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Nintendo Switch launches in China on December 10th (Comes with New Super Mario Bros Deluxe demo, $300 USD)
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Forget Dry Bones, how they gonna change Pokemon Tower in Let's Go?
yea using the jd app. Here I'll try and figure out how to upload The current number.
SinCItyAssassin I don't have any of those apps lol, I'll get imgur now and see what I can do though.
Edit: apparently you can't use an iPhone to register for Imgur. I'll try later on computer.
it's pretty believable for me
Nintendo games since launch have had robust simplified Chinese support in anticipation of this launch (which was mostly delayed by the government reassessing its industry-wide regulation on video games, which are primarily mobile, predatory, and parasitic here, just like everywhere else). The console is still region-free, and imported games are all over taobao and in regular import shops. I see switches all the time in the shanghai metro, and everyone in my office has one. Even if the newest pokemon game was a dry turd that must have hurt gamefreak's asshole, everyone grabbed one, and the mindless, hateful mobile-game style endgame loop is pretty solid for the market here.
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There's some pretty neat Chinese-developed indie games on Switch. Would be nice to see them promoted by either Tencent or Nintendo to recognize the regional talent.
Oh, it looks pretty jolly, definitely a weird company to highlight, is it particularly popular in China or are chinese people involved with development ?
Pokémon is already localized in simplified Chinese and has been since Gen 7.
Does anyone know if this version is region-free as well? Can someone who owns one simply change regions and buy games off of the US e-shop or is this locked down?
I heard that the system can play cartridge games from other regions but the online service is region locked (which I guess makes sense since the online part is running on local Tencent owned data centers, instead of the Nintendo operated ones; also, rumors are that players will connect using their WeChat IDs rather than Nintendo IDs). Since Nintendo/Tencent is launching games in China with a lower price tag (299 RMB/~40USD), Chinese region cartridges will not be playable on consoles from other regions.
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Looked at the tracker and it seems bot colour versions share a tracker number so it's at 55k combined, not each. There's a chance I might be wrong but I think it would be unlikely for both variants to sell within less than 1% of each other and switch which one sold more every click, as the split is higher for all other markets.
I just saw them and the preorder units on both models are too similar to be separated preorders. Probably, they're counted together.
Right now, it says >55k.
No, but China also never had a console that's backed by a company like Tencent.
Tencent is THE reason why mobile gaming market is so big in China
Wouldnt this allow Nintendo to sell a ton of software to existing grey market consoles? Would I be correct in thinking that imported games would not be localised to chinese?
If there is rampant piracy of course this effect could be limited...
Most exciting element to me is the Tencent developed games using Mario IP
If there is rampant piracy of course this effect could be limited...
Most exciting element to me is the Tencent developed games using Mario IP
Good for Nintendo, see how long it takes for China to try and put facial recognition tech in it.
This is entirely depending on if the games have Chinese language support.
Yeah I thought it ws 50k for each model but it looks like it was a combined number.
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I am like 99% sure Hong Kong doesn't have the same content ban on supernatural scenarios that Mainland does.
Hehe, well, its true that the Switch launch didnt have THAT many games, but is it literally just one game? No download-only games or anything? Theres like 1500+ Switch games so far, so one game isnt much. I know that China has stricter rules and all that, but still.
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Considering how preorders are going I guess it doesn't matter.
Also 2900+.
Import and gray-market will exist, but i just find it strange that they dont capitalize more on the launch. One game is crazy low.
Damn, 2900+? Or do you mean 1900+? I wasnt sure if it was 1500+ or around 2000 when i wrote my post previously, so i just wrote 1500+. Wikipedia list 1949 games, i see now.
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eShop hit 2000 in July.
Also the gray market of the switch is pretty large, but I guess the appeal of the local version is Tencent providing all online services and WeChat, something the normal Switches do not have.
I love how they're pushing a 1 year warranty like it's a selling point. Are those generally not a thing in China?
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Can't say I know. I do know they exist in Hong Kong. I guess it's easier to market a warranty in China if they're trying to deter people from importing product they can't send back for repair.
Is this a thing? There's Nintendo games (LIke Mario Kart Wii) sold in China on Nvidia Shield, but I don't know what changes they made.
edit: my first seach result:
Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem
www.techinasia.com
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So serious question... I assume Winnie the Pooh is going to be removed from the Chinese editions of Kingdom Hearts? It's hysterical that I even have to ask this, but I am curious.
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We don't actually know if the Chinese version will do that yet. Not gonna be on the Switch either way ;)
True. I don't know why I thought KH was on the Switch for a minute. XD
But I'm curious to see if the character is completely radioactive in China now, even in the actual context of films and games.
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You will see if they localize Disney Tsum Tsum. Tsum Tsum is mega popular in Asia as a whole so I doubt they would leave that behind.
Seems to be a bit higher than expected, but I'm not sure what the consensus is.
What are the chances that at some point the Chinese console market explodes rather than increases gradually? To be clear, this doesn't necessarily have to be the Switch console and could be any future console?
What are the chances that at some point the Chinese console market explodes rather than increases gradually? To be clear, this doesn't necessarily have to be the Switch console and could be any future console?
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Compare this late launch with something like Korea's launch month, which had a fair more games available at launch, at 110k.
70k is also only one online retailer. I think T-mall is a bigger online retailer for example.
people generally buy electronics from jd more than tmall from what I've seen in my many years in china, but I don't know their relative market share or any hard numbers.