DSi does have region-locking
VeePee hints at open platform
Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing, Cammie Dunaway, has hinted that the new DSi's games will be playable anywhere.
The news comes following rumours that the console may contain region-locking on cartridge-based software.
"I believe that just as you can currently buy a DS in Japan and use it here in the U.S., that you should be able to do that with DSi," Dunaway told Wired.
She continued: "I carry around my Ice Blue DS because I like the color, and I could find it in Japan and couldn’t find it here."
Apparently the new console will not mark the beginning of the end for the DS Lite, as Dunaway believes there is still potential for the DSi's predecessor. "We're bringing a lot of new consumers in to the DS. So I think there’s opportunity for both of them to coexist for some period of time," she concluded.
Update: So, the DSi does have region-locking, it emerges, Dunaway perhaps quoted stating what she would like to be the case. This from Nintendo (via CVG): "DSi is region-locked because DSi embeds net communication functionality within itself and we are intending to provide net services specifically tailored for each region.
"Also because we are including parental control functionality for Nintendo DSi and each region has its unique age limit made by different independent." DS software will however remain region-free. So there you go.
Comments