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Wii Launch Korea [hardware & software numbers]
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Pureauthor
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Is the 2nd quotebox LTDs?
If so - whoa.
If so - whoa.
Captain Smoker
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Yes. ^^Pureauthor said:
Nope everything is cheaper PS3 is $380 with tax, Wii with no wii sports is $215 with tax. This is the retail store price, so the underground market is a little cheaper.Eccocid said:
There is a market for it, but they don't have an established online console community or decent translations. You have to know either English or Japanese.
Very smart, no mod chip for the Korea region yet.
Pop On Arrival
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Soule said:
So the N64 was the most successful console in Korea?
That used to be the case with PS2.Eccocid said:
Since PSP came out, console and game prices got down to reasonable levels (on par or slightly below US pricing).
There's already a large gray market (imports) of Wii's here(same thing happened with PS2, the gray market was already half a milion when official console launched), unless it breaks out with non-gamers like DS did, it won't help much of anything.acidviper's said:
People probably expected it to ride on DS hype train. That said - I wouldn't put too much stock in those LTDs or Wii's early estimates outside of shipments - there's no real sales tracking going on in Korea, so most sellthrough estimates are about as reliable as a certain banned sales site.jesusraz said:
If it sells well, it'll reflect on shipped numbers too anyway.
Great Rumbler
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Did Zack and Wiki's worldwide sales just double with the launch in Korea?
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laesperanzapaz
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you dont really want to know the answer to that one....kbear said:
kbear said:
I guess it's just that the major console players didn't spend much time and effort courting the Korean consumer until fairly recently. In the meantime I guess that Korean gamers have been playing free online PC games from their own market, so to switch to console gaming probably looks pretty expensive and irrelevant.
EverSoTrendy
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Korea is into console gaming shit. I thought that was starcraft nation over there.
Gully State
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kbear said:
Japanese consoles in Korea...
Allan Holdsworth
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Most people in Korea that want a Wii probably got a Japanese one by now.
Better than I expected, but not great. Cool how almost every console had Wii Sports purchased with it, though.
The key thing to remember here is how common piracy is in Korea outside of the tech-saavy hardcore. If this strikes a chord with a similar market that it has in other regions, it still might all work out in the end.
The key thing to remember here is how common piracy is in Korea outside of the tech-saavy hardcore. If this strikes a chord with a similar market that it has in other regions, it still might all work out in the end.
kbear said:
Let's just say that for Koreans, their mentality with software ain't any different from any other Asian market(except Japan and apparantly that's changing too nowadays). To them, they would say "why pay 50USD for a piece of software, when you can BT it?". Add the fact that broadband internet is so advanced there doesn't really help.
Yet ironically, they have no problem paying 50$ for a crappy item for their favourite MMO though. Free games with microtransactions aren't just a viable market in these parts, they are the only game market that works, aside for subscription based gaming.klee123 said:
Nintendo has been advertisting to everyone BUT the gamers non-stop for past two years in Korea now. And obviously, it worked a charm with NDS.Terrell said:
It's not stopping piracy though - here, everyone is savy enough to do that.
One could argue that with Nintendo having an actual Korean-operated branch of the company and all, eventually they will try and find steps to resolve this problem, especially if it's in the best interests of the non-microtransaction gaming industry. Nintendo is, was and always will be a strong detractor of piracy, so having an actual company presence in that country finally gives them a little bit of leverage for negotiations with the South Korean government to find out how to curb piracy.Fafalada said: