This post includes the news, my reasoning and that is all- Thank you for reading this.
*Ahem* Recent news say that Nintendo is reviewing Region Lock. *Shoves this link http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/...-company-must-consider-removing-region-locks/ up people's faces*
As for what should be done going forward, if unlocked for the benefit of the customers, there may also be a benefit for us," Iwata said. "Conversely, unlocking would require various problems to be solved, so while I can't say today whether or not we intend to unlock, we realize that it is one thing that we must consider, looking to the future.
Now let's look at Nintendo's reasoning behind the region lock, shall we?
From some people’s perspective, it might seem like a kind of restriction. However, we hope people can appreciate the fact that we’re selling our products worldwide,
Well, it would be nice to have some games people would want to play. If the game is not planned localized
I'm not gonna quote the cultural crud, so I'll just wrap that up real quick.
From my understanding (and other people's comments in various places) Nintendo is scared because some kid is gonna play some eroge game from Japan.
Well, that's up to the parents or guardian to put a stop to that. There is no way a kid could import that game without a credit card.
Back on topic with the news, since Nintendo MIGHT drop their Region Lock BS, how are they gonna do that? By system updating to cancel out the region code on the games or will we have to buy a new 3DS