tabsina said:
I'd say the main reasoing behind region locking is to avoid sales being taken away from each respective country, however, I think that they are losing way more money and customers that way, because of the simplicity of adding modchips, which is happening a lot with the rightfully impatient PAL owners |
You are pretty much right in regards to why regioning exists. It allows them to sell games at varying prices that the markets will support, thus maximising their profits. Fortunately, thanks to the ACCC here in Australia, this is viewed as a restriction of trade, hence why modchips are legal if they make a console region free, and why importers here can't be threatened by similar actions that Sony took against Lik-sang.
