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super_etecoon on 18 March 2008
ikilledkenny said:
super_etecoon said:

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/18/report-wii-coming-to-south-korea-by-may-5/

We've known for a while now that Nintendo was planning to bring the Wii to PC-gaming mecca South Korea some time this year, but recent word has it that the system may be hitting the country's shores sooner than later. The Korea Times is reporting that Nintendo and Activision recently registered two Wii games each with Korea's Game Rating Board. The paper speculates this move means Nintendo Korea is looking to launch by Children's Day on May 5, a popular gift-giving holiday in the country. Though there's no official announcement from Nintendo, we can't think of a better holiday to launch for a system known for kid-friendly games like Super Mario Galaxy and Resident Evil 4.

 

 

May is going to be quite interesting for Nintendo if this is true. Wii Fit, Wii Ware, coming off the heels of Mario Kart...looks like Gamestop may be on to something about Wiis being out of stock for six more months.


I've never heard Resident Evil 4 described as a kid's game.

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Strategyking92 on 18 March 2008

well, now the 360 has competition in korea :P



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loadedstatement on 19 March 2008
sc94597 said:
Isn't it suppose to launch in china too. Even though china's population is large you know everybody has a vii. So I could see 1-3 million wiis being sold there. How well did ps2 sell in china/southkorea

 1-3 million? Thats it?  China has a population of 1.3 BILLION.  You think only .07% of the population will buy a Wii?  And not everyone has a Vii.  The Vii is utter crap.  It has a couple games on it and thats it.  Its a supreme ripoff.

 The real reason why most people won't buy a Wii is because China is a generally poor country.  In 1998, China had a GDP of only $3,117 where the US had a GDP of $27,331 . 

 EDIT: Even if only 1% of the population of China buys a Wii, that is still 13 million consoles sold. 



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FishyJoe on 19 March 2008

It could do well in Korea. The DS sold a million in less than a year.



thetonestarr on 19 March 2008

I thought the same as everybody else about Resident Evil 4. Wtf.

side note: If they're planning on taking on South Korea, then, that must mean they've got some serious RPGs in store. You can only do well in Korea if you've got some serious RPG action under your belt.



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DeltaXIII on 19 March 2008

Starcraft for the Wii. A South Korea exclusive?



 

Neos on 19 March 2008
DeltaXIII said:
Starcraft for the Wii. A South Korea exclusive?

 If true, 49.044.790 (population of SK) wii's will be sold.



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NJ5 on 19 March 2008

That would be nice, and earlier than I expected. It could also explain why we're seeing such low Wii supply in USA even with the launch of a big game (along with the "just enough supply to hit the forecast" theory which also sounds good right now).

I wonder if the Chinese launch would happen at the same time? Maybe not, so that they don't have to stockpile so many Wiis for the two launches in such a short period. I think the Chinese launch will also be dependent on some Chinese-oriented games getting finished, but I haven't seen any news about those lately.

 



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