Glenka

Its up to the publisher to release the game in those regions.  The problem is that each country has it's own copyright laws and trademarks, and allowing distribution between regions could cause some lawsuits in the future.

Yeah, but the PS3 didn't have that lock on it (owned one before i sold it). I could play american games on my european PS3. Geez, idk, but it's a bit frustrating   

Count your blessings that you don't have to worry about Madden 13.  The only worthwhile feature was the ability to make plays on the gamepad.  Everything else was basically Madden for the past 6 years, nothing worth $60.

Okej, the thing is i've never really played a NFL-game before either. I saw the trailer and it looked really interesting. I'll take your word for it that it's not worth playing 

That would atleast show variety, I mean Q.U.B.E. is coming to Wii U.

Yeah, i've never heard of the game and went to youtube to watch some gameplay. Looked kinda cool and i like the simplicity of the game. Will check out some reviews and probably get it once it's released.

As already mentioned the freeloader for the Wii was disabled through an update and never worked after that. Its not likely there will ever be one for the Wii U.

That's too bad though. Hopefully they don't have any good titles specified to a certain region. To be honest i don't quite see the reason why they're doing like this. Okej, fine. If they release the game to another region later on i can see why. But take Madden for an example: It will sell better in the states, but there are ppl interested in purchasing the game in Asia/Europe/Australia. We will NEVER be able to buy it due to the region lock. That's some cash gone missing for Nintendo.

Am i just stupid or do anyone know the benefits of locking it to multiple regions like that?   

Hmm... that's too bad. There are a couple of games that i was interested in (especially Madden NFL 13). That's one of the games that will never be released in Europe.

Welcome! You didnt own N64?

No, i didn't =/ The thing is that my friend and neighbor had one and we played on it almost every single day. As a baseballfan and Red Sox in particular i have to ask you something regarding your profile pic: Are you a Red Sox fan too? 

Tjena

 

welcome to the forums

Tja!   

Thx! Nice to see another swede in the forums!

Välkommen! Jag är också ny här iofs, men ändå