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Famitsu: Wii U region-lock confirmed
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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TheMagician
Member
Hilarious and embarrassing reactions in this topic. This isn't even news, it's like me telling you a 3D Mario game will come out for the Wii U. Nintendo would never have a region free home console.
Trolls are just using this as an excuse to have a go at Nintendo. Most of these people having their nerd rages won't even have planned on buying a Wii U anyway. As if someone would hold out on buying a console on the basis of it being region free or not.
Trolls are just using this as an excuse to have a go at Nintendo. Most of these people having their nerd rages won't even have planned on buying a Wii U anyway. As if someone would hold out on buying a console on the basis of it being region free or not.
He's not saying they can't. He's saying the meltdowns are hilarious.
Two very different things!
what are trying to say? ps/ ps2 regionlocked acceptable because there are ways now to go around? regionlocked blurays okay because of whatever? probably no used games, no backward compability , no regionfree on ps4 acceptable because of whatever? sorry, but you sound like a hyppocrite.
psone region locked happened in the late nintys. ps2 regionlocked happened 200x. regionlocked blurays are happening right now... how old are you?
ps: thank you plufim
You're really going off the deep end here. You're basing your arguments on consoles that haven't even been formally announced yet.
And AFAIK region locking of Blu-Rays is decided by the Blu-Ray Disc Association, of which Sony is only a part of, one of many.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Can someone tell me what's Nintendo reasoning for region lock?
To prevent Europeans from playing titles such as Captain Rainbow, Kirby Dream Collection, or Reginleiv.
Regionlocked Blu-Ray movies has nothing to do with Sony. It was necessary to actually get support. Nintendo doesn't have that problem due to not having a standard disc-format.
fly high ~ayunite~
Member
This wasn't a problem for the Wii, I imagine in a years time people will be able to make their Wii U region free. But I don't get the reaction, the original Wii was locked. And the writing was on the wall with the 3DS.
sounds like a future excuse for ps4 games ;P
if the 3ds is anything to go by it'll possibly take even longer.....
Canis lupus
Member
But we're not in those eras anymore are we? Regionlocked bluray movies have nothing to do with this at all, they're movies. But since you always bring this in the discussion: here's a list of region free bluray movies.
DaSorcerer7
Member
*High fives*
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Nintendo used to be cool. ;_;
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Nintendo used to be cool. ;_;
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Home consoles are more popular in the west than portables to hackers. It is not an indication for anything.
Okay, I might have been mistaken with the "forever" part, apologies. I didn't know the PS2 was region locked.
Doesn't really matter in this case though seeing as the PSV and the PS3 have been region free and I simply have come to expect this kind of approach from my future console purchases.
I don't have any doubts on the PS4 being region free as well, but i'm not going to state like that's in any way confirmed, it would be equally upsetting if Sony messed that up.
We could just keep arguing semantics back and forth though, that's always fun.
Usually it's nothing more than a licensing situation. Most of it comes down to trying to gain as much money as possible in a certain market without getting burnt.
But eh, modchips are legal in Australia so Nintendo can't do a single thing if they ever come out for the Wii U. I wouldn't need to go about in a ridiculous manner if they didn't place the restrictions in the first place.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
umds wont to have a word with you
Well they do say the best defence is a good offence.
we are not in these eras anymore? its like many x360 games never existed.its like many blurays will never exist. so how short is this era?
i have a stalker. vowzers.now how did he contribute towards this thread?
DaSorcerer7
Member
Your posts are no less melodramatic.
Augemitbutter
Member
globalization is only good as long as it benefits certain companies. let's make sure to prevent consumers from getting a slice of that pie.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
I guess the fanboy assumptions are just inevitable in every Wii U thread...
I swear every thread derails into agenda calling.
I swear every thread derails into agenda calling.
dark_prinny
Banned
Yup.
Stupid Nintendo is stupid.
Another reason for not buying anything from them.
Canis lupus
Member
You were talking about late 90s and ps2 generation, we're not in those eras anymore. The guy you replied to said we can commend Sony on making efforts for region free gaming. Why do you bring up 360?
Palette Swap
Member
Straw man much?
It seems incredible to me that you'd be more pissed off by people's reactions to this than by the console being locked. Nice priorities.
As for the bolded part, I have and will continue to.
Projectjustice
Banned
Yes very smart. You guys act like Nintendo is a multi market business like Sony or MS. Gaming is all they do and they need to be careful how its managed much more than Sony and MS.
I'm actually starting to wonder if the people posting these "Hitler and Nintendo are cunts" comments and other such things would would even be interested in getting the system if it was region free at this point.
Seems like every any excuse these days is good enough to light up the torch and ready the pitchforks. :-/
What?!
Sony actually got Lik-Sang shut down if that's what you're thinking of.
Not to mention how they threatened lots of other shops into stopping selling specific region games to certain regions.
I can deal with a region lock. I just buy an import system.
But when they try to make it a crime to buy these systems and games, that's when I really get pissed off.
Seems like every any excuse these days is good enough to light up the torch and ready the pitchforks. :-/
What?!
Exactly.
Sony actually got Lik-Sang shut down if that's what you're thinking of.
Not to mention how they threatened lots of other shops into stopping selling specific region games to certain regions.
I can deal with a region lock. I just buy an import system.
But when they try to make it a crime to buy these systems and games, that's when I really get pissed off.
Yes.
It is the natural order of things. Late in the console's life, new games that are worth playing will be few and far between. But homebrew, by that point, will have hopefully made bypass of region locking possible, so you can pick the best of the generation's J-exclusive games to bring over and fill the gap. Or something like that... unless the Wii U turns out to be as tough to hack as their recent portables.
I'm actually starting to wonder if the people posting these "Hitler and Nintendo are cunts" comments and other such things would would even be interested in getting the system if it was region free at this point.
Seems like every any excuse these days is good enough to light up the torch and ready the pitchforks. :-/
What?!
Exactly.
someone with a saturn game avatar arguing pro-region locking? fucking lol
i dunno how many of them are asking for localizations of smt4 soul hackers and eo4
Read my post again.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Never imported Console games anyway.
But as everyone has said, this is disappointing.
But as everyone has said, this is disappointing.