Why DO Fake / Clone DS Cards Exist?
Fake and imitation cards for the Nintendo DS and DSi aren’t a scare tactic nor are they blown out of proportion; in fact, many more types of fake cards exist than genuine cards. You may ask yourself why this is the case, but when you look at the market for these products in Asia, you’ll begin to ask the opposite – it’s unbelievable there aren’t more! These cards are more often than not unregulated by the market, in the sense that patents are not filed for the technology used when manufacturing them in China. On top of this, many Chinese companies and manufacturers are not that familiar with English, making new products that they produce difficult to break-in and become successful in the western world. Therefore, it’s only natural that when some of these factories (Remember: these businesses are not companies that own particular products, they are factories that can produce almost anything they want!) see a product that they believe is doing very well on the market, some of them will no
