I really don't care if the 3DS is region-locked or not since I only understand English and my own language.Yes there will be good jap games but you can't really enjoy those games if you don't understand a goddamn thing about it.
Hardware Confirmed: The 3DS is region-locked
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This is where fan translations come in.mangaTom said:
For instance: I really enjoyed Soma Bringer, but it was never localized.
However, maybe this will give some incentive for companies to LOCALIZE GAMES.
I had a feeling 3DS would be following in the DSi's footsteps as far as region-lock.
It's a real bummer because I'm bilingual and like to import games (either titles that don't get released anywhere else or hot titles like pokemon that I don't want to wait for).
Region-lock is a turn off on the grounds that they're doing this with a portable, too. When I was younger I remember buying games from other countries while on summer trips for the airplane rides and stuff, but now we can't even do that.
I was going to import a 3DS from Japan on launch, but thanks to this news I'm not even going to purchase a 3DS of any region until people have found a workaround to make the console region-free even if it takes years. (And hey, the console and games may be cheaper by then too).
It's a real bummer because I'm bilingual and like to import games (either titles that don't get released anywhere else or hot titles like pokemon that I don't want to wait for).
Region-lock is a turn off on the grounds that they're doing this with a portable, too. When I was younger I remember buying games from other countries while on summer trips for the airplane rides and stuff, but now we can't even do that.
I was going to import a 3DS from Japan on launch, but thanks to this news I'm not even going to purchase a 3DS of any region until people have found a workaround to make the console region-free even if it takes years. (And hey, the console and games may be cheaper by then too).
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If a game were to sell well in a region it was not localized for, you'd think, based on profit, that they would localize it for that region for their benefit, right? There's more to it than "profit" that everyone assumes.
Argh... What a bad decision. OK Nintendo, let's be honest here. You CAN'T possibly release all your games on all territories. Since there are financial reasons that you can't release a number of games in specific regions, the customers could till now purchase the game from an import site and this would harm nobody. The game would get more sales from imported purchases and the customer would get what he wanted. But that's not possible anymore.
Unfortunately, I seem to be becoming more and more disappointed day by day with the 3DS. It no longer seems like this is a handheld made by Nintendo. Oh sure it might have the typical Nintendo games, but that's far from enough. I mean, ever since the days of Gameboy, the handhelds have been region-free, have had large battery lives, have had games that fit the handheld nature and didn't try to replicate the home console experience, and of course they were cheap, especially when compared to home consoles. None of this applies to 3DS.
Oh, and to those who said that they don't care about importing since they can't understand Japanese, you are obviously forgetting that you will no longer be able to play NTSC-U games with your PAL 3DS and vice versa.
Unfortunately, I seem to be becoming more and more disappointed day by day with the 3DS. It no longer seems like this is a handheld made by Nintendo. Oh sure it might have the typical Nintendo games, but that's far from enough. I mean, ever since the days of Gameboy, the handhelds have been region-free, have had large battery lives, have had games that fit the handheld nature and didn't try to replicate the home console experience, and of course they were cheap, especially when compared to home consoles. None of this applies to 3DS.
Oh, and to those who said that they don't care about importing since they can't understand Japanese, you are obviously forgetting that you will no longer be able to play NTSC-U games with your PAL 3DS and vice versa.
If I remember correctly PS3 and 360 are region coded though so it's the devs choice to publish a game coded for a particular region. In the 360's case I believe all the Rock Band games as well as the Idolmaster series are all region locked.DiscostewSM said:
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It's nothing to do with piracy, it's to do with controlling distribution. Always has been. They can trial a launch in one region without it being playable in another so don't loose as much money with a flop, or gain as much bad publicity from it, and can get on with localisation if it does well. This is just how the entertainment industry has done things since the advent of cinema, but the barrier to entry got so low they had to start inventing methods to keep their hands on the controls. Video used to rely on just the format used but they added more over the years.
EDIT: Seriously, media companies really hate losing control more than money, and really hate a free market unless it's balanced in their favour.
I'm actually very tempted to get a japanese launch 3DS, but I'm not sure. Anyway the release dates aren't that far away are they?
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The 3DS will be in Japan in February (I thought the 26th or 27th).
But now you can't buy games on your holiday anymore. That's what I sometimes did (I still have Pokemon 'Argent').
But could this region-lock be hacked?
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Nintendo can't even release their own fucking games worldwide to everyone, so what makes you think smaller companies will?
Yeah but for all regions. It's only like a month away (from the JAP release date). I might import a US one (being in Europe) so the games would be cheaper and I'd get them earlier. I'd buy them online anyway.Waflix said:
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i for one, am going to wait.
once there is a flashcard that allows me to use the hardware the way i want to use it (test my games before i buy), i'll buy one.
Face it, most games i (illegaly) download are ubber crap, i play them for 10 minutes and throw out the rom. Ever once in a while, i come acorss a game so good that i decide to spend money on it.
Untill i have the chance to try before i buy, i won't be getting the 3DS. Once there are flashcards that boot comercial roms, i will get one.
once there is a flashcard that allows me to use the hardware the way i want to use it (test my games before i buy), i'll buy one.
Face it, most games i (illegaly) download are ubber crap, i play them for 10 minutes and throw out the rom. Ever once in a while, i come acorss a game so good that i decide to spend money on it.
Untill i have the chance to try before i buy, i won't be getting the 3DS. Once there are flashcards that boot comercial roms, i will get one.
actually....
i will start saving up 1 or 2$ a day in a seperate 3DS fund, and when the thing finally gets hacked and flashcard solutions are available, i will use the money i saved up waiting for it to be hacked
i will start saving up 1 or 2$ a day in a seperate 3DS fund, and when the thing finally gets hacked and flashcard solutions are available, i will use the money i saved up waiting for it to be hacked
Shit price that hasn't been announced.synce said:
Shit battery that no one has tested since the 3DS isn't out anywhere yet.
Your logic is flawed.
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