PS3 Online Regional Questions

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#1 JpnFfantasy
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This is not a question about will certain games work on certain region ps3 consoles.
I know PS3 games are universal and PS2 and PSX games are not.

I'm pretty sure some other bilingual people in this forums are wondering this too.
So here are my questions.

Note: Try to answer if any (if not all) of these things below will cause an issue to the feature/system for the questions I provide
  • J(PS3) in the US to (U)PS3 in the US.
  • J(PS3) in Japan to (U)PS3 in Japan
  • J(PS3) in the US to (U)PS3 in Japan.
  • J(PS3) in Japan to (U)PS3 in the US

If a person buys a (J)PS3 will the person be able to do these things and (vice-versa )
  1. Only be able to access Japanese online features if the system is in the US?
  2. (U)PSP to (J)PS3 Remote access. Will it work?
  3. Home feature conflict?
  4. Will the (J)PS3-Online-Account person be able to have a buddy in their buddy list thing to a person that owns a (U)PS3-Online-Account?

For those who didn't understand my statement above my questions, lets take my 4th question (and this is just an example answer I want)
(ex. (J)PS3-Online-Account can not friend a (U)PS3-Online-Account if the (J)system is in the US)
Once again that was an example if there is going to be something wrong with regional issues.
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#2 lyndonAPI
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The PSN you connect to will depend on the country your account is set to- if you use a US address, you will get the US PlayStation Store. It won't matter which version PS3 you actually get.

As for online play, that is determined by what version game you get. Most have their servers set by the region the game is mant for. A Region 1 Motorstorm, for example, will get you playing against players from North America. Very few games have actual global servers. Your friends can be worldwide, you just may not be able to play them in most games if from another country.

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#3 JpnFfantasy
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OK so what if I get a US PS3 gave a US address. Then I just happen to move to Japan.

-Will I be able to update my address to a Japanese address?
  -If I can then am I only be able to access Japanese PSN stuff?

I still need to know about the PSP to PS3 if there will be an issue.
Lets say I get a US-PS3 and go to Japan and have a Japanese Address on my account. I have a US-PSP. Will I be able to play downloaded PSX games on my PSP from the Japanese PSN?