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Xen on 26 November 2010
TrevDaRev said:
Xen said:
huaxiong90 said:
TrevDaRev said:

Yeah the Ps3 is region free. Imported my GOW Collection from Japan. Was thinking about importing another game from Japan, it was a horror game, Deadly something or other.

Deadly Premonition?

Why would anyone want that? Hah.


Is it shit? I saw some pics from it and it seemed ok, maybe I was wrong to think that?..Lol

It seems that you missed the whole Destructoid-Internet debate about it... well, I didn't like it, watch some gameplay videos man. Kinda reminds me of RE4.

@huaxiong: I don't think they ever will, sadly...



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Ldn.se on 26 November 2010
alekth said:
Ldn.se said:
ethomaz said:

Yes.

Games are region free but the DLCs are region locked.

So if you have an PAL PS3 any game US works fine... but to download DLCs you need buy/download from a US acconunt to work.

And Blu-ray/DVD movies are region locked.

I hope you are wrong about the blu ray! Why would they be region locked? Ive seen may imports on amazon UK and last week I ordered this from amazon US:

I will be very pissed off if this movie doesnt play.

Region locking of BluRay is up to the publisher. As others have mentioned, the PS3 is region locked, however unlike DVDs, a lot of BR films are region-free, so they play on any BR player.

According to http://regionfreemovies.com/, the one you ordered is region-free, so you ought to be fine. Just check before you buy something, but in my observations a lot more US releases are region-free than the EU ones for some reason.

Thanks didnt think about checking this. Somehow i thought that you could play any game or blu ray on Ps3. Good to know for the future shopping. This time I was lucky.



yum123 on 26 November 2010

DLC is only sometimes region l;ocked its a gamble it depends on the game i bought just cause 2 from the uk and imported to new zealand uk is region 2 and were region 4 and the free dlc for the pink truck worked in game but when i imported raging blast from the usa it didnt work



bmmb1 on 26 November 2010
Dr.Grass said:

He's a lucky guy. 

What about God of War III ?  

:P

I'm not getting him any M rated games, that wll get me in trouble with his mother...



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hikaruchan on 26 November 2010
yum123 said:

DLC is only sometimes region l;ocked its a gamble it depends on the game i bought just cause 2 from the uk and imported to new zealand uk is region 2 and were region 4 and the free dlc for the pink truck worked in game but when i imported raging blast from the usa it didnt work

Australia and New Zealand are the same region as Europe with Games DLC is not region locked to DVD regions.   



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yum123 on 26 November 2010
hikaruchan said:
yum123 said:

DLC is only sometimes region l;ocked its a gamble it depends on the game i bought just cause 2 from the uk and imported to new zealand uk is region 2 and were region 4 and the free dlc for the pink truck worked in game but when i imported raging blast from the usa it didnt work

Australia and New Zealand are the same region as Europe with Games DLC is not region locked to DVD regions.   


no where not were region 4 and uk is region 2



binary solo on 26 November 2010
bmmb1 said:

Great thanks to all, I don't see any real problem then.

Given you're in the US I imagine your nephew can easily use your home address for his US PSN account, so even the address thing is a non-issue.



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binary solo on 26 November 2010
yum123 said:
hikaruchan said:
yum123 said:

DLC is only sometimes region l;ocked its a gamble it depends on the game i bought just cause 2 from the uk and imported to new zealand uk is region 2 and were region 4 and the free dlc for the pink truck worked in game but when i imported raging blast from the usa it didnt work

Australia and New Zealand are the same region as Europe with Games DLC is not region locked to DVD regions.   


no where not were region 4 and uk is region 2

DVD region=/= PSN region. For PSN region we (Aussie & NZ) are "Europe". For DVD's / Blu-ray movies/TV shows we are Asia-Pacific region (4).



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hikaruchan on 26 November 2010
yum123 said:
hikaruchan said:
yum123 said:

DLC is only sometimes region l;ocked its a gamble it depends on the game i bought just cause 2 from the uk and imported to new zealand uk is region 2 and were region 4 and the free dlc for the pink truck worked in game but when i imported raging blast from the usa it didnt work

Australia and New Zealand are the same region as Europe with Games DLC is not region locked to DVD regions.   


no where not were region 4 and uk is region 2


Are DVD regions Games are not DVD region code looked they were locked in the past to NTSC U/C, NTSC-J and PAL and AUS/NZ use the European PSN so same DLC.   



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