A petition wanting Nintendo to get rid of region locks seems to be doing fairly well in obtaining many signatures so far:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/ ... r=yahootix
Has anyone here signed the petition so far, or would you sign it? What does everyone think about this...should Nintendo do it, or not?
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by Silver_Surfer1 » Wed Jul 3, '13, 7:08 pm
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Re: Nintendo Petition
by Thoul » Thu Jul 18, '13, 4:33 pm
I wouldn't care one way or the other for the petition, but I think getting rid of region locks for gaming is a good idea. Region locks have always been irritating to people that want to import games. Nowadays, the world is a much more accessible market than it was in the days of, as an example, the Super Nintendo. If people in want to import a game released only in one or two countries, there's no real reason to block that now, IMO.
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Re: Nintendo Petition
by Flames of Yagami » Thu Jul 18, '13, 8:23 pm
I just signed it a second ago. Region locks have become more of a nuisance to me ever since I started importing games for PS2 and Dreamcast.
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Re: Nintendo Petition
by myau56 » Fri Jan 10, '14, 11:37 am
I haven't seen that before but I'll sign it this evening ! This will be a great thing to break those region locks 
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Re: Nintendo Petition
by S4Blade » Fri Jan 10, '14, 12:49 pm
The chances of Nintendo removing their region locks are slim.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/03/ ... on-locking
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/03/ ... on-locking
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Re: Nintendo Petition
by Wolf Bird » Fri Jan 10, '14, 2:00 pm
At least with the old consoles like the SNES, getting around region locks was as easy as removing the tabs in the cartridge slots. I find continuing region locks totally absurd, because it's such a connected world and people want to import. You think it'd help them make more money to remove those.
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Re: Nintendo Petition
by myau56 » Fri Jan 10, '14, 10:30 pm
VISTABLADE : You're right, the chances are very weak, unfortunately...
WOLF BIRD : You're right too but it's video games now...with old systems that was "easy" : as for the megadrive you just had to file down the plastic !
WOLF BIRD : You're right too but it's video games now...with old systems that was "easy" : as for the megadrive you just had to file down the plastic !
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