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are PS3 region locked? - jordan3311 - 2011-07-23

My friend giving me his PS3 and I was wondering is it region locked? Because I wanted to buy tales of Xillia the Japanese version from play asia.

are PS3 region locked? - telepiel - 2011-07-23

The PS3 is not region locked.

are PS3 region locked? - nest0r - 2011-07-23

So has Home (Japan) changed at all since our last thread on the topic? More interesting, less populated, harder to access from outside Japan, et cetera?

are PS3 region locked? - wccrawford - 2011-07-23

Games are not region locked at all on the PS3. Movies are region locked, but A covers both the US and Japan.

You can even buy stuff from the JP PSN and use it, but you can't use a US credit card for that. You have to buy JP PSN cards and use them. (Or use a JP credit card.)

BTW, Play Asia very clearly says which games are lock and which aren't. For the PS3 this is rather pointless, since none of them are locked, but it's useful for some other systems, like the 360.

are PS3 region locked? - KMDES - 2011-07-23

Some games are region-locked, but I don't know any off hand. The region locking is the responsibility of the disc, not the system.

But you know if you end up using the PSN there's a goo chance someone will make off with your info. 8D

are PS3 region locked? - ta12121 - 2011-07-24

Blu-ray=region free. I have FF13 and naruto ultimate storm in Jp and they work fine.

are PS3 region locked? - nest0r - 2011-07-24

So how do you type in Japanese with a PS3?

are PS3 region locked? - Hashiriya - 2011-07-24

nest0r Wrote:So how do you type in Japanese with a PS3?
change the keyboard settings

are PS3 region locked? - JimmySeal - 2011-07-24

ta12121 Wrote:Blu-ray=region free. I have FF13 and naruto ultimate storm in Jp and they work fine.
Blu-rays are not region free. They just have different regions from DVDs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Region_codes

are PS3 region locked? - nest0r - 2011-07-24

Hashiriya Wrote:
nest0r Wrote:So how do you type in Japanese with a PS3?
change the keyboard settings
There's a keyboard? Is it like an IME, then?

are PS3 region locked? - aphasiac - 2011-07-24

JimmySeal Wrote:Blu-rays are not region free. They just have different regions from DVDs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Region_codes
Indeed. By pure luck, American, Canada and Japan all have the same Blu-Ray region - so you can use the same discs.

If you're European or from Australia / New Zealand, then forget it.

But yeh PS3 games are region free.

are PS3 region locked? - Hashiriya - 2011-07-24

yes, it is like an IME... it's in the settings.. i would tell you exactly where but my ps3 is in the USA and i'm in Japan at the moment