I'm not sure not sure it'd go as far as to say that they're rude, but if you eat your ramen silently in Japan, people around you will stare at you.

You are right, but what prevents Microsoft from getting brand recognition just like Apple has. Windows and Office have the same market share in Japan as in the US after all.

They tend to favor home-made products... but for some reason Apple has a 50% market share of smartphones, way ahead of Japanese manufacturers, Sony, Sharp and Fujitsu.

Sony branded smartphones are way more popular in Japan, where Samsung is way behind Sony, Sharp and Fujitsu (Apple has 50% of the whole smartphone market here). It's maybe irrelevant in other countries, but Sony is a Japanese company after all.

Utilizing the same sort of technology that enables the feature on the PlayStation Vita, Sony's upcoming Xperia Z3 phones and compact tablets will have the ability to stream PlayStation 4 games over Wi-Fi networks. That's right, Sony is still making phones.

First off, Nintendo -as well as Sony and Microsoft- makes almost no money on the hardware. Secondly, Nintendo block IP addresses by region, so even if you buy a Japanese 3DS and live in the US, you won't be able to connect to the Japanese eShop or download software updates for your Japanese system.

10 minutes may be stretching it, but I've played through a lot of games in 30+minute sessions. If the port was a good one I'd be happy to pay $15 to be able to play it on an iPad (BioShock on an phone is a nice option to have but it doesn't sound a lot of fun).

The only reason that iPhone users wouldn't be interested in this game are the controls. Statistically, a large number of "real gamers" also own an iPhone or iPad, and $15 for a AAA game like BioShock is frankly not that much. Just because a lot of people rather play F2P crap (and pay $$$ via IAPs), others see the…

IANAL but the box art is exclusively from Super Famicom games, which may only be protected in Japan.

OK, I thought it was like with Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, 6 months as a Wii U exclusive and then release on PS3/Xbox 360.

This New 3DS is basically a big F U to Nintendo's hardcore fans, the ones who buy a system at launch and who would be first in line to get Xenoblade for their console.

Sorry for the negativity but is region locking still in there?

Isn't this a timed exclusive?

There's no price gouging. The Hori Pad Mini 64 has been discontinued ages ago in Japan, and the only ones you'll find are either second hand or unopened mint products. You can get the former for about 3,000 yen ($30) + shipping, or the latter for about 7,000+ yen ($70+) + shipping on Japanese auction sites.

A company as big as Nintendo won't do anything that could hurt their product's sales out of spite. If they cut out a mode from the game it's because development costs couldn't be justified.

What? Nobody here to say that these leaks will cost millions $ in lost sales for Nintendo?

This is actually the reason why it won't succeed beyond a niche market. The tech is really cool and can also have many applications outside of gaming, but the vast majority of people are not willing to spend hours with a helmet stuck on their head.

Oh I see. I understood "conservative" as clothes which doesn't show too much skin. With the amount of girls wearing short miniskirts and bare midriffs in the summer in Tokyo, I wouldn't say that Japanese women dress "conservatively."

I am genuinely interested as I use subtitles a lot. I'm happy with subtitle support on MP4 but how is the subtitle and alternate audio support on MKV awesome?

The only apparent difference is that the mkv container "virtually supports any A/V formats and menus" compared with MP4 which supports well defined A/V formats and menu. I don't understand how that makes MKV the perfect format, particularly when MP4 is supported by default on all consumer electronics, and MKV is not.…