Why do they add region locks to these games?

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sampunas123 Custom tittles apear below your name Resident Neo total posts: 2781 since: May 2010	Jun 26, 12 at 11:25am ^ Why do they add region locks to these games?
	Log in to remove this sponsored message So the same way they added region lock to B/W they added it to B/W2 as well. The problem is that they only exist in Japanese versions. International releases don't have it and can be played on a Japanese DSi/3DS. Why do they do that? It would increase their Japanese versions sales. I was about to buy it myself, but I couldn't because of region lock. Why do they put it anyway? I
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Phi moderator (neocrs) General Pokémon PokéLounge Pokémon Black & White Version 2 RPG/Adventure [DS] since: Oct 2008	Jun 26, 12 at 2:22pm ^ re: Why do they add region locks to these games?
	Because they're evil? x3 Beats me. People buy their games cheaper from different countries? -------------------
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squiggle bath 5ever<3 (moderator) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity [3DS] wiki moderator layton total posts: 14209 since: Sep 2010	Jun 27, 12 at 12:57am ^ re: Why do they add region locks to these games?
	I would've thought it was to prevent the amount of games imported but then again, why the hell would they do that. ------------------- Header and Footer Contest
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GuitarMan91 World's Most Charming Asshole Hooked on Neo total posts: 4279 since: Feb 2008	Jun 27, 12 at 1:03am ^ re: Why do they add region locks to these games?
	Because GameFreak is full of heartless evil creatures that profit off the misfortune and misery of others. -------------------
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sampunas123 Custom tittles apear below your name Resident Neo total posts: 2781 since: May 2010	Jun 27, 12 at 1:37am ^ re: Why do they add region locks to these games?
	quote Phi Because they're evil? x3 Beats me. People buy their games cheaper from different countries? They only add region lock to Japanese games and importing them costs heck alot so they could make a huge profit.
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Phi moderator (neocrs) General Pokémon PokéLounge Pokémon Black & White Version 2 RPG/Adventure [DS] since: Oct 2008	Jun 27, 12 at 10:46am ^ re: Why do they add region locks to these games?
	Wouldn't it be the company that you're importing it from making the most profit? -------------------
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sampunas123 Custom tittles apear below your name Resident Neo total posts: 2781 since: May 2010	Jun 27, 12 at 3:03pm ^ re: Why do they add region locks to these games?
	quote Phi Wouldn't it be the company that you're importing it from making the most profit? I believe that retailers don't make that huge of a profit. They pay money for importing them from Japan. Japan gets all the cash iirc and if that's true maybe Nintendo had a deal and later something went wrong and Nintendo got into a conflict with Japanese Goverment and Region Locked the games so they get less imports. The only store I'd buy import Japanese games would be play-asia because it's trustworthy and the only English site I know that's got Japanese import games. B/W2 is priced at $50 I believe so maybe they do make some profit.
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Castlewars He's left Neoseeker... Hooked on Neo total posts: 4507 neopoints: 143 since: Mar 2011	Jun 30, 12 at 6:13am ^ re: Why do they add region locks to these games?
	Probably to prevent Nintendo paying out too much money. Yeah, isn't Nintendo greedy? ------------------- YouTube >>
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sampunas123 Custom tittles apear below your name Resident Neo total posts: 2781 since: May 2010	Jun 30, 12 at 6:19am ^ re: Why do they add region locks to these games?
	quote Castlewars Probably to prevent Nintendo paying out too much money. Yeah, isn't Nintendo greedy? They don't pay any extra shit for it. Retailers do.
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Phi moderator (neocrs) General Pokémon PokéLounge Pokémon Black & White Version 2 RPG/Adventure [DS] since: Oct 2008	Jun 30, 12 at 9:02am ^ re: Why do they add region locks to these games?
	It;s the middle man that makes everything so expensive. Factory outlets are cheap because there's no retailer to make a profit. -------------------
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sampunas123 Custom tittles apear below your name Resident Neo total posts: 2781 since: May 2010	Jun 30, 12 at 2:17pm ^ re: Why do they add region locks to these games?
	quote Phi It;s the middle man that makes everything so expensive. Factory outlets are cheap because there's no retailer to make a profit. What middle man?
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Phi moderator (neocrs) General Pokémon PokéLounge Pokémon Black & White Version 2 RPG/Adventure [DS] since: Oct 2008	Jun 30, 12 at 2:27pm ^ re: Why do they add region locks to these games?
	quote sampunas123 What middle man? Producer -> Retailer -> Customer. -------------------
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