ArtHands

Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch

• Apr 22, 2014

• #1

Nintendo Phuten in Taiwan will be closed by end of May, with most employees leaving by the end of this month

All after-sales services will remain operational though, and every thing will be handled by Nintendo HK

http://gnn.gamer.com.tw/7/96067.html

 

Sapiens

Member

• Apr 22, 2014

• #2

Didn't know the Big-N made phutens as well.

 

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Aquamarine

Member

• Apr 22, 2014

• #3

I wonder what the end goal of this move is.

Maybe Nintendo is gearing up for something more substantial in mainland China?

Maybe Nintendo wants to consolidate their distribution-related subsidiaries and this is part of a greater restructuring effort?

Who knows.

 

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Shaanyboi

Banned

• Apr 22, 2014

• #4

That's no good. So this was solely their Taiwanese division, like NoA is to the States?

 

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Kazerei

Banned

• Apr 22, 2014

• #5

Probably just cutting costs. I've seen videogames sold in other SE Asian countries where Nintendo (or Sony) don't have an official presence; they're usually just imported from HK.

 

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BY2K

Membero Americo

• Apr 22, 2014

• #6

Didn't even know that existed. Couldn't have been that big.

 

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Tripon

Member

• Apr 22, 2014

• #7

Having Nintendo HK handle Taiwan is probably a good thing.

Still, always sad to see people lose their jobs.

 

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jooey

The Motorcycle That Wouldn't Slow Down

• Apr 22, 2014

• #8

they were really phuten things up