Nintendo eShop in Russia Put Into 'Maintenance Mode' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 March 2022 / 5,667 Views
Nintendo has joined a growing list of companies to halt sales in Russia due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
The Nintendo eShop in Russia has been put into a "maintenance mode" following the suspension of processing payments in rubles.
"Due to the fact that the payment service used in Nintendo eShop has suspended the processing of payments in rubles, Nintendo eShop in Russia is temporarily placed into maintenance mode," reads a message on the Russian Nintendo website translated by The Verge.
"We apologize for any inconvenience caused. We will share updates as the situation develops."
CD Projekt Red is working with its partners to suspend all digital sales and physical stock deliveries of its games in Russia and Belarus due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The company has also pledged to donate 1 million Polish złoty ($230,000 USD) to the Polish humanitarian group Polska Akcja Humanitarna.
Microsoft has suspended all new sales of its products and services in Russia. Sony pulled Gran Turismo 7in Russia on the PlayStation Store as its listing has a "pending confirmation" release date.
The Pokémon Company International is donating $200,000 to GlobalGiving to provide humanitarian relief in Ukraine.
Ukraine-based developer GSC Game World announced it has paused development on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, due to the invasion. The studio is focused on helping its employees and families.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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This is the other factor to consider - nobody wants to be accepting rubles right now, as they're likely to be near worthless within a few days or weeks.
Setting morals aside and speaking only about the numbers, if there were a way to do it, it probably would be a good time to buy stock in some of these Russian companies that have been crushed by sanctions.
I think in some cases that would make you guilty of violating sanctions though, and in other cases it would just be very difficult to do. Stocks have been delisted many places, and the Moscow exchange has been closed for the time being.
there are several terror states that nintendo deals with
no, just saying nintendo is sold in terror states.
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