25th September 2003, 4:24 PM
But it's only for China.
Cool! I want one right now!
N-Philes
Quote:Nintendo officially revealed today that they will be introducing legal videogames to the Chinese market in October. Sony and Microsoft have both expressed interest in entering China, but haven't up to this point because of piracy fears. Nintendo is quelling these fears by introducing a totally new console called the iQue which is played by downloading content at participating stores.
The iQue Player will sell for 498 yuan (60 USD) which Nintendo believes is a low enough price point to be affordable for all people interested in videogames. To curb piracy the console comes with a single memory card to download games which is only usable on the console it was sold with. Titles will include 10 Chinese language versions of past Nintendo games. It is unknown at this point what games will be released besides the fact that a past Mario game will be one of the ten games. Each game can be downloaded for only 48 yuan (5.80 USD). Sales will begin in mid-October in three Chinese cities, and Nintendo plans to expand the operation nationwide beginning in the spring.
Cool! I want one right now!
N-Philes
Sometimes you get the scorpion.