A brief on AU's Blu-Ray region locks |
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Just a short explanation on the region locks that Australia will be experiencing with their PS3 units come the March 23 launch day. No - this won't be about the PAL and NTSC restrictions for games, as Sony's already mentioned way before that their console is region free. Rather, this discussion goes in way of the unit's Blu-Ray movies. "Film regions were set up by a Hollywood consortium - it's not our right to set that. There are three new regions for film - Australia's grouped with Europe this time," explained Adrian Christie, Sony Australia's PR manager.
How does this affect your gaming when the console lands, you ask? Nothing much, really, but you may consider this a brief on "how things work", and an explanation on the complexities of promoting a console as both a gaming and entertainment console. Besides, Sony's lovin' the format, as much as some other hackers are beginning to. Just make sure to be ready for the games coming in with the unit's launch.
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How can Sony get away with this? It is illegal to release a DVD player in Australia now days that isn't region free. This was the same law which made mod chips legal, due to the fact that they remove region blockouts from PS2's (which were initially released prior to the introduction of this law). Don't tell me that it's because it's not a Blu-Ray player and not DVD
... Well if it's illegal to release a DVD player in Australia that isn't region free how come I still need to dig online for unlock codes for my Samsung HDD-DVD player that I purchase last year (AFTER the mod chip law was passed)? Shouldn't it be region-free when I pick it up from the store if that was the case?
so we get the same region as japan!
nice!
^^
I should've also have stated that if it is region locked, the unlocked codes must be supplied at time of sale. Bug your retailer about it if you don't find the codes
If you guys can read clearly, you'll see that this isn't Sony's decision, but the decision of Film Makers that want separate regions, not necessarily Region Locks.
look it up
sony remove region lockout on games and successfully argued that mod chips are no longer needed to play imported games meaning theres no legal reason to own a modchip.
region lock out on movies will always be because there are certain movies that are illegal in certain countries and regional lock out is one way of making the illegal movies unplayable in regions where they shouldnt be watched
I love how in PNG the region changes. You can buy a movie 10 meters from where your PS3 was bought and they aren't compatible.
A different colour means a different country
A few parts in South an Central America are yellow because they decided to include French overseas territories into B/2
lame for us people living there who wanted to import from the US