some Nintendo news

[Byokugen]

Allegedly Nintendo has bought a parcel near Belgrade, Serbia.
Next to the new IKEA factory. Nothing is yet known about the price or the reason.

 

[rileysrjay]

SNES classic confirmed?

 

[Byokugen]

Hehe
There will be one that's for sure
But still no comment from anyone on the info. Maybe the press got it wrong

 

[GhostLatte]

Source?

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

What does this mean?

 

[Byokugen]

Source?

Press conference for the new president(dictator) all he said is that he has no info yet.
@Saiyan Lusitano means our work force is more affordable(cheap as fluck)

 

[Deleted User]

Dude posting 2 line thread with no source is the best to go. How I get my news daily. Why post news without ANYTHING backing this up? Atleast you didn't post this in user submitted news

 

[FAST6191]

Trying to figure that out myself.

Nintendo of Europe is in Germany and most of their big stuff happens there. Even if you go on the UK website most of the positions are for Germany, and their store in the UK is a PO box https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/...icial-Nintendo-Nintendo-UK-Store-1106624.html .
I don't think Serbia or the Balkans in general are the next great region, compared to say their efforts in Thailand and Korea.
It is not the most technological country out there, electronics assembly for cheap goods/technically we are assembled in in this part of the world often going to Hungary which also has the benefits of being in Europe and Croatia would probably be said to beat them in tech. There are any number of other locations I might have picked for R&D. More heavy industrial is not absent but it is not something most would note.
Shipping is not the easiest (it is landlocked, though land routes are not the worst, there is also the Danube).
If it is a parcel of land then while it is not the most expensive country on earth it would surely still be cheaper to buy an existing warehouse or office, or subcontract out repairs or shipping and storage. If it comes with a warehouse or something (or one to be built) then OK.
While I mentioned Europe above it might not be that, however it probably not the place I would pick for a push into the Balkans.

 

[Byokugen]

Trying to figure that out myself.

Nintendo of Europe is in Germany and most of their big stuff happens there. Even if you go on the UK website most of the positions are for Germany, and their store in the UK is a PO box https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/...icial-Nintendo-Nintendo-UK-Store-1106624.html .
I don't think Serbia or the Balkans in general are the next great region, compared to say their efforts in Thailand and Korea.
It is not the most technological country out there, electronics assembly for cheap goods/technically we are assembled in in this part of the world often going to Hungary which also has the benefits of being in Europe and Croatia would probably be said to beat them in tech. There are any number of other locations I might have picked for R&D. More heavy industrial is not absent but it is not something most would note.
Shipping is not the easiest (it is landlocked, though land routes are not the worst, there is also the Danube).
If it is a parcel of land then while it is not the most expensive country on earth it would surely still be cheaper to buy an existing warehouse or office, or subcontract out repairs or shipping and storage. If it comes with a warehouse or something (or one to be built) then OK.
While I mentioned Europe above it might not be that, however it probably not the place I would pick for a push into the Balkans.

Well that's my point. This country is a failure. So I really have no freaking idea if it's true or not. I see no benefits

 

[rileysrjay]

Conspiracy theory alert! I think I know why they're building the warehouse there: if ww3 breaks out in Europe and the middle east, they can bring about world peace by giving both sides nintendo switches. Right?

 

[Byokugen]

Conspiracy theory alert! I think I know why they're building the warehouse there: if ww3 breaks out in Europe and the middle east, they can bring about world peace by giving both sides nintendo switches. Right?

Only if they bundle it with Pokemon. Everyone will be.busy hunting Shiny's

 

[rileysrjay]

Only if they bundle it with Pokemon. Everyone will be.busy hunting Shiny's

Lol, It all makes since why they're pushing local multiplayer and building the warehouse now!

 

[Byokugen]

Lol, It all makes since why they're pushing local multiplayer and building the warehouse now!

Agree, that is why they chose a shitty country. No one would suspect a thing! #sneakygreedtendo

 

[Deleted-379826]

Uhm, no source and what the heck is this even supposed to mean.

 

[Byokugen]

Uhm, no source and what the heck is this even supposed to mean.

Like I said, it was a question by a journalist to the president of Serbia while.opening some German factory, he said and I quote "no comment at the moment"
Back in 1997 Sony was planing on opening something here, but reconsidered due to politics. All we got was some adress, still there

Lokalna adresa
PREDSTAVNIŠTVO SONY EUROPE LIMITED BEOGRAD
Omladinskih brigada 88a
11070 Belgrade
Serbia

Tel. Nr. +381 11 222 5963


Matični broj: 29021783

Poreski broj: 106916815/IRS number(registration of a company)

 

[Quantumcat]

What's wrong with Serbia?

 

[Seliph]

I bet it's that NX that everyone was talking about before the Switch came out and everyone forgot about it.
Fingers crossed!

 

[Byokugen]

What's wrong with Serbia?

Don't get me started. Corruption is the biggest problem. If you're not in a political party(the one on the power) your chances of getting a job are slim to none. And so on, and ao on. I could on this subject for hours