Can I play American PS3 Games in Australia?

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#1 jasopan
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THe games are much cheaper if buy online from america but are there anyoverseas restricitions or anything?

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#2 00Raziel00
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PS3 region free.
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#3 Fists1
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Yes all bluray discs are region free, anything for PS3 is region free.
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#4 rogerjak
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Yes all bluray discs are region free, anything for PS3 is region free.Fists1
Wrong

PS3 games are region free. Blu-ray movies are region locked. So are DVDs, PS2 games and PS1 games.

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#5 jasopan
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nice, but i heard somewhere say "and dont think you can buy a uk bluray movie and watch it in your australian ps3" i think it was in some gS article...ill try and find it

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#6 Fists1
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are you sure i remember a sony press release that said something along the lines of "we are introducing region coding to bluray discs" although i doubt i'd be able to find it again
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#7 hilltops
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[QUOTE="Fists1"]Yes all bluray discs are region free, anything for PS3 is region free.rogerjak

Wrong

PS3 games are region free. Blu-ray movies are region locked. So are DVDs, PS2 games and PS1 games.



this is extremely correct and accurate
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#8 bigdragon1
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look i jst wana noe definat answer can i play american games on ma auz ps3??
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#9 hishkarnib
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yeah sure you can, go for it.

I even occassionally find American PS3 games on the shelves of ebgames that are preowned, so yeah you'll be fine

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#10 CJL182
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[QUOTE="rogerjak"]

[QUOTE="Fists1"]Yes all bluray discs are region free, anything for PS3 is region free.hilltops

Wrong

PS3 games are region free. Blu-ray movies are region locked. So are DVDs, PS2 games and PS1 games.



this is extremely correct and accurate

This is true. Also as a side note, the regions for blu-ray movies are different than DVDs; US, Japan, Korea, HK, and most of Asia are in the same region.

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#11 SPD_WeBmAsTaH
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Just the PS3 games are region free, while PS1, PS2, Blu-Ray movies, DVDs are not region free because that is their original intent and protection on the discs.
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#12 zeq
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Ps3 games are region free. So you can import.

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#13 arrling
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What about the online play on some games? Would it work in Australia?
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#14 locktc
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What about the online play on some games? Would it work in Australia?arrling

of course it will work.

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#15 mrtypr
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It might work, but will it connect me to some american server, rather then an australian one? Therefore if i buy an american version of red dead redemption, and my friend bought theirs from AUS, can i play online with them ? Or will I be stuck with americans
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#16 fabz_95
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Yep, the PS3 is region free.
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#17 FurryAdventurer
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PS3 region free.00Raziel00
This. :)
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#18 mrtypr
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Would somone be able to please confirm my above question:

if i buy an american version of red dead redemption, and my friend bought theirs from AUS, can i play online with them ? Or will I be stuck with americansmrtypr

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#19 andytisnt
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LOL wow thats pretty good but i guess not many peeps would be going over sees to buy there games at least this way you can buy games online and have no worry if there is any restriction... lol wicked.....


in the repect for red dead man im pretty sure you wont be stuck playing with peeps from the U.S. but im not 100%, i didnt think there were server restrictions on it

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#20 aussie8u
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Does anyone know the answer to this question? I have black ops on ps3 and i believe its a us version and I am being thrown into lobbies from america. The little mapdown the bottom even displays a proportion of area that is over the other side of the world excluding australia suporting that it is infact not in an australian server :(
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#21 hippiesanta
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[QUOTE="Fists1"]Yes all bluray discs are region free, anything for PS3 is region free.rogerjak

Wrong

PS3 games are region free. Blu-ray movies are region locked. So are DVDs, PS2 games and PS1 games.

wrong again.... not all bluray movie are region locked (and most of them are not....)
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#22 J-WOW
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yeah you can but IDK how the online works, BUT different region DLCs dont work
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#23 J-WOW
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Does anyone know the answer to this question? I have black ops on ps3 and i believe its a us version and I am being thrown into lobbies from america. The little mapdown the bottom even displays a proportion of area that is over the other side of the world excluding australia suporting that it is infact not in an australian server :(aussie8u
I guess not
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#24 2bexpress
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can i buy mortal kombat from usa and it work on my ps3
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#25 GEE_WIZZ
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Just a reminder. If you plan on buying any DLC it has to come from the US PSN. I don't get why Australia has such a premium pricing for videogames.

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#26 djseebee
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my console is REGION 2 (Europe), i got a game REGION 3 (JAPAN ) and it works fine, but never test REGION 1 (US-CANADA) yet , but i think for games its REGION FREE as they told in previous threads

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#27 punisher1
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Yes

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#28 Robdog31-m
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I have the newet ps3 If i buy a ps3 game in american and i bring it back to australia it will work ?
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#29 ML29
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A little late, but the map just showed where the majority of the Call of Duty: Black Ops players were and I found a lot of American lobbies, I guess the servers were better back in the day.
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#30 BigBangTheory_
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I do the same from Israel
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#31 _Perfectionist
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Dude. This is PS3 not 360. PS3 is region-free so you can play any game from any region on any region console.
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#32 _Perfectionist
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can i buy mortal kombat from usa and it work on my ps32bexpress
Yeah. Definitely. I remember buying Unreal Tournament from the US and played it on my PAL console (I'm from Middle East) and it worked perfectly.