:
How will they deal with all the kangaroos?

Austria. Not Australia.

Hiccup · Feb 10, 2014

BocoDragon said:
How will they deal with all the kangaroos?

Austria doesn't have kangaroos

GulAtiCa · Feb 10, 2014

BocoDragon said:
How will they deal with all the kangaroos?

Wrong part of the world. :lol

RoboPlato · Feb 10, 2014

BocoDragon said:
How will they deal with all the kangaroos?

Reading is hard.

Heavy's Sandvich · Feb 10, 2014

Got to start somewhere.

Zornica · Feb 10, 2014

norfair_zebes said:
They did the same thing here in Switzerland last year. Now we have finally access to the European Club Nintendo!

There's a difference though. Because there's already a Club Nintendo for Austria since last July.
So I am not sure what this is going to add.

BGBW · Feb 10, 2014

So what other European countries still have third party distributers? I know Sweden (and the rest of Scandinavia?) has their own.

Kyzer · Feb 10, 2014

How will they deal with all the Schwarzeneggers?

Mr. Smiley · Feb 10, 2014

BocoDragon said:
How will they deal with all the kangaroos?

You done shot yourself son.

KojiKnight · Feb 10, 2014

I'm all for more subsidiaries like this under 2 conditions...

#1: They are actually given autonomy to make decisions for their region

#2: If they prove to be just unprofitable bureaucracy after 5 years they get dissolved.

Jamix012 · Feb 10, 2014

Hiccup said:
Austria doesn't have kangaroos

GulAtiCa said:
Wrong part of the world. :lol

RoboPlato said:
Reading is hard.

I'd like to think it was probably a joke.

GoaThief · Feb 10, 2014

BocoDragon said:
How will they deal with all the kangaroos?

Send in the Terminator?

Stumpokapow said:
OTOH, Nintendo desperately needs better presence in Europe.

The UK side of things definitely requires a bit of a shake up, customer service and support is terrible especially when compared to NOA.

Stumpokapow · Feb 10, 2014

OTOH, Nintendo desperately needs better presence in Europe.

OTOH, when they explicitly said developing markets, I assumed they meant SEA, ME/A, Latin America, and the BRIC.

Red Rudolph · Feb 10, 2014

Jamix012 said:
I'd like to think it was probably a joke.

Not clever enough. I feel pretty safe labeling it "legitimate inattentive idiocy."

B.O.O.M · Feb 10, 2014

Austria?

BocoDragon · Feb 10, 2014

chadskin said:
Austria. Not Australia.

Hiccup said:
Austria doesn't have kangaroos

GulAtiCa said:
Wrong part of the world. :lol

RoboPlato said:
Reading is hard.

Mr. Smiley said:
You done shot yourself son.

Hook. Line. Sinker.

TheGreatMightyPoo · Feb 10, 2014

Jamix012 said:
I'd like to think it was probably a joke.

cafemomo · Feb 10, 2014

Why don't they open a new studio in yurop instead?

Kurtofan · Feb 10, 2014

chadskin said:
Austria. Not Australia.

Hiccup said:
Austria doesn't have kangaroos

GulAtiCa said:
Wrong part of the world. :lol

RoboPlato said:
Reading is hard.

It is a joke.

CronoShot · Feb 10, 2014

BocoDragon said:
How will they deal with all the kangaroos?

nubbe · Feb 10, 2014

Save Sweden too Nintendo!

Glass Rebel · Feb 10, 2014

Nintendo's presence in Europe is pitiful and this is a move in the right direction. Now about Bergsala...

BocoDragon said:
Hook. Line. Sinker.

Pie and Beans · Feb 10, 2014

I imagine putting more effort into an actual Nintendo UK would make more sense than a country right next door to their current base of operations.

Ezalc · Feb 10, 2014

Here I was hoping it'd be Brasil. *sigh*

Nilaul · Feb 10, 2014

Same thing happened to Poland, Stadlbauer has been kicked out because they simply weren't doing their job. Now there gonna be represented by ConQuest and if they fail they will too probably be replaced.

http://microsite.nintendo-europe.com/poland-europe/

From 1st of March 2014, ConQuest entertainment a.s. will be the Nintendo distributor for the Polish market.

KojiKnight · Feb 10, 2014

BocoDragon said:
Hook. Line. Sinker.

Damage control.

Lilalaunebaer · Feb 10, 2014

Vienna huh. Gonna keep an eye open for job openings.

Zornica · Feb 10, 2014

Lilalaunebaer said:
Vienna huh. Gonna keep an eye open for job openings.

