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Hi i need help raising awareness on this issue. I cant buy digital games on Nintendo's eshop just because i live in a country in the west other than USA or Canada. Its very annoying for me as a Wii U owner not being able to buy any game avaliable. Please help me to get Nintendo's attention on this issue. I dont have this problem with any other digital store. Sign the petition i started and inbox me if you have any ideas on how to raise awareness on a large scale and get Nintendo's attention.

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/nintendo-give-everyone-access-to-eshop-to-buy-games#share



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keroncoward said:


Hi i need help raising awareness on this issue. I cant buy digital games on Nintendo's eshop just because i live in a country in the west other than USA or Canada. Its very annoying for me as a Wii U owner not being able to buy any game avaliable. Please help me to get Nintendo's attention on this issue. I dont have this problem with any other digital store. Sign the petition i started and inbox me if you have any ideas on how to raise awareness on a large scale and get Nintendo's attention.

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/nintendo-give-everyone-access-to-eshop-to-buy-games#share


just to be clear about it, are you saying you can't buy any games at all? or are you saying that you cannot buy all the games on the eshop? because that happens with every digital store having access to different games and prices in each region.



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ganoncrotch said:
keroncoward said:


Hi i need help raising awareness on this issue. I cant buy digital games on Nintendo's eshop just because i live in a country in the west other than USA or Canada. Its very annoying for me as a Wii U owner not being able to buy any game avaliable. Please help me to get Nintendo's attention on this issue. I dont have this problem with any other digital store. Sign the petition i started and inbox me if you have any ideas on how to raise awareness on a large scale and get Nintendo's attention.

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/nintendo-give-everyone-access-to-eshop-to-buy-games#share


just to be clear about it, are you saying you can't buy any games at all? or are you saying that you cannot buy all the games on the eshop? because that happens with every digital store having access to different games and prices in each region.


No i cant even access the eshop in my region. The only way i get access to it is if i make a US account and change the country settings to USA on the console but even then i cant buy the games because my credit card needs to have a USA address attached to it. There are $20 points cards on Amazon for $27 dollars and it makes no sense ordering them because i would have to pay around the same price just for shipping. Basically i would be paying around $50 just to have $20 credit on the Wii U. Its frustrating because i cant even buy games that would not be avaliable on disc.



That really sucks.
You could try finding a trustworthy nice person on the forum to buy a points card for you and have them mail you the code. This way you'd save the shipping cost. Give them 5$ for the trouble and you might get 20$ credit for 25$. It's not an ideal solution, but should work.



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keroncoward said:
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No i cant even access the eshop in my region. The only way i get access to it is if i make a US account and change the country settings to USA on the console but even then i cant buy the games because my credit card needs to have a USA address attached to it. There are $20 points cards on Amazon for $27 dollars and it makes no sense ordering them because i would have to pay around the same price just for shipping. Basically i would be paying around $50 just to have $20 credit on the Wii U. Its frustrating because i cant even buy games that would not be avaliable on disc.

That's a little different.

"I can't buy them" =/= "they're too expensive". You choose to live in a country, you get whatever price it is.



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Soleron said:
keroncoward said:
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No i cant even access the eshop in my region. The only way i get access to it is if i make a US account and change the country settings to USA on the console but even then i cant buy the games because my credit card needs to have a USA address attached to it. There are $20 points cards on Amazon for $27 dollars and it makes no sense ordering them because i would have to pay around the same price just for shipping. Basically i would be paying around $50 just to have $20 credit on the Wii U. Its frustrating because i cant even buy games that would not be avaliable on disc.

That's a little different.

"I can't buy them" =/= "they're too expensive". You choose to live in a country, you get whatever price it is.


I dont know what youre yapping about choosing to live in a country. Even if i lived in the US $27 is a ridiculous price for a $20 card and i will still have to pay extra (not as much) for shipping. Its stupid and i think it makes more sense to ask Nintendo to change their policies or at least provide an alternative. EA is a very crappy, anti consumer company but at least they allowed me to buy Battlefield DLC on Origin with no hassle.



I gave up about this a long time ago and made a US Mii and use maximuscards.com to get prepaid codes.



keroncoward said:
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I dont know what youre yapping about choosing to live in a country. Even if i lived in the US $27 is a ridiculous price for a $20 card and i will still have to pay extra (not as much) for shipping. Its stupid and i think it makes more sense to ask Nintendo to change their policies or at least provide an alternative. EA is a very crappy, anti consumer company but at least they allowed me to buy Battlefield DLC on Origin with no hassle.

It's whatever price they charge you. Companies don't "be nice" and lower their prices just because you don't like it.



Soleron said:
keroncoward said:
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No i cant even access the eshop in my region. The only way i get access to it is if i make a US account and change the country settings to USA on the console but even then i cant buy the games because my credit card needs to have a USA address attached to it. There are $20 points cards on Amazon for $27 dollars and it makes no sense ordering them because i would have to pay around the same price just for shipping. Basically i would be paying around $50 just to have $20 credit on the Wii U. Its frustrating because i cant even buy games that would not be avaliable on disc.

That's a little different.

"I can't buy them" =/= "they're too expensive". You choose to live in a country, you get whatever price it is.


Wow.



well... I live in South America, and I know that the WiiU hasn´t been officially released in my region yet.

One thing that I know prevent it to be released here is the absurdity of some of my country´s tax laws, other would be the lack of a proper Nintendo representative in the region.

So, what I did was to create a second account with an U.S. address and buy prepaid cards on digital shops to put funds on it. I need to change the console region in order to do that.

As for credit cards, I avoid to use them out of my region, but if you still want to use it, then create an account with a Canadian address, Canadian eshop accepts credit cards from all over the world, unlike U.S.´s eshop