burninmylight on 23 May 2017
| Nautilus said: I dont know if I believe this. If the argument is to break into the market, I dont see that working(Shield is not popular there, is it?).Plus its not like old games are going to convince people to buy other Nintendo related hardware. I dont know, it just makes more sense to just launch the Switch there.If price is a problem, then just hold off one year and launch when you can produce it cheaper. |
It's not that simple. Launching a console in China is a humongous hassle for a manufacturer due to state restrictions. The government regulates and censors the crap out of everything. Nintendo woudln't be able to launch the same Switch as what the rest of the world got, and the approval process would take forever. Sony and MS tried it and failed already with the PS4 and X1:
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-07-08/game-over-in-china-for-playstation-and-xbox
