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From neogaf:
Q4: At present, your company's hardware and games make use of region-locking, by which games purchased in one region cannot be played in another region. Are there any plans to unlock this restriction?
A4: Iwata: The game business has a history of taking a very long time with localization among other things, such as having to deal with various issues of marketing in each particular country, or games that have made use of licensed content that did not apply globally, and had all kinds of circumstances, so to say, that region-locking has existed due to circumstances on the sellers' side rather than for the sake of the customers. In the history of game consoles, that is the current situation. As for what should be done going forward, if unlocked for the benefit of the customers, there may also be a benefit for us. Conversely, unlocking would require various problems to be solved, so while I can't say today whether or not we intend to unlock, we realize that it is one thing that we must consider looking to the future.
Source: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=922801
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Question:
The current your company's hardware and game it takes Region lock in regions of the world , the game that was bought in one region has become a style that can not play in other areas , but plans to unlock the limit or there .
Answer:
Iwata :
Once , in the game business , or there is a history that takes a very long time to localization , etc. , or there are a variety of constraints and convenience of on marketing in each country , or area that is licensed for content that runs on the game is necessarily global in it , even for a no , there is a variety of circumstances , in a sense , I think that thing called Region lock in the seller side of convenience rather than because customers were present . In the game machine history , now it is is not is in such a situation , may For information about how to go to such of the future , if you have the unlock , and benefits for our customers , then for us there is an advantage to does not , on the contrary , because there are things that solve various issues caused by that you have unlocked , at the time of today , but I can not able to say that you called and I would not intend to Toka 're going to unlock , that's one of the issues to be considered in the future and has confirmed .
Source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/events/141030qa/02.html
