I assume console games, and thus consoles, are region-coded. So I must therefore mail-order my 360 games. Right?
Are PC games region-coded? You bastards are making me want Galactic Civ II.
I have a region-free DVD player, so I'm set there.
What else do I need to look out for?
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
At least none of the recent ones I've got were, anyway... (I know this because they were all shipped from EB Games USA to Aus).
PC games are not region coded, but there are often region specific. Usually, you'll see the least censorship in the US versions of the title. You're also less likely to see Starforce protection for US versions, but only a couple releases have region specific protection. MMORPGs are the exception to this, as the servers are often forced region specific. Again, my personal recommendation is that you import US releases when possible.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
and sage, ifyou order the game, and then pirate it while its being shipped, it mgiht or might not be legal!
"I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."
-- George Herbert Walker Bush
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Leftover Mog wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
PSP games and movies arent region coded
Incorrect. UMD games and movies are region coded.
It's not something people hear about.
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Sean had this to say about Pirotess:
Incorrect. UMD games and movies are region coded.
Why can Alaan and YOTC play their imported games (Bleach fighting game and Guilty Gear XX Reloaded JP) just fine on their US PSPs then? 
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Sean stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Incorrect. UMD games and movies are region coded.
Some umd movies are, adn gmaes have the capability to be region coded, but every game to come otu so far is region free
"I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."
-- George Herbert Walker Bush
It's not something people hear about.
Talonus fucked around with this message on 03-19-2006 at 02:55 PM.
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Bloodsageing:
I'm impatient, not a criminal.
Buy the region locked version, then pirate a version you can use.
Sure, it's technically illegal, but regioning is technically an illegal restriction of trade, so it evens out.
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Channeling the spirit of Sherlock Holmes, Maradon! absently fondled Watson and proclaimed:
Buy the region locked version, then pirate a version you can use.Sure, it's technically illegal, but regioning is technically an illegal restriction of trade, so it evens out.
Regioning is not illegal, pretty much by definition. You really need to quit imagining that any time the world doesn't work the way you think it should, someone is violating some fundamental law of the universe. 
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsageing:
Regioning is not illegal, pretty much by definition. You really need to quit imagining that any time the world doesn't work the way you think it should, someone is violating some fundamental law of the universe.
I'm not, and I've never done anything remotely like that.
Regioning isn't a law, it's a collaborative "trick" of the industry that they use to restrict trade and control who is allowed to buy what and when they can buy it. It's a violation of property rights and, technically, illegal.
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Quoth Maradon!:
I'm not, and I've never done anything remotely like that.Regioning isn't a law, it's a collaborative "trick" of the industry that they use to restrict trade and control who is allowed to buy what and when they can buy it. It's a violation of property rights and, technically, illegal.
Yes, you're right! That's why it's been challenged and overturned by the courts, since it's obviously and patently an illegal trick by certain industries to--gasp!--control markets.
Jeebus, where do you come up with this stuff?
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
