Am I crazy, or isn't this a huge deal?

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Bodhesatva said:

I like Bacon said:
I don't like the gift giving feature. Why should I spend my money on VC games, only to give them to a friend?

Ugh, I hope this is sarcastic :(

 

This is about China. China. China. CHINA.

 

The Wii is entering China. Again, this seems like an extremely important move, but perhaps I'm misinterpreting it. Anyone?

This is huge. Ninty products are very popular there, and the Wii will be just as successful there as anywhere else.

They could also reprice the console to $149US if they wanted - and region lock it, such that China games only work on China consoles. The key to defeating piracy in China is price and distribution. They can also use the government to (try?) and jump on piracy. There has been some success with this in the past.

Piracy is still the challenge of course. There are a few things they can do to try and defeat this - be interesting to see what approach they do use. Downloadable (VC?) titles should be popular there.