Nintendo DSi Update: Can Region-Locked Nintendo DSi Games Affect Sales?
Nintendo DSi games are reported to be “region-locked’. This means that games that can be played on Nintendo DSi games consoles in Australia cannot be played on Nintendo DSi handheld games consoles in other countries or regions. In terms of marketing, is this the right move? Well maybe. But here are some of my random thoughts.
If the Nintendo DSi games consoles are made global in nature, will this be advantageous to Nintendo as a company? One game programming, one set of DSi games to market. But hey, let’s not blames Nintendo for this move. First, according to Nintendo, the DSi “embeds net communication functionality within itself” and Nintendo intends to “provide net services specifically tailored for each region“. Also, different regions have different sets of laws regarding parental control which Nintendo aims to incorporate in the New DSi games consoles. This is the company’s way of regulating the types of games played by user considering the fact that most gamers are teenagers and school children.
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Nintendo Dsi Availability: Dsi Comes to Japan in November and to the US in 2009
The Nintendo Dsi is the newest product of Nintendo and according to reports, it is even slimmer than Nintendo Lite. It will be available in Japan on November 1, 2008 while in Europe, it will only be available in 2009 (Spring). In Australia, the Nintendo Dsi is scheduled for release in the market in the autumn of 2009 while North American market will see the DSi at an unknown date in 2009 (Schedule to be arranged).
According to wikipedia, the Nintendo DSi is an upcoming version of the handheld game console Nintendo DS, announced during the Nintendo Conference on October 2, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. The Nintendo DSi is a revised model of the Nintendo DS Lite.
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