Wii U region locked

[UltimateUnknown]

Lusche said:

mantlepiecek said:

Yeah. One game out of what,...

Anyways, that one game doesn't define the entire PS3 library. And I believe it is only available in japan too.

PS3 is region free though. It is advertised as such too. I don't know how the publishers of persona 4 arena managed to make it region locked.

that one game is proof enough that the ps3 is not region free, but yes 99.9% of the games are not region locked.

and no us version of that game is also region locked as will the eu version be.

but i dont think sony itself ever advertised it as region free ? at least official ?

There is a difference between making a region locked game and having a region locked console.

The PS3 itself is region free, but if a developer/publisher wants they can region lock their specific games. That aspect does not change the fact that the console is region free.

On the other hand, consoles like 3DS and Wii U are region locked, so all games will be region locked as well and individual developers/publishers don't have a choice of making it region free if they want.

At least that is how I understand.