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Quite a few of these aren't EU members, some aren't even in Europe; do we know why they were added? e.g.: Switzerland or United Kingdom; but also Oman or United
by thih9 3mo ago
Quite a few of these aren't EU members, some aren't even in Europe; do we know why they were added? e.g.: Switzerland or United Kingdom; but also Oman or United Arab Emirates.
- suddenlybananas 3mo agoIt's everywhere Nintendo of Europe (the subsidiary in the EU) operates.
- thih9 3mo agoThis makes sense - thanks!
- yokoprime 3mo agoNorway is in the ECC together with Iceland, but for some reason Iceland is not on the list where these SKUs will be available.
- rickdeckard 3mo agoThat's probably because Iceland is not an official Sales-territory of Nintendo, it's handled by Bergsala AB, a swedish distributor which serves the market there.
- Ylpertnodi 3mo agoStorage, and distribution costs.
- rtkwe 3mo agoIt's easier for Nintendo of Europe to switch over everyone than to stock and supply 2 versions of every product. Also I'd bet most of their sales come from the EU countries where the replaceable battery requirement is forcing this new SKU deployment anyways.
- weberer 3mo agoFor logistics reasons, a lot of companies operate a EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) division. That probably applies to one of their suppliers.