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

[Conina]

Ostro said:

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.

Uhm, they have to built in region locking. It's not like it's always there and they unlock it. So they spend time and money on implementing it. Why? Because laws restrict them.

Which laws exactly? And why do they only apply to the 3DS and not to the DS, GBA, Vita, PSP, iOS, Android, PC, PS3, PS4, XBO...?

Why doesn't every European country gets its own region? They have different laws, partly different rating systems (USK, PEGI), but a common region code.