What is the purpose of region-locking games? Do companies not want more customers?
What is the purpose of region-locking games? Do companies not want more customers?
Ryder Turner
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Jackson Hall
Because TVs used to have different outputs, so games from different regions would not work on them.
Completely irrelevant with modern televisions so now it's just so regions can out jew each other by charging more for a game in certain countries.
Carter Anderson
To protect our market from invasive shit games.
Easton White
Because India/Russia/China don't pay 60 USD equivalent for games and they don't want resellers.
Hunter Lee
I believe most countries have their laws
Wyatt Garcia
And have different voltages coming out of their sockets. It's fun to see an american appliance fry itself when plugged in a british plug without a stepdown converter
Matthew Mitchell
is it that time already?
Grayson Sanders
This is the correct answer
Dominic Peterson
Everybody knows the British plug is the best plug.
Nathan Gomez
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Angel Martinez
Try again with your plugs
Lucas Richardson
Wow never knew Switzerland used dogs as power conductors. It's probably the influx of Chinese immigrants there
Brandon Jenkins
>Switzerland
that's Norway though
Ryder Howard
DR. DWAMN ROLL
Jose Jenkins
Different regions usually have their own branch of a company. Sony of America don't want you funding Sony of Europe and losing money to them.
Andrew Torres
It's obviously Finland
Brandon Turner
>switzerland
american education everyone
Juan Morales
Many reasons. Most to do with imports and region prices. Let's say that the price conversion between a region is 10-1. But the price for a game is only 3-1. Convert and import and you can get the same game for much less. With a digital store and better standardized prices, the need for region locks went down and only Nintendo was really adamant on it for a while because version differences and them not wanting to be accountable for that shit.
Jaxon Davis
nips use american plugs
Brayden Gonzalez
>amerilard doesn't know flags
Lmao, classic.
Brandon Ward
>Based North America
I think those are also used in most of South and Central america AFAIK, and I went to Japan last month, they used the same one, did they change it recently or something?