Katilian on 08 August 2007
| Game_boy said: Modchips should be unnecessary because making consoles region-free (and games PAL+NTSC compatible at launch) increases sales anyway and gives for example British gamers the same experience as American ones because they both speak English. I don't want to have to wait for the game to be translated into Hungarian and then marked up 50% before I can buy it. |
Modchips are legal in Australia for the fact that regioning is considered a restriction of trade. In fact, it would be interesting to see if Nintendo did actively block modchips (and even freeloader not working) if the ACCC would take any action against them for restricting trade.
The PS3 is also another interesting area. While games are region free, blu-ray movies are not. Will be curious to see what happens in regards to that when modchips start coming out for the PS3 (although Sony might not bother chasing modchips through the Australian legal system for a second time).
