Iwata responds to region locking questions

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Teeqoz said:

HylianSwordsman said:
Well he was pretty honest about it. Didn't try to spin it or anything. The motivation was for the seller, not the consumer, doing something to benefit the consumer could benefit the seller, they'll consider it, but they have to work around the things that originally motivated it in the first place, copyright, localization, and marketing efficiency. We all know that last one is probably the most important to them, and Microsoft solved it much faster because they have a lot more money they can put into marketing.

Actually his "reason" was a humongous piece of crap. How does he explain why the DS was region free?

Why does he need to? The question was why is Nintendo region locking systems, he answered it honestly.