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Nintendo reaching new markets: Plans for new subsidiary announced
- Thread starter wrowa
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I know right.
Why isn't it in France where they actually care about Nintendo to a extent
illmatic22
Banned
Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!
Dammit beaten
Dammit beaten
zenosparadox
Member
Otakumegane
Member
Thank God they're finally opening up branches is newer markets.
This, so much. And you too Sony!
Orniletter
Banned
...I honestly thought more along the lines of the UK because that is where most publishers have their HQs
But I won´t complain, Nintendo´s presence is excellent where I live, the entire WiiU section is as big as the PS3 section in my local Media Markt...despite ...you know....less than stellar sales.
PotionBleue
Member
What are the problems at the moment?
Nope. They´re definitely not. White WiiU costs at least U$800 over here. Dont know about a deluxe version, dont expect Deluxe promotion either, and since nobody knows anything about brasilian eshop, ill just assume it dosent exists
A new WiiU game costs U$74, which, to be fair, is a lot better than what i was expecting. You can find a few of em even as low as U$ 40 (Rayman, Splinter Cell, Nintendoland and LuigiU for exemple)
Yet if you play Nintendoland or Mario U or Luigi U you will se A BILLION brasilian comments on miiverse. Probably, like me, they all got it somewhere else
It's close to Frankfurt, where a lot of NoE's offices are. They've got warehouses in Großostheim and I don't think it's need to be said that you don't want to have those in expensive cities...
Choosing Europe's biggest country and economy was hardly a bad idea. Especially if you take into account that this was a decision made more than 20 years ago.
They are first starting with "A"
Thing is... it is not only Brazil.
It goes from Mexico to Argentina. Those prices are excesive.
Gaming it's an expesive hobby as it is but those taxes, man...
A Branch in Mexico or any other country would solve a lot of those problems.
Orniletter
Banned
That sounds a lot more reasonable and quite smart.
It just felt strange that Nintendo chose the "unusual approach" (which is kind off their mantra at this point) when the others opened their centrals in the UK.
AcademicSaucer
Member
in a perfect world, nintendo has subsidiaries in mexico, brazil and colombia or peru
And a Club Nintendo service, too (not that shitty magazine I'm surprised it's still going)
Same here in Hungary as well, zero Nintendo presence here. Austria is right next to us so hoping for the best...
Still waiting patiently for a proper Club Nintendo equivalent ):
Poland have new distributor since this year (from Czech Republic)
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Oh...so this is just them having more direct presence in more regions.
I thought it was gonna shed some light as to what their QoL products were gonna be.
I thought it was gonna shed some light as to what their QoL products were gonna be.
This x324532
AndyMoogle
Member
Bergsala must have some kind of deal in place that lasts forever or something. Or Nintendo don't give a fuck about us in Scandinavia.
Neuromancer
Member
nicely done.
I don't want to underestimate the buying power or relevance of the Austrian market, but I was hoping this thread would be filled with more exciting news than this.
The good thing is that Iwata admitted that they are aware of that and that it's an unsustainable business to assume they can sell their product in not so developed countries at the same price.
This is great news and I hope it's one of their priorities for FY2015. They are far behind Sony and Microsoft who have virtually a presence everywhere (sure it's not always SCE and gaming division but it's still an advantage).
LoL. This is a good thing Nintendo was dead here for years and by dead I mean really DEAD. They were no games and consoles in popular electronics stores like Mediamarkt or Saturn.
Starwolf_UK
Member
The NES might have played a part. It got killed by the master system not to mention Commodore 64. The NES was odd in that the hardware was region locked within the PAL region due to different distributors in some countries (to stop you buying UK hardware form Matel and your games in Germany).
According to the history NOE only existed from June 1990
AcademicSaucer
Member
They can, the problem is, its not the same prices, is 50% - 80% more expensive
R
Rösti
Unconfirmed Member
Bergsala's greatest strength is that it's Nintendo's oldest working partner outside Japan. I've worked with them in retail and I can't say their methods were very satisfying. Their business planning doesn't seem carefully thought out either, much seems to be relying on simply on arbitrariness and path dependence. I'd definitely welcome a new distributor/agent for Scandinavia.
Even though I'm in Mexico I would say that Brazil is a bigger market and needs it more.
But yeah, Nintendo need an Latin America branch.
I can't remember where but I read it is actually the biggest Nintendo market in Latin America. Mexico comes in second place and I can't remember who was in third.
My point is, they need a subsidiary there to fix those prices.