Nexon CEO says piracy isn’t to blame for low Asian consoles sales

bra href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/124197/cyber-cafe_qjgenth.jpg?439561 rel=lightbox[article124197] title=Asians 20heart 20online 20games 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/124197/cyber-cafe.jpg 3F439561 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; alt=Asians heart online games - Image 1 title=Asians heart online games - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/124197/cyber-cafe_qjgenth.jpg?439561 align=right border=0/aa href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/piracy/4518 id=tag title=software hoarding, copyright infringementPiracy/a in the Asian region have undoubtedly been one big problem in the industry. However, a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/nexon/11182 id=tag title=Korean game companyNexon/a CEO Joonmo Kwon believes that there is something else that should be blamed for the poor sales than piracy.brbrAs he observes, other markets that are also hit by the piracy problem, like movies and music, continue to thrive in the region, despite the prevalence of piracy. Therefore, citing trends and numbers, Kwon believes that it is not the piracy per se that is the reason why consoles aren’t performing as well as in other territories. brbrInstead, it is because the games are not suited to the tastes of the Asian market. Not that a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/asia/9954 id=tag title=ContinentAsia/a doesn’t have a lot of gamers. In fact, online games have been very dominant in the past decade, particularly in a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/korea/1145 id=tag title=Asian countryKorea/a.brbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; In almost all parts of Asia, excluding Japan, online games have been leading the market growth since the very early stages of the games industry, which is something that indicates users have a strong preference and attachment for the common characteristics and typical features of online games./pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;br/pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; So for the console game industry to succeed in Asia, unlike in a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/north-america/2901 id=tag title=a continent in the Earth’s northern hemisphere and almost fully in the western hemisphereNorth America/a or a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/europe/2311 id=tag title=One of the seven continentsEurope/a, it’s extremely important to set strategies that are specifically suitable for the local market. Most Asian games are far more used to and attracted by interactive games via network connections, and they’ve been long enjoying the unique convenience that online games offer - such as being able to download and play a wide variety of games for free with a single account from any PC./pbrFor the full interview, click on the source link below.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;Related gaming piracy articles:br/spanullia href=http://www.qj.net/Music-industry-on-game-devs-fighting-illegal-file-sharers-you-re-on-your-own/pg/49/aid/123284span title=fight against piracy style=font-style: italic;Music industry on game devs fighting illegal file-sharers: you’re on your own/span/a/lilispan title=fight against piracy style=font-style: italic;a title=China piracy: impressive href=http://www.qj.net/Piracy-in-China-rampant-and-so-efficient-that-it-s-impressive/pg/49/aid/106301Piracy in China: rampant, and so efficient that it’s impressive/abr/span/li/ulbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=XBO5eTimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=XBO5eT border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/397809419 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/397809419/124197 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

All that glitters is not gold: Silver DS confirmed for North America

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Even though evidence for its arrival had become overwhelming, Nintendo has officially confirmed that the Metallic Silver DS Lite will become a dazzling, shiny reality in the U.S. on September 7th.

Not including limited editions, this will become the seventh color in the North American DS rainbow, though it has been available in Europe, Japan, and South Korea for around a year; and very nice it is too, in this European blogger’s opinion. Any of you lovely people got an eye on this?

[Via press release]

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KORE - Wii Trailer

http://www.gamesasylum.com Originally in development for Xbox, KORE gets a second chance on Wii