Nintendo, I'm mad at you. Really mad.

[anonymunchy]

manuel said:

anonymunchy said:
I would assume region locking is a consequence of the different laws in different countries.

That's what they say, yes, but the laws were also different in the days of the Gameboy and DS. I think that's all bullshit, especially since Sony consoles are still region free.

And I get that many people access the eshop and the servers, but from a big company I expect that their stuff works. My free time ist very limited and I don't want to wait it out. I want to play and use my consoles when I want and not when their servers are available.

Laws change and companies have very different infrastructures. It might be easier for Sony to keep their console region free due to their other home electronic devices. I have no idea though, mere speculation.

I agree, a company should provide working products and services, but it is entirely unreasonable to expect everything to be fully operational all the time. It may not have been the best idea to release PokeBank during the holiday season though as server load would already be increased. (perhaps something positive can be seen in the server overload)