Region Locked?

[trooper112]

If you download a psp/ps3 game of the american psn store, will it play on my psp/ps3 (I am from the UK) or are they region locked?

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[D0WNT0WN]

I have imported American UMDs for my PSP, I dont think PSP games are region locked. (I have Persona 3 Portable on the way now). I say go for it I dont think they change the region coding when they are put on the store.

PSP games should be fine, but I wouldnt download other games.

But I might be wrong.

 

[Gigano]

Some PSN content is region locked (mostly DLC which requires a certain disk even if the game itself is region free). I don't know about entire PSN games though, it wouldn't make much sense for them to be region locked, but there's no guarantee.

 

[XJ-0461]

I'm not sure. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

But this does lead me to a question of my own: Will a PS3 bought in England play DVDs made for America? If people could answer this as well as trooper112's question, I'd be really thankful.

 

[Gigano]

I'm not sure. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

But this does lead me to a question of my own: Will a PS3 bought in England play DVDs made for America? If people could answer this as well as trooper112's question, I'd be really thankful.

No, the PS3 is region free only for PS3 games. Region locked DVD's and Blu-rays won't play in a PS3 from another region (although many Blu-ray discs are region free, but not all of them). I've had to hack my home cinema to be region free to play my region 1 DVD's. There's no known way to make the PS3 region free though, even with third party remotes.

 

[Axle_Bullitt_19]

I do believe digital content from the store is not region locked seeing how I have a few American friends with Japanese accounts.

 

[migo]

Japanese and American games are both NTSC. It may be more of a problem with PAL thanks to the different resolution. In fact I remember being unable to play GT HD Concept 2.0 because it was only on the Australian PSN Store and I was only using composite cables.

 

[Akihiko]

The actual games on the PSN isn't region locked, no, though you will have to have an american card, or alternatively buy an American PSN card, if you wish to purchase anything. However if you buy an american game, you will have to buy addon's and DLC from the american PSN to use with it as well, because the DLC is region locked to the region it is intended for.

 

[XJ-0461]

I'm not sure. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

But this does lead me to a question of my own: Will a PS3 bought in England play DVDs made for America? If people could answer this as well as trooper112's question, I'd be really thankful.

No, the PS3 is region free only for PS3 games. Region locked DVD's and Blu-rays won't play in a PS3 from another region (although many Blu-ray discs are region free, but not all of them). I've had to hack my home cinema to be region free to play my region 1 DVD's. There's no known way to make the PS3 region free though, even with third party remotes.

Oh well, win some, loose some. In any case, thanks for answering my question.

 

[Gigano]

Oh well, win some, loose some. In any case, thanks for answering my question.

You're welcome. It's still an excellent multi media device (with a large enough hard drive), but SONY are really holding on to the whole "region lock" monstrosity. As you can get many a cheap DVD player which can (fully legally) be made region free with their own remotes by inputting a code though (you can google a cheap model of your liking + region free, and something should show up), it isn't really much of a problem for DVD's. Getting your hands on a region free Blu-ray player is a whole other matter though.