I can't imagine it being more than a small office.
who knows...

Orniletter said:
is in Großostheim in Germany of all places.

....thats like in the middle of nowhere.

cheap + close to Europe's biggest airport?

Orniletter · Feb 10, 2014

I always thought it was strange that Nintendo´s european main central/ head quarter ....whatever you want to call it...

is in Großostheim in Germany of all places.

....thats like in the middle of nowhere.

Kleevah · Feb 10, 2014

Just chiming in with all my fellow scandinavians here and hoping we get our own branch too. It really sucks to never be included in any of the european promotions and events that NOE does.

BocoDragon · Feb 10, 2014

KojiKnight said:
Damage control.

Because if it really was an Australian thread, a comment about kangaroos would be perfectly prudent.......

Teknoman · Feb 10, 2014

BocoDragon said:
Hook. Line. Sinker.

lol should've been obvious.

DeaviL · Feb 10, 2014

BocoDragon said:
How will they deal with all the kangaroos?

People might be laughing at us now. But wait till my brilliant plan to import kangaroos into Austria starts,
then we'll see who really laughs last.

Tesseract · Feb 10, 2014

it's began

iamaustrian · Feb 10, 2014

no surprise
Stadlbauer were TERRIBLE in doing their job. They didn't give a shit post N64 era and tons of people were complaining.

I saw that already coming at the WiiU launch when Nintendo set up an austrian eshop(unlike in Wii times when we had to share the shop with germany).

also:

KlytusImBored · Feb 10, 2014

Vienna?? Shiiiiiit, Time to send my resume overseas!

I wish.

BocoDragon · Feb 10, 2014

DeaviL said:
People might be laughing at us now. But wait till my brilliant plan to import kangaroos into Austria starts,
then we'll see who really laughs last.

You're scaring me.

emb · Feb 10, 2014

DeaviL said:
People might be laughing at us now. But wait till my brilliant plan to import kangaroos into Austria starts,
then we'll see who really laughs last.

Scary. Then we would have no way to differentiate between Austria and Australia.

Guevara · Feb 10, 2014

Off topic: the Vienna Zoo has baby kangaroos!

On topic: Seems like an extremely minor move. From the thread title I was expecting BRIC offices.

Zornica · Feb 10, 2014

DeaviL said:
People might be laughing at us now. But wait till my brilliant plan to import kangaroos into Austria starts,
then we'll see who really laughs last.

you are already too late
http://www.zoovienna.at/tiere/saeugetiere/bennettkanguru/

edit: lol me too -_-

Insaniac · Feb 10, 2014

BocoDragon said:
How will they deal with all the kangaroos?

notsureifseriousorthatsthejoke.gif

DeaviL · Feb 10, 2014

emb said:
Scary. Then we would have no way to differentiate between Austria and Australia.

BocoDragon said:
You're scaring me.

Scary?
Try staring a kangaroo in the eyes for 10 Sec. those things are evil man.

Zornica said:
you are already too late
http://www.zoovienna.at/tiere/saeugetiere/bennettkanguru/

edit: lol me too -_-

So much for my master plan...
Oh well, plan B: Demonic Koalas.

Fantastapotamus · Feb 10, 2014

I live in Austria and I approve of this. This will solve everything.

emb said:
Scary. Then we would have no way to differentiate between Austria and Australia.

Bah. We still have Arnold Schwarzenegger.

AcademicSaucer · Feb 10, 2014

Open a Latin American branch you dumb fucks

L~A · Feb 10, 2014

That's pretty good news! But it won't change the horrible price for VG in Australia...

Oh come on, no fun allowed?

Seriously, it's pretty good news. I do remember Switzerland getting their own subsidiary a few months ago. I hope even more European countries will get their own subsidiary, not just for Club Nintendo.

Oh, and somewhat misleading title... adding (Austria) wouldn't have hurt, heh...

NotLiquid · Feb 10, 2014

Nilaul said:
Same thing happened to Poland, Stadlbauer has been kicked out because they simply weren't doing their job. Now there gonna be represented by ConQuest and if they fail they will too probably be replaced.

http://microsite.nintendo-europe.com/poland-europe/

From 1st of March 2014, ConQuest entertainment a.s. will be the Nintendo distributor for the Polish market.

This was well overdue. Nintendo's presence in Poland is next to none.

DeaviL · Feb 10, 2014

AcademicSaucer said:
Open a Latin American branch you dumb fucks

I'm pretty sure they already said they were doing that (expanding their presence) with low Wii U prices in Br.

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