@dartmonkey
Created an account as I would like to clear out some facts between China and Hong Kong games market that has been mixed up in the article. ^_^
1. Hong Kong, although being a city of China, has a totally different system (legal, trade laws, etc) as the government is running a "One Country - Two System". A lot of history here, but put it simply, Hong Kong's system is largely based on UK before handing over to China. Chinese government restriction DOES NOT APPLY to Hong Kong.
2. Therefore the ban of consoles and games DOES NOT APPLY TO Hong Kong at all. We enjoy having the same release day, or even few days earlier of ALL games, from triple A to crappy ones, from Japanese to US/Europe (We are very lucky and grateful to have choices to buy whichever version we like). In fact, since HK is a free market, its a great place for gamers around the world to shop their favorite here too. (One point to note. Play Asia is based in Hong Kong )
3. Services of Nintendo HK is a bit of a drag. They did some bummer choices like releasing a Hong Kong version only 3DS which can only play a handful of Hong Kong version games. (Most of us buy either Japanese 3DS to catch the Monster Hunter Wave, or like myself buying US 3DS to enjoy RPGs that can be played in English version) However they have improved over time and I see things turn out quicker. I doubt the slowness is due to decision making from HK office, but the long planning process in Japan headquarters. (Because they are Nintendo...).
4. A user above about Korea players has pointed out correctly, Nintendo gamers in HK mostly have created several accounts from different regions already (I have US, Japan and Australia ones). So that we can seek out which region provide the best value of a particular game.
Hope that clears up the difference between games market in China and Hong Kong. Both of them are totally different in terms of landscape and games availability
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Re: Nintendo Switch Online To Launch In Hong Kong And South Korea
@dartmonkey
Created an account as I would like to clear out some facts between China and Hong Kong games market that has been mixed up in the article. ^_^
1. Hong Kong, although being a city of China, has a totally different system (legal, trade laws, etc) as the government is running a "One Country - Two System". A lot of history here, but put it simply, Hong Kong's system is largely based on UK before handing over to China. Chinese government restriction DOES NOT APPLY to Hong Kong.
2. Therefore the ban of consoles and games DOES NOT APPLY TO Hong Kong at all. We enjoy having the same release day, or even few days earlier of ALL games, from triple A to crappy ones, from Japanese to US/Europe (We are very lucky and grateful to have choices to buy whichever version we like). In fact, since HK is a free market, its a great place for gamers around the world to shop their favorite here too. (One point to note. Play Asia is based in Hong Kong )
3. Services of Nintendo HK is a bit of a drag. They did some bummer choices like releasing a Hong Kong version only 3DS which can only play a handful of Hong Kong version games. (Most of us buy either Japanese 3DS to catch the Monster Hunter Wave, or like myself buying US 3DS to enjoy RPGs that can be played in English version) However they have improved over time and I see things turn out quicker. I doubt the slowness is due to decision making from HK office, but the long planning process in Japan headquarters. (Because they are Nintendo...).
4. A user above about Korea players has pointed out correctly, Nintendo gamers in HK mostly have created several accounts from different regions already (I have US, Japan and Australia ones). So that we can seek out which region provide the best value of a particular game.
Hope that clears up the difference between games market in China and Hong Kong. Both of them are totally different in terms of landscape and games availability