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Baby steps ... slow but steady. Although, Nintendo sure could try to walk a little bit faster in this case. ^^

As you say, that was just a bullshit excuse by Iwata. We have different rating systems in Europe, yet there is no region locking within Europe. At the same time, the rating systems have not prevented Microsoft or Sony from not having region-free systems. The new rating system doesn't mean anything, sadly.

While there is no region-locking between EU countries, and that sentence from Iwata was mostly bullshit, i'd like to add something...

Because Germany! If a game has a valid PEGI rating, meaning availability in all countries that have adopted that rating system, it still won't be available in Germany if it lacks the USK rating.
Sure, some stores do have units from Austria for example or you can always import from another EU country, but stores and publishers won't be allowed to sell it directly via retail here then.

So while not really connected to region-locking, different rating systems sure can f*ck up availability.

 

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Baby steps ... slow but steady. Although, Nintendo sure could try to walk a little bit faster in this case. ^^


While there is no region-locking between EU countries, and that sentence from Iwata was mostly bullshit, i'd like to add something...

Because Germany! If a game has a valid PEGI rating, meaning availability in all countries that have adopted that rating system, it still won't be available in Germany if it lacks the USK rating.
Sure, some stores do have units from Austria for example or you can always import from another EU country, but stores and publishers won't be allowed to sell it directly via retail here then.

So while not really connected to region-locking, different rating systems sure can f*ck up availability.

Actually, in this case, they're quicker than everyone in the console environment, and among the first to adopt it in general (the third marketplace overall, after Mozilla Marketplace and Google Play). In this case, they were fast, no baby steps

 

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Actually, in this case, they're quicker than everyone in the console environment, and among the first to adopt it in general (the third marketplace overall, after Mozilla Marketplace and Google Play). In this case, they were fast, no baby steps

Alright, i give them a pat on the back this time. And it's a good sign that they are willing to adopt working services for their own online-system. ^^
But still just a baby step on the way to a global, unified account-system with no region-locking. ;]

 

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get CERO one this so it will be totally open