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PS3 not to feature region conding?
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Panajev2001a
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Please SCE do it!
Panajev2001a said:
not going to happen while there are still companies that can make money by sublicensing their games for publication in other regions.
SCE might choose to do this for their own games, but considering the crackdown they had with PSP imports, they aren't exactly being charitable
SolidSnakex
Member
mrklaw said:
With the PSP those companies can still lock it if they want to. So they can go region free and just leave it open to waht companies want to do with their own games.
As Ghost said, MS doesn't enforce region coding via hardware in the Xbox (and probably not in the 360) either but a great number of publishers take it upon themselves to do it via software anyway.
The Ps3 code could be the exact same situation. No hardware region coding, but publishers still code it into their games. :/
The Ps3 code could be the exact same situation. No hardware region coding, but publishers still code it into their games. :/
Cheesemeister
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If this winds up being the case, I'll be glad I never got a Japanese PS1 or PS2. That is, provided BC is also region-free.
I would look for an import unit if this was the case, but I would have to be able to buy movies with english tracks or at least subtitles if I was to spend the money. I mean, the movies thing is a nuisance since I intend to buy movies in BD format if it looks worthwhile. Also, what about power supplies? PEACE.
Gek54 said:
Why Gek54. Do you honestly think corporations are looking out for me?
They are in biz for one thing, and one thing only - making money.
Case in point, look at Exxon/Mobil. Largest quarter profits of any company ever in the history of the US. Do you think they actually care that people are going to be hurting this coming winter because they are gouging the living shit out of us? Hell no. All they care about is money. I don't give a shit about corporations because they don't give a shit about me or anyone else for that matter.
All corporations care about is the bottom line. Real people are just useless junk to them.
The song Kiss me, son of god comes to mind.
Way to be narrowminded. Exxon does not control the price of oil so there is no gouging on their part, second these corporations either employ you or people that reside in your ecconomy. The better your economy the better off you are more times than most.
Last I checked gas prices seem to be on the decline and compared to the rest of the world you got it easy as far as energy expense goes.
Last I checked gas prices seem to be on the decline and compared to the rest of the world you got it easy as far as energy expense goes.
This makes no sense. Region coding has and never has had anything to do with TV standards. Not to mention that international TV HDTV standards aren't the same anyway. LOLs at France (sorry Blim).
Region coding allows local markets to control their prices, profits, marketing and research. It is shit, but that's why it exists.
Region coding allows local markets to control their prices, profits, marketing and research. It is shit, but that's why it exists.
I'm not sure that dropping region encoding would hurt retailers.
The sort of people who will import games for a region free console are the exact same people who currently chip their consoles and import already. Dropping region encoding shouldn't affect local sales at all - it just kills the chipping industry and stops warranties from being voided.
It also has the advantage (for Sony) of creating a situation where the only reason to chip a machine is to play pirated games, making it easier to prosecute people for chipping.
For publishers it means that they only have to do one manufacturing run for english speaking regions.
Finally, it sounds like they are raising US prices for software this gen - maybe that move was to add enough margin so that they could make US prices + delivery costs line up with Euro pricing?
All sounds good to me.
The sort of people who will import games for a region free console are the exact same people who currently chip their consoles and import already. Dropping region encoding shouldn't affect local sales at all - it just kills the chipping industry and stops warranties from being voided.
It also has the advantage (for Sony) of creating a situation where the only reason to chip a machine is to play pirated games, making it easier to prosecute people for chipping.
For publishers it means that they only have to do one manufacturing run for english speaking regions.
Finally, it sounds like they are raising US prices for software this gen - maybe that move was to add enough margin so that they could make US prices + delivery costs line up with Euro pricing?
All sounds good to me.
Willy Wanka
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Gek54 said:
A lot of Ubisoft games are region free for Xbox. There are others like Rallisport Challenge 2 but I don't know if there is a complete list of titles anywhere. Street Fighter Anniversary Collection in Japan was also region free but Capcom recalled it :lol The Xbox 360 has one confirmed region free title so far which is Football Manager 2006.
Edit - nvm I found a list from Japan http://www.aa.alpha-net.ne.jp/jimkanoh/region.htm
If the PS3 is really region free then I would love to import one early from Japan since I would probably have to wait till late 2006/early 2007 otherwise to get one in Europe. I'd still be worried that publishers would add region coding through software though.
Gek54 said:
It's not me being narrow minded if you actually think that there isn't price gouging going on right now. It's not a free market here in the United States at all. It's a cabal. Not only that, since it is a cabal, they are going to force our economy into a recession if this shit continues for too long.
And who cares if they employ me or people that reside in my economy. They employ them to "make money", not out of good will or compassion. It's all about the almighty dollar and if you don't agree you are kidding yourself. Those said people are cut in a heartbeat if the top guys think they can eek more profit or increase their stock by a quarter of a point.
Region coding is done to maximize profits. So I am all for getting rid of them if it can save me money.. They don't benefit me as a consumer and I don't care to "look out" for corporations because they will never look out for me. Those who look out for you are your family and true friends. That's it.